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Seahorse industry seen as 'good investment'
With the current price of dried seahorse running to as high as US$514 per kilo in Taiwan, this kind of fish is fast emerging as one of the best fish species for aquaculture. No less than Dr. Luis Ma. Garcia of the Southeast ...
- July 24, 2003
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
Aquaculture seminar roadshow set
Preparations are underway for the holding of a roadshow seminar on all commercially viable technologies developed by a government-hosted Southeast Asian center based in Tigbauan, Iloilo. Billed "Business Opportunities in ...
- April 13, 2003
Mud crab production in mangrove areas feasible
It is feasible and economically viable to integrate mud crab (alimango) aquaculture within natural mangroves. Attesting to this are results of a study by Eduard Rodriguez and Avelino Triño of the government-hosted Southeast ...
- March 9, 2003
Shrimp industry could net profit of P1M per harvest
Local shrimp producers here could maximize their profit to more than P1 million per harvest should they increase their stocking density range to 15-25 per square meters. This was the result of a study made by Dan Baliao, ...
- August 8, 2003
Agri officials hail building of fisheries lab in Iloilo town
Agriculture and fishery officials welcomed the establishment of a biotechnology laboratory here as "uplifting news" in aqua0culture industry amid the global gloom spawned by th crisis in the Middle East. The facility, built ...
- March 12, 2003
Scientific laboratory now available to fish growers
A modern scientific laboratory was recently established at the Brackishwater Station here to better serve locals engaged in the aquaculture industry. The project was a collaborative effort of the Bureau of Fisheries and ...
- September 19, 2003
Breakthrough in seahorse breeding achieved
A breakthrough in the breeding of three seahorse species native to the Philippines has been achieved. The R & D headways was chalked up by researchers of the government-hosted Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center ...
- July 6, 2003
Japanese scientist takes leading role in research on fish diseases
A Japanese fish scientist has been assigned by the Japanese government to oversee the planning and management of a Philippine-based Southeast Asian fish disease project. Dr. Kazuya Nagasawa, a fish parasite and disease ...
- June 26, 2003
SEAFDEC eyes mangroves as food source
Mangroves are now being harness as potential food source by the Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center - Aquaculture Department (SEAFDEC AQD) that initiated a Mangrove-Friendly Aquaculture (MFA) Project in 1997. ...
- October 18, 2003