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First RP mariculture park set to open: Project to benefit fisherfolk, officials say
All is set for the launching of a mariculture park in Igang Bay off this seaside town. The first of its kind in the Philippines, the mariculture park is a joint project of the government-hosted Southeast Asian Fisheries ...
- July 3, 2001
Philippine shrimp industry's economic potential
The Department of Agriculture (DA) is conducting a crash program for the shrimp sector so it can start to again export this year amid a strong global demand. There is a something market demand for vannamei (white shrimp) ...
- August 5, 2013
P431-M modern, biotech lab being built in Iloilo town: Project funded by Japanese government
A modern biotechnology laboratory is being built here. The construction of the Japanese government-funded, P431-million laboratory for advanced aquaculture technologies is a joint initiative of the Southeast Asian Fisheries ...
- June 11, 2002
Fry from the wild
The production of 600 m bangus fry from the wild from a previous 1.2 billion on estimates by the Department of Agriculture resulted in an August 1, 1998-July 31, 1999 study monitored by the Philippine Council for Aquatic ...
- October 31, 1999
Isabela fish farm reels in success with Landbank support
When Cagayan Valley, one of the country's largest tilapia-producing regions, faced a region-wide shortage of tilapia fingerlings in 1993, business graduate Arnel Santiago decided to establish his own fish hatchery to help ...
- July 24, 2022
Probe on banned 'suahe' shrimp sought
Party-list lawmakers have asked the House of Representatives to conduct a probe into the proliferation in the local market of banned Pacific or western white shrimps, popularly known as "suahe." Warning that the unabated ...
- June 20, 2005
Deal for SEAFDEC biotech lab in Iloilo town being worked out
Negotiations are under way for the establishment here of a biotechnology laboratory that will address the need for advance aquaculture technology in Southeast Asia. The laboratory has been envisioned to be set up at the ...
- March 6, 2001
Small fisherfolk to get Laguna Lake fisheries priority
The Laguna Lake Development Authority(LLDA) will prioritize small fisherfolk for fisheries in Laguna de Bay, the Philippines’ biggest lake. Allocation of the lake’s fishing areas will prioritize such fisherfolk there, noted ...
- March 30, 2017
Time to consider the creation of a Dep't of fisheries and aquatic resources
The recent decision of President Duterte to return the National Food Authority (NFA), the National Irrigation Administration (NIA), the Philippine Coconut Authority (PCA), and the Fertilizer and Pesticide Authority (FPA) ...
- May 13, 2018
Aquaculture tech boosts Visayas dev't
Aquaculture technologies are developing fishfarming communities in central Philippines. Such technologies are being transferred to fisherfolk and government instrumentalities. Among those actively implementing a technology ...
- November 13, 1999