Six academic and research and development (RAD) institutions and private corporation received centennial awards for Los Baños-based research council of the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) when it celebrated its 10th anniversary last Jan. 30. They received cash prizes and plaques of recognition conferred by the Philippine Council for Aquatic and Marine Research and Development (PCAMRD). Three of them won the Most Outstanding Fisheries award, namely; the Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center Aquaculture Department (SEAFDEC AQD) based in Tigbauan, Iloilo; Mindanao State University (MSU) Naawan in Naawan, Misamis Oriental and Freshwater Aquaculture Center of the Central Luzon State University (CLSU) in Muñoz, Nueva Ecija.

Fernandez, R. A. (1998, February 1). Six receive DOST-PCAMRD centennial awards. The Philippine Star, p. 18.