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Raising milkfish, crabs
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 ...
- December 4, 1984
New developments in fish production (Part II)
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%; ...
- September 7, 1984
Social laboratory
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 ...
- September 23, 1985
Tilapia hatchery: Last part nursery management
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 ...
- November 6, 1985
Creation of aquaculture centers sought
Members of Parliament Narciso D. Monfort (KBL, Iloilo) has filed with the Batasang Pambansa a resolution urging the establishment of regional fish farming assistance units in the country. Resolution No. 586 urged the ...
- July 26, 1985
Extensive, not intensive fishfarming
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, ...
- February 12, 1986
Center presents plan for sufficiency in fish
The aquaculture department of the Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center (Seafdec-AQD) has presented a four-year plan which aims to achieve for the country self-sufficiency in fish by 1987. The plan also aims to ...
- July 29, 1985
Mitra twits Laurel on 'faux pas'
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 ...
- November 19, 1986
Seafdec course scheduled
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, ...
- November 15, 1985
Canadian expert cites Seafdec
A top official of the International Development Research Center (IDRC), a Canadian-based development organization, has lauded the progress of the research projects being undertaken by the Philippine-based aquaculture ...
- December 9, 1985