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Misamis Or.
The Mindanao State University (MSU) campus in Naawan town and Iloilo-based Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center Aquaculture Department (SEAFDEC AQD) have been conferred centennial awards by the Department of Science ...
- March 15, 1998
Int's confab tackles problems of RP shrimp industry
The local shrimp industry, despite disease and marketing problems currently plaguing it, is not dead as some doomsayers think. Solutions are earnestly being worked out to reinvigorate the industry, it was reported during ...
- June 23, 1996
R&D plan to boost seaweed industry
An agency of the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) has hammered out a research and development (R&D) program to boost the development of the country's seaweed industry. The R&D program was prepared by the Los ...
- October 15, 1993
Boracay waters being rid of coral-devouring starfishes
A campaign to rid the waters of the world-famous tourists island of Boracay in Aklan of crown-of-thorns (COT) starfishes in on. Since last year, some 10,000 COTs have been manually gathered by local dive shop operators, ...
- September 27, 1999
Milkfish probe urged
Sen Robert Jaworski expressed alarm yesterday on the entry of "mestisong bangus" (imported milkfish) from Taiwan which is threatening its local counterpart which happens to be the country's national fish.
- March 27, 1999
Panther grouper spawns in captivity, finally
For the first time in the Philippines, panther grouper, a fish species locally known as señorita, has spawned in captivity. The feat was achieved at the fish farm of Filiberto Oliveros, chairman of the Honda Bay Foundation, ...
- January 18, 1998
Seahorses a potential big dollar earner
In view of the seahorses' potentials, researchers worldwide, including those of the Tigbauan, Iloilo-based Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center's Aquaculture Department (SEAFDEC-AQD), have been studying the development ...
- February 19, 1999
Iloilo
Fifteen nationals of seven Asian countries completed the second regular training course on aquaculture conducted by the Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center Aquaculture Department (SEAFDEC AQD) based in Tigbauan town.
- July 5, 1998
World shrimp industry faces uncertain future
The high value and short gestation period of shrimps made them attractive to investors in the Philippines and other shrimp-producing nations starting in the late 1970s up to the later 1980s. "This was the period of the ...
- January 4, 1998
Reaping the gifts of the sea
Our meeting today deals with one of the most basic concerns of Filipino life. Fish is the main source of protein for the Filipino people, with each Filipino consuming 40 kilograms of fish every year. I have learned that ...
- May 4, 1995