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    • Abalone seeds now produced locally 

      (Manila Bulletin, December 29, 2007, on page F-4)
      Rey Acap of Oton, Iloilo is a successful adopter of the abalone hatchery technology developed by the Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center's Aquaculture Department (SEAFDEC AQD) based in Tigbauan, Iloilo. He can ...
    • Alcala swears in fisheries chief 

      Benaning, Marvyn (Manila Bulletin, June 30, 2012, on page 5)
      Dr. Felix Ayson is the new chief of the Aquaculture Department of the Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center (SEAFDEC-AQD) in Tigbauan, Iloilo. The belated report said Dr. Ayson was sworn into office by Agriculture ...
    • Aquaculture lab at SEAFDEC seen paving way for GM products 

      Aguiba, Melody M. (Manila Bulletin, August 25, 2002, on page B-2)
      An aquaculture technology laboratory being set up for South East Asia is paving the way toward the adoption of biotechnology for developing more productive, genetically modified fishery products in the Philippines. Dr. ...
    • Bangus hatchery technology transferred to private sector 

      (Manila Bulletin, January 28, 1999, on page D-7)
      A new program to help reinvigorate and sustain the local bangus industry is now being implemented by a Southeast Asian center based here. The Accelerated Transfer of Milkfish Hatchery technology Program is being undertaken ...
    • Banker cautions Land Bank, BFAR on rent-a-cage plan 

      Benaning, Marvyn N. (Manila Bulletin, March 15, 2010, on page 14)
      A banker formerly engaged in fish cage culture has cautioned the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) and Land Bank on its plan to lease fish cages for mariculture parks to groups of small fisherfolk. Manuel ...
    • BAR, Worldfish Center Boost Aquaculture 

      Benaning, Marvyn (Manila Bulletin, February 22, 2012, on page 3)
      The Bureau of Agriculture Research (BAR) and the WorldFish center are collaborating on a project to enhance the capacity of stakeholders to commercialize aquaculture technology. BAR and the Los Baños-based WorldFish Center ...
    • BFAR opens Laguna tilapia intensive hatchery 

      Miraflor, Madelaine B. (Manila Bulletin, September 2, 2021, on page B-5)
      The Department of Agriculture’s (DA) Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) has successfully conducted the first trial run of its second tilapia intensive hatchery in the CALABARZON region, a development that ...
    • Bulacan fish hatchery multiplies common carp 

      (Manila Bulletin, December 30, 2000, on page B-15)
      Edmund and Yayan Mercado of Angat, Bulacan are entrepreneurs who are always looking for new possibilities. Sometime back, they became the first accredited producers of native hito fingerlings by the Southeast Asian Fisheries ...
    • Crablets: key to increase in crab output 

      Sarian, Zac B. (Manila Bulletin, November 19, 2015, on page B-7)
      At the just-concluded national mud crab congress in Iloilo City, it was very clear that to increase production of crabs for export and for the local market, there should be year-round availability of crablets for grow out ...
    • DA allows imports of black tiger shrimps 

      Benaning, Marvyn N. (Manila Bulletin, January 20, 2010, on page B-3)
      Government has allowed the importation of broodstock and post-larvae of black tiger shrimps. The Department of Agriculture (DA), through the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR), has issued three administrative ...
    • DA opens Aussie-backed fish hatchery in Mindanao 

      Benaning, Marvyn N. (Manila Bulletin, February 2, 2009, on page 14)
      The Department of Agriculture (DA) has launched a marine finfish hatchery in Misamis Occidental with the assistance of the provincial and Australian governments and the Southeast Asia Fisheries Development Center (SEAFDEC). ...
    • DA pushes Tawi-Tawi, S'gani fishery projects 

      Lacson, Nonoy E. (Manila Bulletin, September 12, 2005, on page G-1)
      The Department of Agriculture (DA) has alloted P15 million for two major fishery projects here and in Sarangani province. Both projects are aimed at boosting the country's food security program of the country, Tawi-Tawi ...
    • Dar at SEAFDEC Anniversary 

      Sarian, Zac B. (Manila Bulletin, July 9, 1998, on page B-14)
      Agriculture Secretary William D. Dar will be the guest speaker today at the 25th anniversary celebration of SEAFDEC AQD in Tigbauan, Iloilo. Three activities will highlight the event. One is the launching of manual titled ...
    • Deadly disease hits Iloilo prawn hatheries 

      Alvarez, Ramiro C. (Manila Bulletin, March 29, 1988, on page 31)
      Some 30 newly set up barangay prawn hatcheries in four coastal towns of Iloilo are suffering heavy losses from infestations of a deadly bacterial disease. What makes the disease even more distressing is that it has no known ...
    • Entrepreneurship needed in the countryside 

      Sarian, Zac (Manila Bulletin, August 10, 2000, on page B-10)
      There are actually many opportunities waiting for the enterprising to undertake. Like, for instance, Jose "Lebong" Aralar in Binangonan, Rizal. He used to be a nurse in a hospital many years ago. However, he saw the potential ...
    • First mud crab hatchery to be put up in Iloilo to meet big demand 

      Aguiba, Melody M. (Manila Bulletin, October 8, 2006, on page B-3)
      The Philippines is putting up its mud crab hatchery in Iloilo in an aim to meet local and export demand for the delicacy which can be marketed to Japan, Europe, and US. Using a seed fund of ₱1 million, the University of ...
    • Fish hatchery 

      Lacson, Nonoy E. (Manila Bulletin, June 7, 2013, on page 15)
      The provincial government of Sulu is expected to implement a Natural Fish Hatchery and Nursery by utilizing the many lagoons in the province for culturing and sea-ranching of cultivable "invertebrates" and "finfishes". ...
    • Fisheries awardees announced 

      (Manila Bulletin, October 18, 2001, on page B-20)
      A medical technologist, a former piggery caretaker, a professor and a chemical engineer-turned-fish scientist were declared winners of the "Fish for Every Filipino Awards 2001" for outstanding fish production and research. ...
    • Gov't outfits provide small firms with commerciable technologies 

      (Manila Bulletin, August 26, 2006, on page D-3)
      Small agribusiness firms need not be daunted by the high technology required for their expansion and growth toward global competitiveness. Competent technology assistance is being provided by the Bureau of Agricultural ...
    • Government fisheries hatchery produces pompano 

      Estacio, Danny J. (Manila Bulletin, August 26, 2013, on page 15)
      The National Institute of Fisheries and Technology Development Center of the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (NIFTCD- BFAR) has declared that the only government hatchery that produces "Pompano" (marine fishes ...