An intensified program to bring field-tested ready-to-apply technology on prawn culture has begun to bolster the prawn industry of the Philippines. The Philippine-based Aquaculture Department of the Southeast Asian Center has launched a vigorous program to assist prawn farmers as well as those raising milkfish, tilapia and other species. This was announced recently by the Department Chief Alfredo C. Santiago, Jr.

See technology surge for RP's prawn industry. (1983, April 4). The Visayan Tribune, pp. 1, 3.