Mudcrab's profile as prized aquaculture commodity just got another boost. SEAFDEC/AQD together with the Australian Centre for International Agriculture Research (ACIAR) joined forces to implement CATP or the Community Agricultural Technologies Project's "Enhancing adoption of mudcrab production technologies in Northern Samar." SEAFDEC/AQD will assist the partner NGO, Action for Community Empowerment (ACE), in planning and conducting the training courses on the different phases of mudcrab culture, starting from nursery to grow out to fattening in mangroves area (also known as aquasilviculture).

SEAFDEC and ACIAR collaborate on mudcrab in Northern Samar. (2007, July 19). Visayan Daily Headline, pp. 2, 6.