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Philippines catching up in fish hatchery business
Not long ago, Taiwan imported marine fish larvae and fingerlings from its Asian neighbors, one of which is the Philippines. Now, Taiwan boasts of its capability to produce at least 60 marine fish species at commercial ...
- April 29, 2002
Seafdec-made paddle wheel buoys local prawn industry
The diesel-driven paddle wheel that SEAFDEC/AQD (Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center/Aquaculture Department ) has fabricated is attracting prawn growers. The long arm paddle wheel is a must in intensive and ...
- August 23, 2001
SEAFDEC-AQD urges mud crab production
The country's production of mud crab is keeping its steady increase of about 200 metric tons annually since 1997. Record from the Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO) and the Department of Agriculture (DA) showed that ...
- July 25, 2003
Seafdec meets head on diseases threatening aquaculture industry
Recognizing that the aquaculture industry in Western Visayas is the continuously threatened by diseases, the Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center - Aquaculture Department (Seafdec-AQD) recently co-organized a two ...
- January 25, 2002
SEAFDEC AQD announces training sked for the year
The Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center Aquaculture Department (SEAFDEC AQD) announces its short term courses for this year. Freshwater Aquaculture (AquaFresh) will open at the SEAFDEC AQD's Binangonan Freshwater ...
- February 25, 2002
First week of July is national biotech week
The first week of July 2006 was proclaimed by President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo as National Biotechnology Week with the theme "Securing the Philippines' Niche in the Global Bio-Enterprise”. In connection with the observance ...
- July 7, 2006
Farm-based research on abalone-growing launched
The Aquaculture Department of the Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center (SEAFDEC - AQD) has forged ties with the private sector to study the economics of abalone rearing in an actual farm situation. The two private ...
- July 15, 2005
SEAFDEC transfers aquatech to Cagayan
The Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center-Aquaculture Department in Tigbauan, Iloilo is extending its aquaculture technology transfer not only in its host region, Western Visayas, but up yo Cagayan Valley in Region ...
- May 28, 2001
Seahorses: awesome sea creatures to conserve
Dried seahorses are reported to be priced expensively. In Hong Kong, it is sold at $1.200 for a kilo. However, it is not only the dried seahorses that are sold. The live ones are also exported to the USA, Europe, Japan, ...
- July 22, 2000
SEAFDEC-AQD completes life cycle of red snapper and seahorse in captivity
The red snapper (Lutjanus argentimaculatus) locally known as maya-maya and two species of seahorses (Hippocampus kuda and H. barbouri) are the latest additions to the Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center Aquaculture ...
- October 4, 2000