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SEAFDEC AQD's Platon bares accomplishments
In the last two years, SEAFDEC Aquaculture Department (AQD) has made a few adjustment to better pursue its goals of food security and industry stability. In a report, Dr. Rolando Platon, chief of the Southeast Asian Fisheries ...
- July 9, 1999
Pototan chosen as native catfish development hub
If the town of Zarraga, Iloilo is known as the African catfish center, Pototan would like to be known as the native catfish center. The African catfish (Clarias gariepinus, C. lazera) made Zarraga famous because of the ...
- September 30, 1999
SEAFDEC trains fry gatherers
The Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center (Seafdec) recently trained over 200 fry gatherers from the coastal towns of Iloilo's first congressional district at Seafdec in Tigbauan. Last Monday, July 26, was the last ...
- July 31, 1999
BFAR sires freshwater clams in Tapaz, Capiz
In its continuing efforts toward Food Security, the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources Region 6 turned over 300 pieces of male and female freshwater clams to Mayor Romualdo Exmundo. Jr. of Tapaz, Capiz. BFAR RD Sonia ...
- September 30, 1999
'Don't cut mangroves, culture fish and crabs with them'
One needs not cut mangroves to give way to aquaculture. Fish and crabs can be cultured with mangroves. This was what Mr. Dan Baliao told the audience when he reported the development of pen and cage culture in the Philippines ...
- December 10, 1999
Hatchery mulled along Capitol's demo fish cages
Three years from now, the experimental fishcages at Tinagong Dagat, off Barangay Silagon, Ajuy town, will have a hatchery, the provincial government's answer to the chronic shortage of bangus fry in Iloilo. It will also ...
- April 7, 1999
Iloilo aims to produce native pantat fry in 8-month time
At present, all that the provincial government can boast of is a concrete tank rearing over a thousand fry in a knee-deep water. But eight months from now, those tiny wiggling creatures will serve as brood stocks, the ...
- October 13, 1999
Seafdec head inducts new SAEP officials
SEAFDEC AQD Chief Dr. Rolando Platon inducted the new set of officers of SAEP (Society of Aquaculture Engineers of the Philippines) last November 29 during the Society's 13th annual meeting held at the studio visual room ...
- December 13, 1999
An Oplan Erap can ensure food security for the world's poor
Oplan Erap can significantly raise the living standards of and provide more access to food by not only in the Philippines but also in Southeast Asia. This was revealed by two international aquaculture scientists in a keynote ...
- November 22, 1999
Seafdec awards Dumangas exec certificate of appreciation
The awarding of Certificates of Appreciation to Dumangas Mayor Rolando Distura was the highlight of the celebration of the Dumangas Brackishwater Station's first year anniversary last Wednesday, October 27. The Certificate ...
- November 12, 1999