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SEAFDEC achieves mudcrab culture breakthrough
A first in the history of mudcrab culture in the country has been achieved. Researchers at the Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center Aquaculture Department (SEAFDEC AQD) here have spawned the mudcrab and raised ...
- April 5, 1998
RP to import 'bangus' fry from Taiwan
After rice, corn and sugar, the Department of Agriculture is proposing the importation of about 500 million bangus (milkfish) fingerling worth P275 million. Agriculture Secretary Roberto Sebastian said the move is intended ...
- August 16, 1995
RP representative to SEAFDEC named
Acting Agriculture Secretary William D. Dar has appointed his undersecretary Cesar Drilon as the Philippine representative to the Council of Directors of the Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center (SEAFDEC). Dae also ...
- October 7, 1998
New hope for native hito; breading technic developed
The vanishing native hito (Clarias macrocephalus) may once again become available if results of experiments at the Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center (SEAFDEC) are popularized and commercialized. We just got a ...
- June 25, 1998
New technologies in aquaculture help Visayas development
Another beneficiary of the mudcrab technology, farmer Fred Magbanua of Puerto Princesa City, gushed: "'ll continue with this mudcrab project, even though small as it may be. This is really another profitable venture for ...
- August 23, 1999
Seafdec embarks on mussels, oysters as good protein option
In these hard times, when housewives complain of the escalating food prices of fish, meat and poultry products, it's a sigh of relief to know that there is still a cheap protein alternative-molluscs. On Wednesday, April ...
- April 24, 1998
SEFDEC taps aquaculture trade in R&D
A Philippine government-supported Southeast Asian Center based here will involve the local aquaculture industry in its research and development programs. This was announced by Dr. Rolando R. Platon, chief of the Southeast ...
- December 19, 1996
Aquaculture seminar set in Naga
A seminar on productivity enhancement technologies in fishpond and other aquaculture systems in Bicol will be held on Sept. 30 and Oct. 1 at the Social Hall of the Bicol College of Arts and Trades (BCAT) in Naga City. The ...
- September 28, 1994
Mindanao aquaculture research projects up
The Mindanao State University (MSU) System and the Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center Aquaculture Department (SEAFDEC AQD) have agreed to carry out aquaculture research and extension projects in Mindanao. Recognizing ...
- July 4, 1999
Milkfish (Taken from the AQD-Seafdec magazine dated June 1999)
In the late 1970S, AQD researchers achieved a breakthrough in inducing milkfish broodstock from the wild to spawn. Subsequently, AQD reared fry to breeders in cages and tanks. Then, eggs from captive breeders supported the ...
- August 10, 1999