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Seahorse industry seen as 'good investment'
With the current price of dried seahorse running to as high as US$514 per kilo in Taiwan, this kind of fish is fast emerging as one of the best fish species for aquaculture. No less than Dr. Luis Ma. Garcia of the Southeast ...
- July 24, 2003
SEAFDEC sets efforts for catfish production
The Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center - Aquaculture Department (SEAFDEC-AQD) here is taking strides to restore the freshwater catfish, Claria macrocephalus. Dr. Josefa Tan-Fermin leads the said endeavor to revive ...
- August 5, 2003
Shrimp industry could net profit of P1M per harvest
Local shrimp producers here could maximize their profit to more than P1 million per harvest should they increase their stocking density range to 15-25 per square meters. This was the result of a study made by Dan Baliao, ...
- August 8, 2003
Scientific laboratory now available to fish growers
A modern scientific laboratory was recently established at the Brackishwater Station here to better serve locals engaged in the aquaculture industry. The project was a collaborative effort of the Bureau of Fisheries and ...
- September 19, 2003
RP prawn gets market break
The Southeast Fisheries Corporation (SFC) is now giving Filipino prawn growers and sellers of marine products, a venue on which such raw materials can find their way to large markets throughout the world. Sung Ho Yu, SFC ...
- January 16, 2001
SEAFDEC recommends grouper culture
Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center-Aquaculture Department (SEAFDEC/AQD) recommended to multisectoral delegates the grouper or Lapu-Lapu culture during a field day Friday at its Western Visayas Technology Promotion ...
- October 18, 1999
Tilapia culture gives 49% ROI
Data from harvest of tilapia cultured in freshwater ponds, pens and net cages showed a return on investment (ROI) of 49% with a payback period of two years. The system was done in a natural or man-made water impoundment. ...
- November 21, 2000
'Ulang' culture take strides
If there is one thing Ilonggos have to learn to earn profit, it would be the farming of "ulang" or the freshwater prawn, macrobrachium rosenbergii. Old folks said that ulang used to thrive at the Jaro River way before the ...
- August 6, 2003
SEAFDEC tries saving native Pantat
The freshwater catfish or pantat (Clarias Macrocephalus) is native to the Philippines and a favorite food fish due to it's tender and delicious meat. But the species is fast dwindling in many natural habitats which resulted ...
- March 20, 2001
Bacteria blamed for slump in aquaculture
For the aquaculture industry of Panay Island to recover and develop, it must first manage the bacteria or pathogens in marine and freshwater environment that are getting more resistant to antibiotics. Two of the common ...
- June 9, 2001