The Aquaculture Department of the Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center based in Tigbauan, Iloilo is trying to address the scarcity of good quality seaweed seedstock by conducting the first month-long training on seaweed tissue culture and sporulation. The activity gathered participants from the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources' National Fisheries Research Development Institute and the National Integrated Fisheries Training and Development Center as well as academic personnel from the Mindanao State University in Tawi-Tawi and the Zamboanga State College of Marine Science and Technology from Feb. 19 to March 23.

Guadalquiver, N. L. (2007, April 12). SEAFDEC addresses lack of quality seaweed stock. BusinessWorld, p. S2/5.