Inspite of the political turmoil in the country, Speaker Jose de Venecia vowed to help the Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center (SEAFDEC) Aquaculture Department (AQD) to acquire some P10 million worth of facilities for the shrimp broodstock development. Dr. Rolando Platon, SEAFDEC's Aquaculture department chief said the facility is important in the program which the department is currently pursuing. The department's current budget is not enough to buy such facility for its stock enhancement initiatives. Among those programs which the department is currently following aside from the shrimp broodstock development are the mud crab seed production and fish seed production which includes grouper, snapper, and siganid.

Calubiran, M. M. (2005, July 19-20). JDV to help SEAFDEC acquire P10M equipment. The News Today, p. 3.