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Aquaculture...quo vadis?: (Speech of Dr. William D. Dar, Acting Secretary of the Department of Agriculture, last July 9 in Seafdec's Silver Anniversary Program at Tigbauan, Iloilo: First of two parts
Mr. Udom Bhatiyasevi, SEAFDEC Secretary-General; Dr. Rolando Platon, Aquaculture Department Chief; Mr. Tadokoro, Deputy chief; Mr Hiroshi Gotoh, JICA Resident Representative in the Philippines; Mayor Myrna Torres of Tigbauan; ...
- July 13, 1998
Fish World in Iloilo underway
A theme park known as the "Fish World" is now underway inside the Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center Aquaculture Department (Seafdec-AQD) in Tigbauan, 24 kilometers from Iloilo City. The park is dedicated to the ...
- September 6, 1999
Seafdec to hold training on seed production of catfish
The native catfish or pantat (Clarias macrocephalus) is staging a comeback. Pantat has virtually disappeared from the waters of Iloilo, mainly due to high pesticide use in rice farms whose contaminated run-off water flowed ...
- October 7, 1999
Marine fish hatchery training course
The Network of Aquaculture Centres in Asia-Pacific (NACA) recently announced the first in-country marine fish hatchery training course for the country. Fully funded by the Australia Centre for International Agriculture ...
- February 8, 2008
Crude protein, pond catfish good tandem
Feeding pond-cultured Asian catfish (Clarias macrocephalus), the native, "hito" or "pantat" in Ilonggo with a formulated diet containing 34% crude protein (CP) is profitable. This was revealed in a recently concluded study ...
- December 14, 1999
SEAFDEC trains 3rd batch of LGUs for coastal research management
Ten Local Government Units (LGUs) representing the municipalities and cities of the Northern Negros Aquatic Resources Management Advisory Council (NNARMAC), attended the training course on Sustainable Aquaculture and Coastal ...
- June 17, 2000
Red label pesticides endanger Iloilo's promising aquaculture
Iloilo has a bright future in aquaculture but that might go snafu anytime because highly toxic chemicals, including those banned, are still used here. A farmer leader said Iloilo the past five years managed to revive ...
- October 14, 1999
Pototan chosen as native catfish development hub
The African catfish (Clarias gariepinus, C. lazera) made Zarraga famous because of the proliferation of African catfish in that area. Their produce are sold along the highway of the town for about P90 a kilo. Now That a ...
- October 2, 1999
Tigbauan - a fast growing town in Southern Iloilo
After decades of changing leadership, the Municipality of Tigbauan, a town in southern Iloilo, has finally acquired its own long-dreamed payloader and a dumptruck. As observed, during good weather conditions, the town has ...
- October 11, 1999
SEAFDEC hastens transfer of milkfish hatchery tech to commercial operators
To hasten the transfer of milkfish hatchery fry production technology to commercial hatchery operators, the Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center Aquaculture Department (SEAFDEC/AQD) conceived the Accelerated Transfer ...
- June 4, 1998