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    • RP, Australia in crab project 

      Galvez, Sanny (Manila Bulletin, November 12, 1996, on page 25)
      The Philippines and Australia are undertaking a project to develop mud crab systems in both countries. Jointly implementing the project are the University of the Philippines in the Visayas (UPV), the Iloilo-based Southeast ...

    • Tobacco can control fish diseases? 

      (Manila Bulletin, October 30, 1996, on page 24)
      Fishery-researchers are now studying the use of tobacco dust in controlling fish diseases. "We are testing tobacco dust because it is organic and biodegradable," chemist at the Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center ...

    • Japanese lawyer is new deputy chief of Seafdec 

      Orozco, Nestor R. (Manila Bulletin, September 24, 1996, on page 26)
      A Japanese lawyer who also holds a fisheries degree is the new deputy chief of a Philippine government-hosted fisheries center based here. Yasuho Tadokoro, from Chiba City, will serve as second top man of the Southeast ...

    • SEAFDEC savants sweep fisheries plums 

      (Manila Bulletin, November 17, 1996, on page 48)
      Researchers of the Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center Aquaculture (SEAFDEC-AQD) based here swept the 1996 fisheries awards given by the Los Baños Science Community (LBSC). Teresa de Castro and Nicolas Guanzon Jr. ...

    • New hope for native hito; breading technic developed 

      Sarian, Zac B. (Manila Bulletin, June 25, 1998, on page B-18)
      The vanishing native hito (Clarias macrocephalus) may once again become available if results of experiments at the Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center (SEAFDEC) are popularized and commercialized. We just got a ...

    • RP representative to SEAFDEC named 

      (Manila Bulletin, October 7, 1998, on page B-20)
      Acting Agriculture Secretary William D. Dar has appointed his undersecretary Cesar Drilon as the Philippine representative to the Council of Directors of the Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center (SEAFDEC). Dae also ...

    • 'Lapu-lapu' can be cultured in ponds 

      (Manila Bulletin, December 29, 1998, on page 15)
      Grouper, or lapu-lapu, can be raised in ponds. This expensive fish is a good candidate for aquaculture or fish farming because it has been induced to spawn in captivity, raised in confined conditions and its culture is ...

    • 83 complete aquaculture training 

      (Manila Bulletin, November 2, 1998, on page 20)
      Eighty-three aquaculture technicians from 10 countries have completed five training courses conducted during the year by the Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center Aquaculture Department (SEAFDEC AQD) based here. ...

    • Red snapper is a promising marine fish for aquaculture 

      Sarian, Zac B. (Manila Bulletin, December 3, 1998, on page 28)
      One direction that aquaculture should take, is the culture of more marine species not only in cages in marine waters but also in brackish fishponds which used to be devoted to tiger prawn. In Taiwan, the private fish ...

    • 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 ...

    • Gov't vows full support to Iloilo aquaculture hub 

      (Manila Bulletin, August 24, 1998, on page C-12)
      The government has reiterated its continued support for the Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center Aquaculture Department (SEAFDEC AQD) based in this seaside town. Agriculture Secretary William D. Dar gave the assurance ...

    • Aqua theme park to rise in Iloilo 

      (Manila Bulletin, August 31, 1998, on page 30)
      The government-hosted Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center Aquaculture Department (SEAFDEC AQD) here is constructing a museum called "FishWorld". The facility is being built along the national road that cuts across ...

    • SEAFDEC AQD FishWorld Museum 

      (Manila Bulletin, October 15, 1998, on page B8)
      A theme park called "FishWorld" is being constructed with the 40-hectare complex of the Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center Aquaculture Department (SEAFDEC AQD) in Tigbauan, Iloilo.

    • Seafdec bares projects on diseases of prawns: Breeding-program objectives cited 

      Fernandez, Rudy A. (Manila Bulletin, November 14, 1998, on page B-15)
      There may not be a magic pill for the tiger prawn industry, but both long-term and short-term solutions are being studied for the disease problems that continually plague the industry. "We have embarked on several projects ...

    • Manila Bay's rehab to continue; replenish dolomite sand - PRRD 

      Kabiling, Genalyn (Manila Bulletin, July 28, 2021, on page 2)
      President Duterte has directed concerned authorities to step up efforts to restore Manila Bay to its former glory after years of pollution. The Manila Bay rehabilitation efforts will include the continued replenishment of ...

    • Stormy weather brings out dolphins in Concepcion, Iloilo 

      Yap, Tara (Manila Bulletin, July 24, 2021, on page 5)
      More than a dozen dolphins appeared under stormy weather from typhoon “Fabian” in Concepcion, a coastal town in northern Iloilo. In a live video taken by Berlin Gallardo, more than a dozen dolphins were spotted on Concepcion ...

    • More Pinoys now fishing in Bajo de Masinloc 

      Sadongdong, Martin A. (Manila Bulletin, March 26, 2022, on page 1)
      There is an increasing number of Filipino fishermen who are casting their nets in Bajo de Masinloc, Zambales to earn a living despite the steady presence of China Coast Guard (CCG), the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) said ...

    • Local mudcrab in demand 

      Castro, Eddee RH. (Manila Bulletin, February 5, 1998, on page B-7)
      There's a big market and demand for our local mudcrab, notably the king crab (Scylla oceanica or alimango) but the Philippines currently can not supply this demand. It was gathered that the Philippines produces some 10,000 ...

    • Book on tilapia farming launched at Agri-Kapihan 

      Sarian, Zac B. (Manila Bulletin, February 12, 1998, on page 23)
      By the way, the photo used in last week's agriculture page was the cover photo of SEAFDEC's newsletter, Asian Aquaculture, which came out last year. It shows SEAFDEC's technician, Rene Cañas, at the center's Technology ...

    • SEAFDEC, MSU cited in 'sugpo' hatchery tech 

      (Manila Bulletin, February 15, 1998, on page 18)
      A Philippine government-hosted Southeast Asian center here and a state university in Mindanao have been conferred centennial awards by a sectoral council of the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) for their pioneering ...