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6th Philippine Shrimp Congress slated in Bacolod City
The 6th Philippine Shrimp Congress is scheduled to be held in Bacolod City on May 29-30, 2008 at the newly renovated Bacolod Pavilion Resort Hotel. The Congress is organized by the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources ...
- May 19, 2008
There's goldmine in ulang - expert
A fishery expert here said there is an unexplored goldmine in the prawn species locally called ulang that growers must pay attention to as it will bring economic fortune to them when tapped. Dr. Westly Rosario, interim ...
- December 7, 2008
Philippine science as world science: The case of milkfish reproduction
By the early 1980s, Clarissa Marte (also a UP faculty member) and Flor Lacanilao had both moved to the Aquaculture Department of the Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center (SEAFDEC) in Iloilo where they tried a ...
- January 10, 2008
Fisheries center opens door to investors
Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center's Aquaculture Development has opened its doors to businessmen looking at possible investments in aquaculture under an agree-build-operate-transfer scheme (Abot). According to ...
- January 4, 2008
DA hopes to double shrimp output in 5 years
The Department of Agriculture (DA) hopes to double the country's shrimp production in five years and thus regain its status as a top exporter of Peneaus vannamei of Pacific white shrimp. Agriculture Undersecretary Jesus ...
- July 10, 2008
UP professors' works on mangroves recognized
The international scientific community recently recognized three UP professors' programs to protect mangroves forests. Professors' Rene Rollon and Maricar Samson's work on mangroves have been widely quoted by several ...
- November 15, 2008
Prawn sandwich destroys Philippines fish nurseries
She helped turn many of the world’s prawn farmers into millionaires, but Jurgenne Primavera now worries that her life’s work might have indirectly accelerated the destruction of fish nurseries. The Filipina zoologist, whose ...
- April 11, 2008
RP mangrove scientist among Time's heroes of environment
As always, Jurgenne Primavera though about her achievements. The retired Iloilo-based scientist has been featured by Time magazine in its Oct. 6 special issue on "Heroes of the Environment." She was among 30 activists, ...
- October 12, 2008
2 Ilonggos succeed on bangus, biscocho
Tomas Hautea began exercising his entrepreneurial skills when he was still a student. At 18, Tomas also ventured into agriculture and leased fishponds, eventually purchasing the now family-owned fishpond in Dumangas, Iloilo ...
- September 7, 2008
Shrimp production to double in 5 yrs-DA
The Department of Agriculture (DA) is optimistic that domestic shrimp production will double in the next five years and that the Philippines will regain its status as one of the world's top exporters of shrimp. Agriculture ...
- July 10, 2008