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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
SEAFDEC eyes mangroves as food source
Mangroves are now being harness as potential food source by the Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center - Aquaculture Department (SEAFDEC AQD) that initiated a Mangrove-Friendly Aquaculture (MFA) Project in 1997. ...
- October 18, 2003
Kapis shell industry - can the downfall be reversed?
Kapis shell once made a record of ranking in US$35 million and placed 5th among the major fishery export products of the Philippines. That was 1991. Today, the number of kapis are dwindling and worst, they have totally ...
- February 19, 2002
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
Tigbauan: a passion for history
Among the famous historical towns in Iloilo is Tigbauan, a 52-barangay municipality 22.5 kilometers away from Iloilo City. Bounded in the northwest by the municipality of San Miguel, in the east by the town of Oton and ...
- October 24, 2005
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
Aquabiz lures potential investors
To help investors embark on alternative and diversified technologies without posting much intervention from the government, the Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center Aquaculture Department (SEAFDEC-AQD) conducted a ...
- July 25, 2003
SEAFDEC delivers new technology to community
Dr. Susan Siar, Ph.D., environmental sociology specialist from the Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center - Aquaculture Department (SEAFDEC-AQD) in Tigbauan, Iloilo told Panay News she makes studies and recommendations ...
- May 30, 2003
Seafdec successfully spawns white shrimp
The Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center (Seafdec) successfully spawned wild caught white shrimp or putian (Penaeus indicus). Now, shrimp farmers in the Philippines can have another alternative species to culture ...
- November 28, 2001
Biotech lab in SEAFDEC soon
The Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center-Aquaculture Department (SEAFDEC-AQD) in Tigbauan, Iloilo is now prepared to put up the new biotechnology laboratory to house researchers for its Aquaculture Biotechnology ...
- May 21, 2001