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DA hopes to double shrimp output in 5 years
The Department of Agriculture (DA) hopes to double the country's shrimp production in five years and thus regain its status as a top exporter of Peneaus vannamei of Pacific white shrimp. Agriculture Undersecretary Jesus ...
- July 10, 2008
BFAR eyes lifting of ban on P. vannamei shrimp
The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) has temporarily suspended the breeding of the Pacific White shrimp also known as Peneus vannamei broodstocks in Dagupan City due to the pond's low salinity. Dr. John ...
- October 14, 2005
Prawn sandwich destroys Philippines fish nurseries
She helped turn many of the 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 Filipina zoologist, whose ...
- April 11, 2008
SEAFDEC to hold forum for business people
SEAFDEC's 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 the Philippine ...
- August 23, 2007
Shrimp congress set in July
Scientific advances in shrimp culture technology and the establishment of diagnostic laboratories for shrimp diseases by the government provide hope that the Philippine shrimp industry can still recover after a series of ...
- June 2, 2002
33 Mindanao shrimp growers trained
Thirty-three shrimp farm owners and technicians from Misamis Occidental and Zamboanga del Sur completed a training on environment-friendly shrimp culture methods conducted recently in Tangub City, Misamis Occidental. Held ...
- May 25, 2003
SEAFDEC/AQD urges biosecurity for shrimp farms
In a recent biosecurity forum, Dr. Joebert Toledo, Chief of the Aquaculture Department (AQD) of the Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center (SEAFDEC), has offered to provide shrimp farmers free diagnostic services as ...
- June 18, 2007
2 Ilonggos succeed on bangus, biscocho
Tomas Hautea began exercising his entrepreneurial skills when he was still a student. At 18, Tomas also ventured into agriculture and leased fishponds, eventually purchasing the now family-owned fishpond in Dumangas, Iloilo ...
- September 7, 2008
Mangroves, fishponds, and the quest for sustainability
Aquaculture ranks as a phenomenal success story in global food production. In 1975, when I joined the SEAFDEC/AQD, aquaculture contributed 8% to the overall yield of the world's fish harvest; now it provides more than ...
- July 26, 2007
Seafdec shrimp tech is simple, practical, safe
Shrimp growers and technicians from Myanmar's Department of Fisheries (DOF) said the shrimp technology of Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center/Aquaculture Department (Seafdec/AQD) that they are slowly adopting is ...
- September 14, 2001