AQD is in need of an Executive Editor in Tigbauan, Iloilo.

Addressed to scientist-trainors Dr. EG de Jesus-Ayson, Dr. RM Coloso and Dr. MR Catacutan on the AQD course conducted 3-7 December, a trainee from Cambodia express his gratitude to AQD by sending a message through e-mail.

SEAFDEC Secretary General Dr. Chumnarn Pongsri and four other senior Secretariat officials came for a three-day visit to AQD from 11 to 13 December and fielded questions during a general assembly of staff on 12 Dec at AQD’s main station in Iloilo.

Over 50 participants gathered in ChiangMai, Thailand from 26 to 30 November for the 35th Meeting of the Program Committee (PCM) of SEAFDEC and the 15th Meeting of the Fisheries Consultative Group/ASEAN-SEAFDEC Strategic Partnership (FCG-ASSP).

AQD hosted the “Demo-workshop on the KOHA integrated library system” held 10-11 December in Tigbauan, Iloilo. The 34 participants were from public secondary schools and libraries in Western Visayas; and the resource persons from the National Library of the Philippines. Topics included software modules on cataloguing, readers’ services, field service scheduling software, serials management, acquisitions and library administration. The demo-workshop was funded by the National Commission for Culture & the Arts (National Committee on Libraries & Information Services) and organized by the Philippine Librarians Association Inc (Region VI Council).

SEAFDEC/AQD and the Government of Japan Trust Fund (GOJ-TF) conducted the “International seminar on environment - friendly aquaculture and stock enhancement in Southeast Asia” on 3 December at AQD’s main station in Tigbauan, Iloilo, Philippines.

Seven participants from Cambodia (1), Malaysia (1), Thailand (1), Vietnam (1), India (1), and the Philippines (2) completed SEAFDEC/AQD’s training course on “Community-based freshwater aquaculture for remote rural areas of Southeast Asia” that was held 26 November - 5 December at AQD’s station in Binangonan, Rizal, Philippines.

On 28 - 29 November, six officials from the local government unit (LGU) of Misamis Oriental toured SEAFDEC/AQD’s hatcheries and visited AQD’s station in Dumangas, Iloilo, Philippines. They also went to a mud crab fattening farm in Roxas City, Capiz.

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SEAFDEC/AQD will be selling mangrove red snapper (managat) harvested from its Dumangas Brackishwater Station on 29 November. The selling price of the 300 to 400 gram-sized managat is Php 250 per kilogram. For orders, please call AQD’s Materials Control Unit at (033) 511-8091 or (033) 511-9171 loc 320.

AQD conducted an International training on food safety of aquaculture products which was held 12 - 16 November and a Training on conducting inventory and evaluation of public lands released for fishpond development purposes held 11-16 November  at SEAFDEC/AQD’s main station in Iloilo, Philippines.

Disseminating the benefits of biotechnology and mobilizing advocates were the main focus of the Scientific forum on biotechnology for communicators held 15 November at Iloilo City, Philippines.

SEAFDEC/AQD scientists were invited as resource persons to LGU-Ibajay’s two-day training on aquasilviculture in Ibajay, Aklan held 19-20 October 2012.

To explore aquaculture technologies that are ready for adoption, 20 program advisers of GIZ SNRD Asia (Sector Network Natural Resources & Rural Development) coming from Germany, Vietnam, Bangladesh, Pacific Islands, and the Philippines visited SEAFDEC/AQD’s Tigbauan Main Station in Iloilo, Philippines on 9 November.

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SEAFDEC/AQD conducted its annual Review and planning meeting 24 - 26 September at its main station in Iloilo, Philippines.

Information officers of the SEAFDEC Secretariat and its Departments including AQD were in Singapore 23-24 October 2012 to assess the progress of SEAFDEC’s 5-point strategy to improve visibility and communication.

Two training courses on freshwater commodities entitled “Induced spawning of bighead carp” and “Hatchery and grow-out culture of native catfish” were held at AQD’s Binangonan Freshwater Station from 17 to 21 September and from 8 to 12 October, respectively.