Science, technology needed to boost WV fisheries sector
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Science and technology must be used to reinforce the fishery and aquaculture sector in Western Visayas, according to Department of Science and Technology (DOST) regional director Rowen Gelonga. “We are asking the University of the Philippines Visayas (UPV) and SEAFDEC (Southeast Asia Fisheries Development Center) to share the technologies that they have developed,” he said. The Capiz State University (CAPSU) has also been helping the DOST to strengthen the research, development and consultancy program for aquaculture.
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Science, technology needed to boost WV fisheries sector. (2018, September 17). Panay News, p. 10.
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Fishery industry; Aquaculture; Technology transfer; Research; Aquaculture techniques; Aquaculture products; Aquaculture development; Technology; Fisheries; Aquaculture products; Seafood; Fishery products; University of the Philippines Visayas (UPV); Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center/Aquaculture Department (SEAFDEC/AQD); Capiz State University (CAPSU); Department of Science and Technology (DOST); Mollusk Research and Development Center; Fisheries and Food R&D Center; Gelonga, Rowen
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