Browsing Panay News by Subject "hatcheries"

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    • Iloilo moves to boost blue swimming crab population 

      Sornito, Ime (Panay News, May 15, 2024, on page 2-15)
      In a bid to revive the blue swimming crab population in the province and sustain local livelihoods, the Provincial Agriculture Office recently released crablets in Sitio Banban, Barangay Tambaliza, Concepcion town. Led by ...

    • Iloilo mulls crab hatchery 

      Sologastoa, Glenda (Panay News, July 30, 2017, on page 3)
      Iloilo plans to replicate a practice of the neighboring province of Negros Occidental in conserving blue crabs. During a recent meeting on the Visayan Sea, Negros Occidental governor Alfredo Marañon Jr. shared that they ...

    • Iloilo seeks to conserve blue crab population 

      Nepomoceno, Jezza A. (Panay News, February 27, 2018, on page 3-14)
      The provincial government will put up a crab hatchery worth P5-million in Concepcion town this year to help conserve and restore the population of the kasag or blue swimming crabs. In partnership with the Bureau of Fisheries ...

    • Improving the survival rate of mud crab 

      Yap, Julio P. Jr. (Panay News, April 30, 2018, on page 10)
      Through the use of formulated feeds and natural food, the survival rate of mud crab from zoea to megalopae and zoea to crab instar has significantly improved. The improvement was realized under a project entitled “Improvement ...

    • Jump-start aquaculture business with coaching from experts 

      Ledesma, Rossea Hosillos (Panay News, February 8, 2020, on page 11)
      Fish farms and hatcheries need proper management for these to prosper, so experts from the Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center Aquaculture Department (SEAFDEC/AQD) are offering aquaculture trainings with first-hand ...

    • Manual offers higher milkfish fry production 

      PN (Panay News, November 3, 2015, on page C5)
      Poor larval feeding has been linked to the low production of milkfish fry in hatcheries in the Philippines. To be able to boost the production of milkfish fry, the University of the Philippines (UPV) has released a manual ...

    • Milkfish fry sufficiency program in full swing 

      (Panay News, December 8, 2018, on page B8)
      Due to the declining supply of wild-caught fry and insufficiency of hatchery-bred fry from local hatcheries, the Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center’s (SEAFDEC) Aquaculture Department (AQD) acquired additional 78 ...

    • More laws on aquaculture sought 

      Golez, Prince (Panay News, May 17, 2017, on page 11-16)
      Sen. Cynthia Villar believes that more bills creating multi-species marine breeding stations in the provinces should be passed. “Aquaculture or fish farming is crucial for our food security. There is an uptrend in aquaculture ...

    • Mud crab as alternative livelihood for fisher folks 

      Escopel, Raymart (Panay News, November 18, 2015, on page B1)
      Fisher Folks are encouraged to invest in mud crab as an alternative livelihood aside from cultured fishes like bangus and tilapia for them to fully utilize their fish ponds. Roberto Baylon, one of the fisherfolk leaders ...

    • Mud crab congress this Oct. 

      Ereñeta, Merianne Grace (Panay News, October 10, 2015, on page 2-15)
      The Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center (SEAFDEC) based in Tigbauan, Iloilo will hold a "mud crab congress" from Oct. 16 to 18. The three-day gathering in this city will focus primarily on mud crabs' biology, ...

    • Mud crab hatchery to boost livelihood oppurtunities 

      Department of Science and Technology (DOST) (Panay News, December 30, 2015, on page C5)
      Local government unit of this town formally received a mud crab hatchery from a government project recently. Aside from supplying crablets for the benefit of mud crab farmers from Cebu, Negros Oriental, Leyte, it is expected ...

    • NegOcc town eyes multi-species marine hatchery 

      Philippine News Agency (PNA) (Panay News, May 18, 2023, on page 14)
      The municipality of EB Magalona, dubbed the “Blue Crab Capital of Negros Occidental,” is proposing the establishment of a multi-species marine hatchery to ensure the sustainability and growth of its aquaculture products. ...

    • New law establishes Iloilo marine hatchery 

      Philippine News Agency (PNA) (Panay News, May 20, 2022, on page 13)
      President Rodrigo Duterte has signed a law establishing, under the supervision of the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources of the Department of Agriculture (BFAR-DA), a multispecies marine hatchery in the province of ...

    • New SEAFDEC facilities in Iloilo to boost aquaculture 

      Tayona, Glenda (Panay News, December 13, 2021, on page 2-19)
      The Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center (SEAFDEC) Aquaculture Department (AQD) in Barangay Buyuan, Tigbauan town recently inaugurated new multi-species hatcheries and broodstock tanks. These tanks are large ...

    • Oil depot could displace fisherfolk 

      Sologastoa, Glenda; Toreno, Sheila Mae H. (Panay News, September 11, 2017, on page 1-18)
      A proposed oil depot in Dumangas, Iloilo could displace fisherfolk and threaten food security, warned the Department of Agriculture (DA). Agriculture Secretary Emmanuel Piñol has thrown his support to the Bureau of Fisheries ...

    • PH allots P10.5M for SEAFDEC/AQD to establish 15 pilot multi-species hatcheries 

      (Panay News, March 1, 2018, on page B11)
      The Philippine Government through the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) has allotted P10M for the Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center/Aquaculture Department (SEAFDEC/AQD) to conduct feasibility ...

    • Philippines catching up in fish hatchery business 

      Portal, Tadz (Panay News, April 29, 2002, on page 9-4)
      Not long ago, Taiwan imported marine fish larvae and fingerlings from its Asian neighbors, one of which is the Philippines. Now, Taiwan boasts of its capability to produce at least 60 marine fish species at commercial ...

    • Popularity of mangrove crabs spurs trainings on crab farming 

      Ledesma, Rossea Hosillos (Panay News, November 20, 2019, on page B1-B6)
      Due to the growing popularity of mangrove crabs, locally known as alimango, aqua farmers and entrepreneurs have recently been busy attending trainings on how to grow the prized seafood. In a span of three months, five ...

    • Research project for tuna farming in PH takes off 

      Dela Cruz, JM (Panay News, January 8, 2020, on page B1)
      Japanese technology on farming mackerel tuna, locally known as tulingan, is set to be adopted in the Philippines. A Japanese researcher is already procuring breeders to establish a hatchery in Iloilo. Experimental runs on ...

    • Scientist invents new hatchery tech to save endemic ayungin 

      PN (Panay News, December 14, 2019, on page B8)
      The declining population of the native freshwater fish ayungin, also known as silver therapon,is set to get a boost after a scientist devised a new system of growing its larvae in captivity. The hatchery technique was ...