The Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center – Aquaculture Department (SEAFDEC/AQD) distributed 2.16 tons of tissue-cultured Kappaphycus alvarezii seedlings, known locally as “guso” or “tambalang,” to coastal communities in Northern Iloilo on May 6 and 12 to support seaweed farming and strengthen local livelihoods. Beneficiaries in the municipalities of Concepcion, Ajuy, and San Dionisio received the seedlings grown for four months by SEAFDEC/AQD in Pandan, Antique. The plantlets used in Pandan originated from tissue cultures at the Seaweed Laboratory in Tigbauan, Iloilo.

SEAFDEC/AQD boosts Northern Iloilo seaweed farming with improved seedlings. (2026, May 30-31). Panay News, p. 12.