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SEAFDEC Aquaculture Department: "Reviving Kapis Fishery"
The Kapis shell (Placuna placenta), better known as lampirong to the Ilonggos is a bivalve mollusk with translucent shells and a very small body. Wild stocks of this shell used to abound in the coastal waters of Oton and ...
- July 8, 2000
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
Shrimp congress upholds environment-friendly culture
The national congress for the shrimp industry held here last July 1-3, 2002 presented latest advancements in technology and scientific studies relegated to shrimp farming and disease prevention. The congress attended by ...
- July 4, 2002
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
Guimaras hosts RP's 1st mariculture park
The country's first mariculture park is in Guimaras. The Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center/Aquaculture Department (Seafdec/AQD) is readying its launching at Igang Bay, Nueva Valencia town. Seafdec's mariculture ...
- July 7, 2001
Aquaculture targets food sufficiency
The success of researches in aquaculture technology should be gauged by its usefulness in boosting production to achieve food sufficiency. Seafdec Aquaculture Department (AQD) is a pioneer in aquaculture researches. Bureau ...
- July 10, 2001
Asian countries regionalize fishing code
The Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center (SEAFDEC) is now initiating the Regionalization of the Code of Conduct for Responsible Fisheries (RCCRF). To better adapt to the local fishery problems, the RCCRF specifies ...
- August 3, 2000
"Scientific works must be relevant to society."
While looking meticulously at the root and the leaf, the scientist must be aware that he or she is inside the forest. This illustration was given by Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center - Aquaculture Department ...
- April 12, 2002
SEAFDEC transfers aquatech to Cagayan
The Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center-Aquaculture Department in Tigbauan, Iloilo is extending its aquaculture technology transfer not only in its host region, Western Visayas, but up yo Cagayan Valley in Region ...
- May 28, 2001
20 years research spawns milkfish broodstock
Aquaculture technologies have been developed at Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center-Aquaculture Department Library (SEAFDEC/AQD) to support sustainable milkfish farming and production. These were the result of the ...
- May 30, 2001