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, ...

Efforts to revive the once lucrative but long-gone capiz shell industry in Iloilo are on. Spearheading the move are local government units (LGUs) of Iloilo's first congressional district belonging to the Panay Gulf Development ...

The awarding of Certificate of Appreciation to Dumangas Mayor Rolando Distura was the highlight of the celebration of the Dumangas Brackishwater Station's first year anniversary. The Certificate was presented by Dr. Rolando ...

The native catfish or pantat (Clarias macrocephalus) is staging a comeback. Pantat has virtually disappeared from the waters of Iloilo, mainly due to high pesticide use in rice farms whose contaminated run-off water flowed ...

SEAFDEC AQD Chief Dr. Rolando Platon inducted the new set of officers of SAEP (Society of Aquaculture Engineers of the Philippines) last November 29 during the Society's 13th annual meeting held at the studio visual room ...

The recently-concluded ADSEA 99 (Aquaculture Development in SEA) spawned a food security mission between Seafdec AQD and BFAR. Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center Chief Dr. Rolando Platon and Dir. Malcolm Sarmiento ...

The awarding of Certificates of Appreciation to Dumangas Mayor Rolando Distura was the highlight of the celebration of the Dumangas Brackishwater Station's first year anniversary last Wednesday, October 27. The Certificate ...

The country's shrimp production continues to be sluggish due to shrimp diseases brought about by widespread infection by the luminescent bacteria. Quoting data from the Bureau of Agricultural Statistics (BAS), shrimp expert ...

Sen. Meriam Santiago was among the first to dine and taste from the first harvest of SEAFDEC-CPEU-BFAR (Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center-Central Panay Economic Unification, Inc.-Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic ...

Success or failure of any aquaculture venture depends largely on engineering design. Aquaculture has drawn heavily from engineering science the design and construction of farms and so if one desires to make good on ...