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Fishery experts map out ways to protect aquaculture industry
About a hundred aquaculture scientists, environmentalists and other fishery experts from Southeast Asia and other parts of the World met here recently and mapped out measures to counter threats to the aquaculture industry ...
- March 15, 1999
Aquaculture seminar set Jan 11-15
An international seminar-workshop on mangrove-friendly aquaculture will be held on Jan. 11-15 at the Days Hotel in Iloilo City.
- January 11, 1999
International fisheries body cites RP
The Thailand-based secretariat of the Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center, through its top official, has lauded the Philippine government for its continued support to SEAFDEC, particularly its Aquaculture Department ...
- July 26, 1999
Apahap skin good material for shoes
Believe it or not, the skin of the fresh seabass, locally known as apahap, is a good material for shoes, In fact, the apahap skin makes the best fish leather, according to the Tigbauan, Iloilo-based Southeast Asian Fisheries ...
- February 3, 1999
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 18, 1999
Aquaculture training held
Ninety-seven aquaculture specialists from 10 countries, mostly in Asia, attended the six regular training courses on aquaculture offered last year by the Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center's Aquaculture Department ...
- January 7, 1999
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
R&D breakthroughs speed up RP fisheries dev't
Years back, grouper (lapu-lapu) used to be caught in the wild or in their natural habitat - the sea. Now, it can be raised in brackish water ponds, thanks to a technology developed by the government-hosted, Tigbauan, ...
- July 4, 1999
Research projects to save prawn sector launched
Long-term and short-term research projects are now being undertaken to help solve the problems besetting the local prawn industry. "We have embarked on several projects to address the industry problems, "said Dr. Rolando ...
- January 25, 1999
Iloilo
Three elementary pupils and six high school students from five Iloilo towns won prizes in quiz, design, and essay contest conducted during the recent Aquaculture Week sponsored by a Southeast Asian center based in Tigbauan town.
- July 25, 1999