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    • Ilonggo heads world-class research center 

      (The News Today, June 24, 2008, on page 18)
      An Ilonggo from Oton, Iloilo gets the nod from President Gloria Arroyo to continue leading the world-class research center in aquaculture that has main offices in Tigbauan, Iloilo. Dr. Joebert Toledo is Chief of the Southeast ...

    • Ilonggo scientist featured by Time magazine 

      Burgos, Nestor P. Jr. (The News Today, October 3, 2008, on page 1-6)
      An Iloilo-based retired scientist and environmentalist have been featured by Time magazine for her work in helping protect the environment. Jurgenne Primavera, senior scientist at the Southeast Asian Fisheries and Development ...

    • JDV to help SEAFDEC acquire P10M equipment 

      Calubiran, Maricar M. (The News Today, July 19, 2005, on page 3)
      Inspite of the political turmoil in the country, Speaker Jose de Venecia vowed to help the Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center (SEAFDEC) Aquaculture Department (AQD) to acquire some P10 million worth of facilities ...

    • Mindset Publishing, Inc.: In focus 

      Laguda, Rommel C. (The News Today, June 28, 2002, on page 3)
      When Mindset Publishing, Inc. was born four years ago, the idea of developing textbooks and other instructional materials that would contribute to the upliftment of the educational standards not only in our region but also ...

    • Misamis Occidental gears up for mariculture after grouper spawning 

      (The News Today, October 28, 2009, on page 2)
      Grouper broodstock in the Misamis Occidental successfully spawned after two months of conditioning, jumpstarting the development of the mariculture industry in the province. The broodstock were conditioned for two months ...

    • Molecular diagnosis for shrimp and fish diseases now available at SEAFDEC/AQD 

      (The News Today, November 23, 2001, on page 10)
      Viruses has been the long-time scourage of the aquaculture industry. The presence or absence of these viruses often spells the difference between profit and loss. The White Spot Syndrome Virus (WVSSV) for shrimp, the Viral ...

    • New hatchery for sea cucumber at SEAFDEC 

      (The News Today, May 14, 2010, on page 7-6)
      At the price of $180 to 250 per kilogram (Php 12,000 per kg) of dried sea cucumber in the United States, sea cucumber are good bets for fish farmers wanting to find the new gold in aquaculture. This has driven South East ...

    • [ Personnel of Parks and Wildlife Zone Management ] 

      (The News Today, September 17, 2004, on page 1)
      Personnel of Parks and Wildlife Zone Management Rommel Parreño and Rodrigo Umadhay apply first aid to revive the wounded sea green turtle whose upper eyelid was believed to have been hit by a motorized banca's propeller ...

    • Probe up on destruction of mangroves plantation along Dungon Creek 

      Calubiran, Maricar M. (The News Today, September 14, 2009, on page 2-6)
      The subcontractor of the P50 million dredging of Dungon Creek inconsiderately uprooted four species of mangroves and 38 different species of nipa along the riverbanks of Bolilao, in Mandurriao. In the initial report of ...

    • Region has P821.8 M AFMA funded projects - DA 

      Basco, Lenilyn G. (The News Today, September 13, 2002, on page 2)
      Western Visayas has a share of P821,898,073 to implement its various projects on agriculture and fisheries under the Agriculture and Fisheries Modernization Act (AF-MA). Department of Agriculture Regional Director Ricardo ...

    • Seabass project reap good harvest 

      (The News Today, February 19, 2007, on page 9)
      Five months of culture. About 200 pieces of seabass, weighing a total 83 kilograms or nearly half-kilo each fish. Suddenly, a dream project becomes reality. Early this month, on February 2, the top managers of the Southeast ...

    • Seafdec AQD launches how-to manuals 

      Catubig, Ariel B. (The News Today, October 1, 2000, on page 2)
      The Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center Aquaculture Department (Seafdec AQD) recently launched four new how-to manuals. These are the "Mudcrab production in brackish ponds," "Grouper culture in floating net cages" ...

    • SEAFDEC cites milestones with chief's reappointment 

      Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center (SEAFDEC); Philippine Information Agency (PIA)-Region VI; ESS (The News Today, May 4, 2010, on page 7)
      The Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center (SEAFDEC) cited its contributions to sustainable aquaculture in view of environment issues and climate change, with the reappointment of its chief, for the third consecutive ...

    • SEAFDEC conducts training on seaweed biotech 

      (The News Today, April 10, 2007, on page 4)
      To survive, seaweeds need to be tougher too, and the commercially important ones like Kappaphycus and Gracilaria can be made so with the help of research. In comes biotechnology. Not to mess with the genetic make-up of ...

    • SEAFDEC develops early warning system for pollution in mariculture parks 

      (The News Today, September 30, 2008, on page C2)
      The Aquaculture Department (AQD) of the Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center (SEAFDEC) is developing an early warning system to guard against the negative impacts of fish cages in mariculture parks. This is certainly ...

    • Seafdec holds mangrove education seminar-workshop 

      (The News Today, June 14, 2005, on page 18)
      A seminar-workshop on mangrove education was held at the SEAFDEC Aquaculture Department in Tigbauan, Iloilo last 2-4 May 2005 and attended by 23 teacher-educators from public and private schools in Panay Island. The ...

    • SEAFDEC slates stock enhancement consultation 

      Yap, WG (The News Today, July 12, 2005, on page 4)
      Tigbauan, Iloilo - Scientists from Canada, Japan, the Philippines, and Thailand and fisheries officers from Southeast Asian countries will gather in Iloilo City from July 13-15, 2005 to formulate a plan of action to restock ...

    • SEAFDEC to regionalize improved fisheries code 

      Joven, May E. (The News Today, December 4, 2000, on page 8)
      The Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center (SEAFDEC) Special Adviser Dr. Yasuhisa Kato introduced the Regionalization of the Code of Conduct for Responsible Fisheries and rationale behind the effort of SEAFDEC during ...

    • SEAFDEC's library now on line 

      (The News Today, June 29, 2001, on page 7)
      The launching of the SEAFDEC Library's on-line public access catalogue (OPAC) on the web leads the series of activities lined for the celebration of the Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center/Aquaculture Department's ...

    • SEAFDEC's library now on line 

      (The News Today, June 29, 2001, on page 7)
      The launching of the SEAFDEC Library's on-line public access catalogue (OPAC) on the web leads the series of activities lined for the celebration of the Southeast Asain Nations Fisheries Development Center/Aquaculture ...