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Oplan ERAP can ensure food security
Oplan ERAP can significantly raise the living standards and provide more food access to the poor, not only in the Philippines but also in Southeast Asia. This was revealed by two international aquaculture scientists in a ...
- November 26, 1999
Pototan eyed as native catfish dev't center
If the town Zarraga is known as the African catfish center, Pototan would like to be known as the native catfish center. The African catfish (Clarias gariepinus, C. lareza) made Zarraga famous because of the proliferation ...
- October 1, 1999
Mangrove cutting in Oton slammed
One of southern Iloilo's last mangrove stands if gone, courtesy of a "developer" and a set of public officials in stupor. And a scientist at the Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center (Seafdec) based in Tigbauan tow, ...
- November 19, 1999
Seafdec eyes commercialization of aquaculture research results
Dr. Rolando Platon, chief of the Iloilo-based Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Centers aquaculture department (Seafdec/AQD), reiterated the Department's thrust on commercialization of Seafdec's research and development ...
- November 11, 1999
Seafdec to hold training on seed production of catfish
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 ...
- October 7, 1999
Native catfish grows fast on high-protein feed
Experiments at the SEAFDEC Aquaculture Department in Iloilo shows that the native hito grows much faster when fed with formulated feeds with high protein content. After 120 days of culture, the catfish fed with formulated ...
- December 23, 1999
The future of RP shrimp industry lies in Palawan
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 ...
- December 15, 1999
Crude protein, pond catfish good tandem
Feeding pond-cultured Asian catfish (Clarias macrocephalus), the native, "hito" or "pantat" in Ilonggo with a formulated diet containing 34% crude protein (CP) is profitable. This was revealed in a recently concluded study ...
- December 14, 1999
Ex-rebels in aquaculture
Rebel returnees construct floating cages for tilapia culture as part of the aquaculture program launched recently in Tapax, Capiz. The project that extends livelihood assistance to former rebels is a collaborative program ...
- November 2, 1999
Puerto Princesa-SEAFDEC-AQD-AD Collaboration
The Puerto Princesa City government, the government-hosted, Tigbauan, Iloilo-based Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center Aquaculture Department (SEAFDEC-AQD) and the Department of Agriculture-Bureau of Fisheries and ...
- November 8, 1999