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    • Extensive, not intensive fishfarming 

      Antonio, Tony (BulletinToday, February 12, 1986, on page 1)
      How intensive is intensive? Fishpond operators may claim that they are engaged in intensive prawn culture if they have stocked their ponds with 10,000 to 50,000 fry per hectare. And based on Philippine industry standards, ...

    • Feeds and feeding 

      (BulletinToday, November 27, 1985, on page 1)
      Prawn larvae begin to eat the moment they become protozoea which feed on some of the most commonly cultured phytoplankton. These are Skeletonema, Chaetoceros, and Tetraselmis.

    • Fishery program proposed 

      Espina, Gerry (BulletinToday, August 26, 1985, on page 1)
      Today the developing country that has insufficient fishery resources, or having such resources, but fails to develop them, is at a great disadvantage. For if it cannot make good at producing enough animal protein, or at ...

    • Fishfarm industry discussed 

      (BulletinToday, February 11, 1985, on page 16)
      Member of Parliament Narciso Monfort of Iloilo has offered the facilities of his office to ensure a full discussion of the concerns and problems of the fish-farming industry when Philippine Federation of Aquaculturists ...

    • Fishfarmers cite need for further research 

      Antonio, Tony (BulletinToday, February 5, 1986, on page 1)
      Fishfarmers urged yesterday the aquaculture department of the Southeast Asian Fisheries Development (Seafdec-AQD) to take into consideration specific fishfarming problems in the planning of its research program. Ramon ...

    • Fishfarming ensures daily catch 

      Valencia, Linda B. (BulletinToday, June 3, 1985, on page 34)
      Just 15 minutes drive from Makati is a fishing village lying along the shoreline of Laguna Lake. Here, almost everyone fishes to live and lives to fish. Lower Bicutan in Taguig, a community of some 800 families, holds a ...

    • Fishpens block fishing grounds 

      Yamzon, Wilma (BulletinToday, February 16, 1984, on page 7)
      Which agency is responsible for checking the proliferation of fishpens along coastlines of Parañaque, Cavite, Bacoor, Las Piñas, Navotas, and Bulacan? This question surfaced as small fishermen complained of their dwindling ...

    • Great promise in fishfarming (Part I) 

      (BulletinToday, September 6, 1984, on page 1-8)
      Common fishfarm products which used to be taken for granted apparently hold the answer to the government's need for increasing agricultural productivity, generating more livelihood opportunities and earning valuable foreign ...

    • Iloilo underwaters fascinate visitors 

      Lagniton, F. M. (BulletinToday, February 11, 1985, on page 26)
      Colorful marine life and fascinating coral reef formations of San Joaquin town in Iloilo province, particularly the areas surrounding the so-called Tim's rock may yet attack many Japanese divers. This was disclosed by Dr. ...

    • Incentives 

      (BulletinToday, February 12, 1986, on page 1)
      Agricultural and fisheries activities are two particular fields which the government supports with incentives. The rationale behind this is their greater susceptibility to investment risks than other business ventures, ...

    • It's painful but it hastens prawn fertilization 

      Antonio, Tony (BulletinToday, July 8, 1985, on page 14)
      At the research station here of the Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center (Seafdec), researchers may be considered 'sadists': They are inflicting painful injuries to female prawns by pinching or crushing their ...

    • Lecture on shells 

      (BulletinToday, February 11, 1985, on page 16)
      A lecture on "Shells for a Scinece Corner," was conducted last Feb. 8 by the National Museum.

    • Milkfish research gets Canadian fund support 

      (BulletinToday, June 3, 1982, on page 9)
      The International Development Research Centre (IDRC) of Canada has approved a $423,600 grant for the SEAFDEC aquaculture department to implement Phase III of the milkfish research project, starting April 1. Phase III, which ...

    • Mitra twits Laurel on 'faux pas' 

      (BulletinToday, November 19, 1986, on page 1)
      Agriculture Minister Ramon V. Mitra Jr. yesterday twitter Vice President and Foreign Affairs Minister Salvador H. Laurel for the "diplomatic faux pass" of appointing to the directorship of the Southeast Asian Fisheries ...

    • New developments in fish production (Part II) 

      (BulletinToday, September 7, 1984, on page 1-13)
      The Aquaculture Department of the SEAFDEC has developed four new techniques to help solve the problem of milkfish fry shortage: including wild and captivity; rearing milkfish larvae to fry at survival rates of up to 70%; ...

    • Phytoplankton 

      (BulletinToday, February 5, 1986, on page 1)
      Making the fish feed on the natural food organisms in the aquatic environment is the least expensive way of rearing. In Laguna de Bay, as much as 4.5 kilograms of algae accumulate in cages after two weeks. Diatoms (navicula, ...

    • Pond planning 

      (BulletinToday, September 2, 1985, on page 28)
      Water supply is the most important factor to consider in determining the sustainability of the fishpond site. It should be adequately supplied and available the whole year round. Water should be moved in and out of the ...

    • Pond planning - II 

      (BulletinToday, September 9, 1985, on page 27)
      Soil is an important factor in fishpond productivity because of its ability to absorb and release the plant nutrients needed by phytoplankton which is the natural food of fish. It is the main and most economical source of ...

    • Post-harvest techniques 

      (BulletinToday, December 11, 1985, on page 22)
      In the Asia-Pacific region, the leading milkfish producers are the Philippines and Indonesia. The Philippines showed particularly impressive gains in production over Indonesia. The nation has exported frozen milkfish since ...

    • Prawn exports to Japan negligible 

      (BulletinToday, July 22, 1985, on page 24)
      How does the Philippines compare with other countries in the export markets for frozen shrimps and prawns? A market research conducted by the aquaculture department of the Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center ...