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DA backs region's agri-biz projects
Six agri-business projects in the region availed of financial assistance from the Department of Agriculture. The checks were properly turned over at the opening ceremony of the "Agri-business in Focus 2001: in the city on ...
- December 14, 2001
Shrimp harvests set record
Dan Baliao, Program Director of Seafdec-BFAR (Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center-Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources) Joint Mission for Accelerated Nationwide Techno-Transfer Program (JMANTTP) could not ...
- December 13, 2001
Reviving aquaculture (first of two parts)
At any rate, my trips to the wet market are enriching. The rise in prices can be shocking and full of surprises. Not long agro, the bangrus was the king of aquaculture. It cost more than the tilapia or pantat that were ...
- February 27, 2001
RP prawn gets market break
The Southeast Fisheries Corporation (SFC) is now giving Filipino prawn growers and sellers of marine products, a venue on which such raw materials can find their way to large markets throughout the world. Sung Ho Yu, SFC ...
- January 16, 2001
Japan provides $6M for biotech aquaculture lab in Iloilo
Japan has provided a grant of $6 million (more than P30 million) for the establishment of an aquaculture biotechnology laboratory of the government-hosted Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center Aquaculture Department ...
- September 28, 2001
Bacteria blamed for slump in aquaculture
For the aquaculture industry of Panay Island to recover and develop, it must first manage the bacteria or pathogens in marine and freshwater environment that are getting more resistant to antibiotics. Two of the common ...
- June 9, 2001
Reviving aquaculture (Conclusion)
Our rivers and streams that used to give us abundant and free tilapia, pantat, kalampay, shrimps, etc. are dying. We can also draw lessons from SEAFDEC under Dr. Rolando Platon and the Iloilo Provincial Government under ...
- February 28, 2001
5 Iloilo towns join hands to rehabilitate coastal waters
Officials of five southern Iloilo towns have joined in the Herculean effort to rehabilitate the southern coastal waters of the province. In an unprecedented move, the mayors of the towns of Oton, Tigbauan, Guimbal, Miagao, ...
- November 25, 2001
SEAFDEC/AQD now conducts molecular diagnosis for shrimp & fish diseases
Viruses has been long time scourge of the aquaculture industry. The presence or absence of these viruses often spells the difference between profit and loss. The White Spot Syndrome Virus (WSSV) for shrimp, the Viral Nervous ...
- December 3, 2001
Aquaculture recovery depends on managing bacteria antibiotic resistance
The two common pathogens in marine and freshwater environments known to scientists as Vibrio spp. and Aeromonas spp. are resistant to antibiotics widely used in aquaculture feeds. This was shown in a survey using bacterial ...
- February 12, 2001