Browsing Panay News by Subject "animal diseases"
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Capiz student bags award in int'l Science tilt
(Panay News,June 4, 2009 , on page 10)A student of the Capiz National High School was acknowledge in an international Science tilt in the United States. Angeli Joyce Yap Dy, 14, bagged the second place at the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair ... -
Detect shrimp diseases
(Panay News,July 22, 2016 , on page 10)Boost the country’s shrimp industry, an alternative to expensive disease detection methods in shrimps was developed. The University of Santo Tomas (UST) has developed a technology to detect shrimp diseases, particularly ... -
Dry spell threatens Capiz mud crabs
(Panay News,October 5, 2015 , on page 4-15)Researchers at the Southeast Asia Fisheries Development Center (SEAFDEC) based in Tigbauan, Iloilo warned of adverse effects of the drought this year until the middle of 2016 on the country's mud crab production, including ... -
Efforts on to prevent the collapse of shrimp industry
(Panay News,August 13, 2003 , on page 9-8)The Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center (SEAFDEC) here hastened the promotion of an "environment-friendly shrimp grow-out technology" in an effort to prevent the virtual collapse of the shrimp industry. This, after ... -
Expert warns crab farmers against ‘fake’ king crablets
(Panay News,May 23, 2020 , on page 9-11)Losses experienced by some crab farmers in the Philippines were traced to the very low survival of crablets that were misidentified as the popular king crab. Farmers prefer to culture king crab because it grows bigger and ... -
Farmed prawn can be a foreign exchange earner
(Panay News,June 14, 2017 , on page 10)Locally farmed prawn could be a vital foreign exchange earner for the country. It is a variety of prawn of the eastern Pacific Ocean that is commonly caught or farmed for food. Despite the problems confronting the sector, ... -
Fisherfolk turns to grouper cage culture
(Panay News,November 7, 2010 , on page B8)A fisherfolk association here asked the support of experts to further promote aquaculture of high-value commercial fish species. Capiz Provincial Agriculturist Slyvia dela Cruz said they have tapped the expertise of Southeast ... -
Fisherfolks turn to grouper cage culture
(Panay News,November 6, 2010 , on page 5)A fisherfolk association here asked the support of experts to further promote aquaculture of high-value commercial fish species. Capiz Provincial Agriculturist Slyvia dela Cruz said they have tapped the expertise of Southeast ... -
Freshwater prawn, a sustainable alternative to tiger shrimp?
(Panay News,March 14, 2020 , on page 9)Growing up to a foot long, three to a kilo, and with a taste very much likened to lobster and tiger shrimp, one would wonder why not more people in the Philippines are farming freshwater prawns. Locally known as ulang or ... -
From pollution to profit: Over P3-million shrimp harvested from a hectare
(Panay News,August 15, 2020 , on page 15)By recycling excess nutrients that would otherwise have been released to the environment, a shrimp farm harvested almost 13 tons of shrimp worth P3.3 million after just over four months of culture. Whiteleg shrimp (Litopenaeus ... -
Good news for crab farmers: Simple techniques double crablet production
(Panay News,April 5, 2020 , on page B1-B2)Crab farmers will be happier, and the environment hopefully better, with recent improvements at the mangrove crab hatchery of the Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center Aquaculture Department (SEAFDEC/AQD) in Tigbauan, ... -
Gov't agencies unite to put back Capiz prawn industry in good shape
(Panay News,January 22, 2002 , on page 9-10)The provincial government of Capiz has tapped the help of the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) and Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center (SEAFDEC) in ascertaining the cause of the mass mortality ... -
Gov't ceases multi-million white shrimp research
(Panay News,April 14, 2005 , on page 6)A multi-million peso research on Vannamei, a foreign white shrimp, has been discontinued by the government-owned National Integrated Fisheries Technology Development Center (NIFTDC) in view of the controversy surrounding ... -
Inside the quarantine facility for shrimp with a PCR testing lab to keep out viruses
(Panay News,July 25, 2020 , on page 13)Long before COVID-19 imposed mandatory quarantine and reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) testing on travellers, a small building in a seaside town has been serving to regularly quarantine and test ... -
Marine resources development through biotechnology pushed
(Panay News,July 7, 2006 , on page B1)The need to identify the research gaps in fisheries biotechnology and developing strategies to address common concerns, and enhancing collaboration among the different research and development units from government agencies, ... -
New aquaculture how-to manuals off the shelves
(Panay News,September 19, 2000 , on page 2-12)For aquaculturists in dire need of reference materials for their ventures, here's some good news. The Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center Aquaculture Department (Seafdec AQD) recently launched four aquaculture ... -
'PH can be world's largest producer of mud crabs'
(Panay News,November 20, 2015 , on page B1-B3)There is a chance for the Philippines to become the world’s largest producer of mud crabs, an emerging commodity in the domestic and export market, if the remaining gaps in the production aspect will be addressed with ... -
Revitalization of shrimp industry
(Panay News,March 16, 2016 , on page 16)Cultivated shrimp is a vital foreign exchange earner for the Philippines, making the country the 6th largest producer of the marine crustacean with an annual production of about 50,000 metric tons. Unfortunately, the ... -
Seafdec meets head on diseases threatening aquaculture industry
(Panay News,January 25, 2002 , on page 4-14)Recognizing that the aquaculture industry in Western Visayas is the continuously threatened by diseases, the Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center - Aquaculture Department (Seafdec-AQD) recently co-organized a two ... -
SEAFDEC reminds shrimp growers to avoid stocking ponds during cold months
(Panay News,February 22, 2020 , on page 9)To prevent the entry of shrimp diseases, shrimp farmers are advised not to stock their ponds during cold months if their farms are not biosecurity-compliant or fully equipped to prevent the entry of shrimp diseases. Experts ...