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New algae tech seen to cut hatchery operations cost
An award-winning technology for algae harvesting is now available in the Philippines, boosting efforts to reduce the cost of producing fish fry in hatcheries through the use of algal paste. An Evodos dynamic settler unit, ...
- September 6, 2019
Downtrend in capture fisheries makes aquaculture lucrative
Aquaculture production is increasing and in fact started to surpass capture fisheries in 2014. The relatively static capture fishery means future increase in world fish supply will be heavily dependent on aquaculture. The ...
- May 4, 2019
Popularity of mangrove crabs spurs various trainings on crab farming
Due to the growing popularity of mangrove crabs, locally known as alimango, aqua farmers and entrepreneurs have recently been busy attending trainings on how to grow the prized seafood. In a span of three months, five ...
- November 18, 2019
Inside the quarantine facility for shrimp with a PCR testing lab to keep out viruses
Long before COVID-19 imposed mandatory quarantine and reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) testing on travellers, a small building in a seaside town has been serving to regularly quarantine and test ...
- July 25, 2020
Fisheries library goes digital
Thousands of fish farmer-friendly materials, journal articles, and books written by scientists and researchers of the Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center (SEAFDEC) are freely searchable and downloadable over the ...
- January 29, 2020
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
Female Olive Ridley turtle returns home safely
An endangered female Olive Ridley (Lepidochelysolivacea) was recently released back to its home – the sea facing the town of Tigbauan, Iloilo. The turtle was trapped in a payao, a fishing devicemade of coconut fronds and ...
- May 15, 2019
Jump-start aquaculture business with coaching from experts
Fish farms and hatcheries need proper management to prosper, thus, experts from the Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center Aquaculture Department (SEAFDEC/AQD) are offering aquaculture trainings with first-hand ...
- February 7, 2020
SEAFDEC cited for lowering cost of fish farming
A Philippine government committee commended developments in aquaculture research that lowered the cost of aquafeeds for milkfish and tilapia by 30 percent. In a recent meeting, the Southeast Asian Fisheries Development ...
- October 31, 2019
23 HS teachers train on aquaculture, science research
Twenty-three science high school teachers from 13 public high schools in Iloilo were given the opportunity to take part in a three-day training sponsored by the Government of Japan. In a media release from Southeast Asian ...
- June 3, 2019