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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
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
Pototan chosen as native catfish development hub
The African catfish (Clarias gariepinus, C. lazera) made Zarraga famous because of the proliferation of African catfish in that area. Their produce are sold along the highway of the town for about P90 a kilo. Now That a ...
- October 2, 1999
'Intercrop' rice with pantat, farmers urged
Freshwater fishes can be "intercropped" with rice, increasing a farming family's income and at the same time, the protein and energy intake of its members. That's possible, reads a primer distributed by the Technology and ...
- December 3, 1999
'Hito' revival, dev't plan up
The provincial government and a Southeast Asian center here have agreed to work together in bringing back the native catfish (hito) to Iloilo's rivers and farms. A memorandum of agreement (MOA) for the implementation of a ...
- December 6, 1999