Dagupan City—Two outstanding Filipino aquaculturists were honored at the Asian Fisheries Academy (AFA) by the Society of Aquaculture Engineers of the Philippines Inc. (SAEP) and Philippine Aquaculture Society Inc. (PAS) for their outstanding leadership and devoted service for the advancement of aquaculture in the country. Honored were Rafael Guerrero, promoter of all male tilapia culture in the Philippines and Maximo Abesamis, pioneer in commercial scale in milkfish farming in sea cages.

Visperas, E. (2017, December 03). Pinoy aquaculturists cited at Asian Fisheries Academy. The Philippine Star, p. B4.