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    • Raising milkfish, crabs 

      Fernandez, Rudy A. (BulletinToday, December 4, 1984, on page 10)
      Milkfish and mudcrabs are not strange bedfellows. They can be raised in the same pond with encouraging results, as found in a trial conducted by the Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center Aquaculture Department in ...

    • Seafdec course scheduled 

      (BulletinToday, November 15, 1985, on page 20)
      The aquaculture department of the Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center (Seafdec-AQD) announced the holding of its first aquaculture course for scientists on Nov. 20-Dec. 19 this year at its main station in Tigbauan, ...

    • Seafdec training program set 

      (BulletinToday, February 10, 1986, on page 1)
      The aquaculture department of the Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center (Seafdec-AQD) launched recently its training program for 1986. Intended for those who are engaged in fish farming, who wish to be updated on ...

    • Seafdec-AQD pushes research on milkfish 

      Antonio, Tony (BulletinToday, January 8, 1985, on page 1)
      With the ablation technique for prawns already refined and widely used by fishfarmers, aquaculture scientists are now examining the thesis that a similar manipulation of the sex glands (gonad) of milkfish could speed up ...

    • Seaweeds 

      (BulletinToday, April 19, 1986, on page 1)
      The culture and processing of seaweeds, also known as Eucheuma, have now becomes a very profitable business. In fact, the seaweed industry is now a dollar earner for the country. In the past, seaweeds were exported in ...

    • 'Shrimp food' technology assures industry's growth 

      Antonio, Tony (BulletinToday, July 15, 1985, on page 27)
      The aquaculture department of the Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center (Seafdec-AQD) announced yesterday that it has eliminated one big obstacle to the full development of shrimp farming into a major export industry. ...

    • Social laboratory 

      (BulletinToday, September 23, 1985, on page 28)
      In its relentless pursuit of foreign exchange, aquaculture research has, to a lesser degree bypassed the immediate needs of the grassroots population of the country which needs protein and cannot afford the high priced ...

    • Study cites ways to make prawn, shrimp culture more profitable 

      (BulletinToday, December 11, 1985, on page 22)
      Prawn and shrimp production utilizing recently-developed brackishwater fishpond culture techniques performs better in terms of profitabilities per unit area compared with rice and corn production. This was one of the more ...

    • Tilapia cage farming 

      (BulletinToday, September 30, 1985, on page 1)
      The presence of abundant natural food in the water partly ensures a good growth of the fish even without supplemental feeding. During the fry-to-fingerling stage, Nile tilapia feed on plankton - tiny free-floating plants ...

    • Tilapia cage farming 

      (BulletinToday, September 30, 1985, on page 34)
      It is extremely important to investigate the suitability of a site for tilapia cage farming. In choosing a site, consider the following: natural food, natural hazards, bottom soil, size.

    • Tilapia hatchery 

      (BulletinToday, October 16, 1985, on page 1)
      Production of tilapia nilotica (Oreochromis niloticus) is highly influenced by environment and hereditary traits of the stock. High-quality fingerling can ensure the successful production of marketable tilapia in 90 to 120 ...

    • Tilapia hatchery: Last part nursery management 

      (BulletinToday, November 6, 1985, on page 1)
      Newly harvested fry are initially reared in hapa net to protect them from predation. The nursery pond is thoroughly cleaned and protected from the entry of predators. As soon as the fry in the hapa reach 2.5-cm. long, they ...

    • UNLAD to benefit 10,000 fishermen 

      (BulletinToday, November 11, 1984, on page 24)
      The Laguna Lake Development Authority (LLDA), the Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center (SEAFDEC), the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) and the Farm Systems Development Corporation (FSDC) entered ...