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DA, SEAFDEC to implement tagging of fishes
The Department of Agriculture (DA) and the Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center (SEAFDEC) plan to implement a number coding or tagging of up to 2,400 pieces of small pelagic fishes like galunggong, hasa-hasa and ...
- January 14, 2008
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
Shrimp production to double in 5 yrs-DA
The Department of Agriculture (DA) is optimistic that domestic shrimp production will double in the next five years and that the Philippines will regain its status as one of the world's top exporters of shrimp. Agriculture ...
- July 10, 2008
Mangroves, fishponds, and the quest for sustainability
My earliest training was in zoology, and when I began studying the taxonomy of mangroves, I found the diversity of these habitats challenging. On a trip to the Mai Po, Hong Kong, mangroves in 1993, experts from Thailand ...
- August 2, 2007
Yap unveils abalone breeding program
Agriculture Secretary Arthur Yap launched here yesterday a five-year, P15-million program spearheaded by the Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center (SEAFDEC) and DA-Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) ...
- July 22, 2007
Crisis becomes opportunity
The oil spill off Guimaras almost two years ago was tragic. For days it hogged the headlines on how bad it was for the environment but most of all, on how it deprived the fishermen of their livelihood. The livelihood project ...
- March 29, 2009
Raising ulang in fish cages
It is now feasible to raise ulang (giant freshwater prawn) in fish cages in lakes. The technology was developed and continues to be refined under a collaborative project on the development of a genetically improved strain ...
- March 18, 2007
Apahap raising in fishponds
Apahap (seabass), a freshwater fish species, can now be profitably grown in fishponds. This was proven by a research project involving a technology developed by the Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center Aquaculture ...
- February 25, 2007
Asia's natural shield against tsunamis disappearing
Asia's mangrove areas, the region's vital frontline shield against tidal waves and tsunamis, are gradually but consistently disappearing. What were once lush mangrove swamps have been obliterated to give way to the ...
- January 23, 2005
White shrimp farming gains momentum
When Leonila Arguerro decides to come home after working for years as a nurse in England, she is certain on where to primarily invest her earnings. This early, she is looking forward to putting her money in shrimp farming ...
- December 2, 2007