Petron and Citi Philippines, together with the Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center-Aquaculture Department (SEAFDEC-AQD), partnered for the pilot phase of the Mariculture Livelihood Model Farm which was established at the SEAFDEC Igang Mariculture Station in the town of Nueva Valencia in July 2007. This collaboration allowed 30 fisherfolk from Nueva Valencia to complete training in milkfish cage culture and the cultivation of some 72,000 milkfish (bangus). At the end of the bangus pilot program, the residents were able to harvest over 26,000 kilos of bangus, translating into gross sales of nearly P2.5 million.

Petron, Citi Philippines partner with Guimaras. (2009, April 26). The Philippine Star, p. A-34.