The Aklan Stae College of Agriculture (ASCA) has joined the movement of government entities in Western Visayas in taking a second look at the endangered native catfish or pantat, admitting that it is, after all, tastier than all imported strains. The state-owned school will serve as "multiplying center" of the fish following the memorandum of agreement signed by its president Dr. Helmar Aguilar with Dr. Rolando Platon, chief of the Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center (SEAFDEC) based in Tigbauan town, 20 kilometers south of Iloilo's provincial capital Iloilo City.

School, Seafdec out to save endangered pantat. (2000, September 5). Panay News, pp. 2, 9.