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SEAFDEC/AQD inaugurates new aquaculture facilities; strengthens government partnership
Newly-established aquaculture facilities at SEAFDEC/AQD were officially inaugurated in a ceremony held last Dec. 9, 2021 at its Tigbauan Main Station in Iloilo. Top executives of the Philippine government, headed by ...
- December 15, 2021
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
Expert warns crab farmers against ‘fake’ king crablets
Losses experienced by some crab farmers in the Philippines were traced to the very low survival of crablets that were misidentified as the popular king crab. Farmers prefer to culture king crab because it grows bigger and ...
- May 20, 2020
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
Youth called to engage in aquaculture to secure fish supply
The African swine fever threatening the protein supplies of the country still grappling with the COVID-19 pandemic prompted the chief of an international research center to call for more youth to be involved in aquaculture. ...
- March 31, 2021
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
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
SEAFDEC, BFAR can achieve milkfish fry sufficiency but..
The milkfish fry sufficiency program of the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) is easily achievable through partnership with Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center (SEAFDEC). While hatchery technology ...
- July 1, 2019
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