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 me as a farmer." For sometime in the past, catfish seemed headed for extinction. Until SEAFDEC AQD developed an induced breeding and hatchery technology for mass production of fry of the Philippine catfish (Clarias macrocephalus). The technology answers the need for fry for grow-out production as the catfish is fast disappearing from its natural habitat in the country.

New technologies in aquaculture help Visayas development. (1999, August 23). The Philippine Star, p. 44.