Palawan holds solution to shrimp industry's woes

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April 3, 2000

Author

Fernandez, Rudy A.

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PS20000403_B-6

Excerpt

Palawan may yet hold the key to the survival of the country's moribund shrimp industry. The reason: the wild shrimps in its waters are genetically diverse. In fact, of the wild shrimps from the waters off five provinces assessed by researchers of the Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center Aquaculture Department (SEAFDEC AQD), those in Palawan were the most diverse.

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Fernandez, R. A. (2000, April 3). Palawan holds solution to shrimp industry's woes. The Philippine Star, p. B-6.

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http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12174/9983

Corporate Names

Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center/Aquaculture Department (SEAFDEC/AQD) Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) Department of Agriculture (DA) Philippine Council for Aquatic and Marine Research and Development (PCAMRD) University of the Philippines Visayas (UPV) Central Luzon State University (CLSU) Negros Prawn Producers Marketing Cooperative Inc. Tuft's University Aquafarming Development Foundation Inc. San Miguel Corp. (SMC)

Personal Names

Platon, Rolando R. Escudero, Salvador H. III de la Peña, Leobert Castaños, Mila Yap, Fred

Geographic Names

Palawan Tigbauan

Scientific Names

Vibrio Aeromonas Pseudomonas Leucothrix sp.

Subject

shrimp culture aquaculture Genetic diversity genes selective breeding animal diseases Brood stocks DNA

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