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Dagupan City pushes bid to become bangus capital of the world
Soon, bangus (milkfish), the country’s national fish and also this city’s famous product, will be known as the fish of the masses not only in the Philippines but also in Asia. House Speaker Jose de Venecia Jr., who is also ...
- May 19, 2002
The dark side of prawn farming
She helped turn many of world's prawn farmers into millionaires, but Jurgenne Primavera now worries that her life's work might have indirectly accelerated the destruction of fish nurseries. The Filipino zoologist, whose ...
- April 11, 2008
Seafdec to hold forum for business people
SEAFDEC Aquaculture Department (AQD) is inviting entrepreneurs and aquaculture industry stakeholders to the ABOT (Agree-Build-Organize Transfer) Aquaculture Business Forum which will be held October 16-17 at Philippine ...
- August 22, 2007
Seafdec to set up fish caging demo farm
The Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center (SEAFDEC) has set up a freshwater fish caging demonstration farm at Barangay Tumalalud in Dumarao town and benefiting 36 farmers. The demo farm will cultivate tilapia, bangus, ...
- September 5, 2007
NEDA okays ₱431-M grant to SEAFDEC
The National Economic Development Authority's (NEDA) investment coordinating council (ICC) had approved a ₱431 million Japanese grant to modernize the aquaculture laboratories of the Southeast Asian Fisheries Development ...
- September 4, 2001
DA opens Aussie-backed fish hatchery in Mindanao
The Department of Agriculture (DA) has launched a marine finfish hatchery in Misamis Occidental with the assistance of the provincial and Australian governments and the Southeast Asia Fisheries Development Center (SEAFDEC). ...
- February 2, 2009
Bingawan never goes dry and here's why
More than half of Bingawan is devoted to rice but the fields are rainfed, meaning they are dependent on rain for their irrigation needs, according to Leticia Celeste, the municipal agriculturist. Mayor Ted Peter Plagata ...
- September 18, 2000