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Sea cucumber potential 'gold' for fish farmers
At the price of $180 to $250 per kilogram (P12,000 per kg) of dried sea cucumber in the United States, sea cucumber is a good bet for Ilonggo fish farmers wanting to find the new "gold" in aquaculture. This has driven the ...
- June 13, 2010
Fish farmers to SEAFDEC-AQD: Develop indigenous low-cost feed
Heeding to the long standing call of fish farmers, SEAFDEC/AQD is now putting the development of alternative feed using local ingredients in its priority list of activities. Feed cost is a major component in aquaculture ...
- May 21, 2018
Seafdec projects get positive feedback
The Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center (SEAFDEC) is receiving good feedback from the Local Government Units (LGU) for its verification and extension projects. Just recently, Atty. Evelyn Camposano-Jiz, Regional ...
- August 18, 1999
PCAARRD initiates tilapia farming
An initiative of the Philippine Council for Agriculture, Aquatic and Natural Resources Research and Development of the Department of Science and Technology (DOST-PCAARRD) started making tilapia farming accessible to selected ...
- November 11, 2020
School, Seafdec out to save endangered pantat
The Aklan Stae College of Agriculture (ASCA) has joined the movement of government entities in Western Visayas in taking a second look at the endangered native catfish or pantat, admitting that it is, after all, tastier ...
- September 5, 2019
Program to boost catfish industry
The Philippine Council for Agriculture, Aquatic and Natural Resources Research and Development (PCAARRD) has formulated a program aimed at conserving and increasing the production of the native catfish. The fish locally ...
- September 4, 2012
Philippines catching up in fish hatchery business
Not long ago, Taiwan imported marine fish larvae and fingerlings from its Asian neighbors, one of which is the Philippines. Now, Taiwan boasts of its capability to produce at least 60 marine fish species at commercial ...
- April 29, 2002
SEAFDEC/AQD now conducts molecular diagnosis for shrimp & fish diseases
Viruses has been long time scourge of the aquaculture industry. The presence or absence of these viruses often spells the difference between profit and loss. The White Spot Syndrome Virus (WSSV) for shrimp, the Viral Nervous ...
- December 3, 2001
Seabass project reap good harvest
Five months of culture. About 200 pieces of seabass, weighing a total 83 kilograms or nearly half-kilo each fish. Suddenly, a dream project becomes reality. Early this month, on February 2, the top managers of the Southeast ...
- February 13, 2007
Seafdec meets head on diseases threatening aquaculture industry
Recognizing that the aquaculture industry in Western Visayas is the continuously threatened by diseases, the Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center - Aquaculture Department (Seafdec-AQD) recently co-organized a two ...
- January 25, 2002