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Aquaculture...quo vadis?: (Speech of Dr. William D. Dar, Acting Secretary of the Department of Agriculture, last July 9 in Seafdec's Silver Anniversary Program at Tigbauan, Iloilo: First of two parts
Mr. Udom Bhatiyasevi, SEAFDEC Secretary-General; Dr. Rolando Platon, Aquaculture Department Chief; Mr. Tadokoro, Deputy chief; Mr Hiroshi Gotoh, JICA Resident Representative in the Philippines; Mayor Myrna Torres of Tigbauan; ...
- July 13, 1998
SEAFDEC reaches out to rebel returnees
Slowly, they are building for their future, a future free from violence and anxiety. The rebel returnees (RR) in Tapaz just so recently put up additional six floating cages in San Julian dam. These cages will be stocked ...
- September 1, 1999
Seafdec to hold training on seed production of catfish
The native catfish or pantat (Clarias macrocephalus) is staging a comeback. Pantat has virtually disappeared from the waters of Iloilo, mainly due to high pesticide use in rice farms whose contaminated run-off water flowed ...
- October 7, 1999
To address fish catch: Intensify tech transfer urged
"The municipal fish catch is declining at a very alarming rate," Undersecretary for Fisheries of the Department of Agriculture Cesar Drilon told the fisherfolk association of Antique during the 2nd Provincial Fishery ...
- September 1, 1999
SEAFDECverification and extension 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
Crude protein, pond catfish good tandem
Feeding pond-cultured Asian catfish (Clarias macrocephalus), the native, "hito" or "pantat" in Ilonggo with a formulated diet containing 34% crude protein (CP) is profitable. This was revealed in a recently concluded study ...
- December 14, 1999
Lapu-Lapu, an alternative to prawn
To encourage awareness and acceptance of Grouper "Lapu-Lapu" as a profitable product, Tigbauan-based Seafdec held a Field Day Monday at the Roberto Sanson Farm, Sum-ag, Bacolod City. The activity followed after a successful ...
- March 26, 1998
Fishers group in Aklan leads way to mangrove-friendly mudcrab culture
Raising mudcrab in tidal flats with existing mangroves is a feasible and economically profitable livelihood alternative for fishers. And this is environment-friendly. This was confirmed in a mucrab technology verification ...
- October 30, 1999
Red label pesticides endanger Iloilo's promising aquaculture
Iloilo has a bright future in aquaculture but that might go snafu anytime because highly toxic chemicals, including those banned, are still used here. A farmer leader said Iloilo the past five years managed to revive ...
- October 14, 1999
Iloilo to go into fry venture
The Iloilo provincial agriculture office is proceeding to fry and fingerling production now that the stocks in its demonstration fishcages are already mature, announced Aniceto Diamante, in-charge of the facility. "Our ...
- December 11, 1998