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SEAFDEC sets efforts for catfish production
The Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center - Aquaculture Department (SEAFDEC-AQD) here is taking strides to restore the freshwater catfish, Claria macrocephalus. Dr. Josefa Tan-Fermin leads the said endeavor to revive ...
- August 5, 2003
Kapis shell industry - can the downfall be reversed?
Kapis shell once made a record of ranking in US$35 million and placed 5th among the major fishery export products of the Philippines. That was 1991. Today, the number of kapis are dwindling and worst, they have totally ...
- February 19, 2002
Shrimp congress upholds environment-friendly culture
The national congress for the shrimp industry held here last July 1-3, 2002 presented latest advancements in technology and scientific studies relegated to shrimp farming and disease prevention. The congress attended by ...
- July 4, 2002
"Lampirong will be back in our tables soon" - BFAR
Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) Regional Director Sonia Seville advised fishermen along shores where once there were abundant harvests of lampirong (Placuna placenta) or kapis shells to "wait a little bit ...
- June 3, 2002
Aquaculture targets food sufficiency
The success of researches in aquaculture technology should be gauged by its usefulness in boosting production to achieve food sufficiency. Seafdec Aquaculture Department (AQD) is a pioneer in aquaculture researches. Bureau ...
- July 10, 2001
Bullfrog raising gains better profit
The Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Council - Aquaculture Department (SEAFDEC-AQD) here recently discovered that bullfrog - raising could profitable. This was uncovered after SEAFDEC officials have monitored from its ...
- December 3, 2003
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-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 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
September to February provides higher yield in seaweed culture
Research results conducted by scientists from the Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center (SEAFDEC) and the University of the Philippines in the Visayas (UPV) at Panagatan Cays (shoal) in Caluya Group of Islands, ...
- October 6, 2002