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City Hall, BFAR partner on mudcrab farming
The Iloilo City Government and Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) Regional Office 6 have partnered for mudcrab farming. This, after Mayor Jerry P. Treñas and City Agriculturist’s Office in-charge Engr. Noel ...
- February 21, 2020
SEAFDEC'S gab aims to strengthen aquaculture, combat illegal fishing
Around 60 participants from 11 member-countries of the Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center (SEAFDEC) gathered in Iloilo City for the 45th Meeting of SEAFDEC’s Program Committee (PCM). Hosted by the SEAFDEC Aquaculture ...
- December 6, 2022
Global experts: Info sharing on aquaculture a must in ASEAN
Global experts in aquaculture said in a recent international workshop here that to enhance successes in resource enhancement and prevent failures in the aquaculture industry, member-countries of the Association of Southeast ...
- July 12, 2019
Heated tanks lead to productive milkfish spawning in cold months
A premier fisheries research center in the country is promoting a simple technology to address the perennial shortage of milkfish fry that continues to hound fish farmers in the Philippines during the colder months of the ...
- February 27, 2021
Study: Helping young fish see at night makes them grow faster
In Asian countries including the Philippines, the culture of pompano has been conducted in open sea cages, brackishwater cages and in ponds. However, a few challenges, such as the high cost of production, still hamper the ...
- March 7, 2020
New species of soil-cleaning worm named after Iloilo
A new species of mudworm, known to clean the soil in fishponds, was recently identified and named after Iloilo, the province where its eggs were collected and hatched. Now called Marphysa iloiloensis, eggs of this mudworm, ...
- January 27, 2020
Capiz fish farmers laud CFOS-IA's livelihood support program
The Roxas City Aquaculture Association (RACA), Province of Capiz, lauded the livelihood support initiative of the Institute of Aquaculture, College of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences (CFOS-IA), UP Visayas (UPV). Mr. Manuelito ...
- August 4, 2022
A hard problem with a soft solution: Catfish farm’s production surges after easy fix
There are not enough catfish in the “Catfish Country” of Zarraga, Iloilo, but recent findings in one farm may just be the catalyst that could catapult the fish into abundance. Zarraga Pantat Fingerlings was one of the many ...
- February 20, 2021
Aquafeed project shows promise to improve income of farmers
To help lower the price of fish amidst volatile food prices across the country, an international aquaculture research center is coming up with a new fish feed formulation that is cost-efficient and eco-friendly. Using ...
- June 9, 2021
Iloilo City to host int’l workshop on env’t-friendly aquaculture
To address various environmental and social issues of aquaculture in Southeast Asia, an international workshop on healthy and environment-friendly aquaculture will be conducted on June 25 to 27, 2019 at Richmonde Hotel ...
- June 24, 2019