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 Research (ACIAR), the course is being undertaken in cooperation with the Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center's Aquaculture Department (SEAFDEC/AQD). The funding course will allow transfer of marine fish production technologies developed in the Philippines and Indonesia to Philippines hatchery operators to assist them to diversify their production into marine fish species, such as grouper.

Marine fish hatchery training course. (2008, February 8). Daily Informer, p. 8.