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6th Philippine Shrimp Congress slated in Bacolod City
The 6th Philippine Shrimp Congress is scheduled to be held in Bacolod City on May 29-30, 2008 at the newly renovated Bacolod Pavilion Resort Hotel. The Congress is organized by the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources ...
- May 19, 2008
BFAR destroys infected white shrimps
About 1,100 pieces of imported white shrimps known as "Peneaus vannamei," costing $35 each, will be "destroyed" today, following a recommendation by the Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center Aquaculture Department ...
- April 13, 2005
There's goldmine in ulang - expert
A fishery expert here said there is an unexplored goldmine in the prawn species locally called ulang that growers must pay attention to as it will bring economic fortune to them when tapped. Dr. Westly Rosario, interim ...
- December 7, 2008
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
DA eyes shrimp production of 1000,000 MT
The Department of Agriculture (DA) is eyeing to increase shrimp production to 1000,000 metric tons (MT) in five years via the large- scale production of Penaeus vannamei, or Pacific white shrimp. Agriculture Undersecretary ...
- July 11, 2008
Fisheries center opens door to investors
Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center's Aquaculture Development has opened its doors to businessmen looking at possible investments in aquaculture under an agree-build-operate-transfer scheme (Abot). According to ...
- January 4, 2008
White shrimp testing requires single protocol
The National Agricultural and Fishery Council (NAFC) has asked the Bureau of Fisheries and Natural Resources (BFAR) and the Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center-Aquaculture Department (SEAFDEC-AQD) to implement a ...
- April 15, 2005
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
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