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Gov't pressed to lift vannamei shrimp ban
The fisheries Aquaculture board (FAB) seeks the government’s immediate lifting of the ban on the commercial culture of the vannamei shrimps as initial experimentation showed that it can be bred locally free of disease. In ...
- January 19, 2006
SEAFDEC developing high-yield seaweed
Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center (SEAFDEC) is developing high-yielding and “ice-ice” disease-resistant seaweed strains in an aim to meet expanding industrial use and raise some $100 million in seaweed-carrageenan ...
- July 18, 2006
SEAFDEC, Antique gov't sign agreement on preservation of coastal resources
A memorandum of agreement (MOA) was recently forged between the Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center (SEAFDEC) and the office of Antique Cong. Exequiel Javier for protection, management and development of the ...
- July 14, 2006
Saludan Festival Tigbauan
Although relatively small, Tigbauan is one of Iloilo's leading towns in fish production. Its municipal waters, abundant with fish are oftentimes producing more than what residents can consume. Three of from its ten coastal ...
- October 23, 2006
Unscathed by oil spill
A 30-kilo grouper ("garoupa" or "lapu-lapu" in Filipino) enjoys its sanctuary at the Marine Culture Park of the Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center in Nueva Valencia in a cove on the Western side of Guimaras Island.
- September 5, 2006
Fisheries expert bucks BFAR conversion into staff bureau
The fisheries sector will once again join the non-performing assets of the government if the Department of Agriculture will include the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) in its rationalization or "rat" plan, ...
- September 10, 2006
Mussel farming eyed in coastal barangays
The local government here plan to develop about 17 kilometers of its coast from Banago to Punta Taytay into mussel farm. ‘Big opportunities await residents of coastal barangays of Bacolod City who would go into mussel ...
- October 8, 2006
SEAFDEC to raise specialty marine products
Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center (SEAFDEC) has embarked on a ₱5.4-million aquaculture program that aims to boost the country’s stock for specialty products such as abalone, grouper (Lapu Lapu) giant clam, and ...
- July 3, 2006
First week of July is national biotech week
The first week of July 2006 was proclaimed by President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo as National Biotechnology Week with the theme "Securing the Philippines' Niche in the Global Bio-Enterprise”. In connection with the observance ...
- July 7, 2006
Private investors eye fish hatchery in Tawi - Tawi
Representatives of private companies have been visiting Luuk Pandan and Panglima Sugala, Tawi-Tawi, lately because a ₱5-million mariculture park will be built there soon. USAID’s Growth with Equity in Mindanao (GEM) program ...
- March 25, 2006