Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center Aquaculture Department SEAFDEC AQD

SEAFDEC / AQD Award Winning Research Papers and other Achievement Awards (1987-2005)

1987 ICLARM. NAGA Award for Best Scientific Paper

Gonzal AC, Aralar EV, Pavico JMF. 1987. The effects of water hardness on the hatching and viability of silver carp (Hypophthalmichthys molitrix) eggs. Aquaculture 64:111-118.

1987 Department of Science and Technology (DOST) - Philippine Council for Aquatic and Marine Research and Development (PCAMRD). 1^st Dr. Elvira O. Tan Memorial Award for Fisheries Research. Best Research Paper

Baticados MCL, Coloso RM, Duremdez RC. 1986. Studies on the chronic soft-shell syndrome in the tiger prawn, Penaeus monodon Fabricius, from brackishwater ponds. Aquaculture 56:271-285.

1988 DOST-PCAMRD. 2^nd Dr. Elvira O. Tan Memorial Award for Best Published Paper in Aquaculture/Inland Fisheries

Millamena OM, Primavera JH, Pudadera RA, Caballero RV. 1986. The effect of diet on reproductive performance of pond-reared Penaeus monodon Fabricius broodstock. In: Maclean JL, Dizon LB, Hosillos LV (eds.). The First Asian Fisheries Forum. Proceedings of the First Asian Fisheries Forum; 26-31 May 1986; Manila, Philippines. Manila, Philippines: Asian Fisheries Society; pp. 593-596.

Piedad-Pascual F. 1986. Effect of supplemental lecithin and lipid sources on the growth and survival of Penaeus monodon juveniles. In: Maclean JL, Dizon LB, Hosillos LV (eds.). The First Asian Fisheries Forum. Proceedings of the First Asian Fisheries Forum; 26-31 May 1986; Manila, Philippines. Manila, Philippines: Asian Fisheries Society; pp. 615-618.

1988 American Institute of Nutrition. Best Research Paper.

Coloso RM, Stipanuk MH. 1989. Metabolism of cyst(e)ine in rat enterocytes. J. Nutr. 119:1914-1924.

1989 70^th Annual Meeting of the Western Society of Naturalists. Tacoma, Washington, U.S.A.
1^st Place, Outstanding Paper Award.

Bagarinao TU. Sulfide tolerance and detoxification in coastal marine fishes.

1989 Department of Agriculture (DA) - Bureau of Agricultural Research (BAR).
Best Research Paper Award for Fisheries and Aquatic Resources Category

Lavilla-Pitogo CR, Baticados MCL, Cruz-Lacierda ER, de la Peña LD. 1990. Occurrence of luminous bacterial disease of Penaeus monodon larvae in the Philippines. Aquaculture 91:1-13.

1990 DA-BAR. Best Research Paper Award, Socio-economics Category

Agbayani RF, Baliao DD, Franco NM, Ticar RB, Guanzon NG Jr. 1989. An economic analysis of the modular pond system of milkfish production in the Philippines. Aquaculture 83:249-260.

1991 DA-BAR. Best Research Paper Award for Aquaculture Engineering Category

Millamena OM, Casalmir CM, Subosa PF. 1991. Performance of recirculating systems for prawn hatchery and broodstock maturation tanks. Aquacult. Eng. 10:161-171

1991 DA-BAR. Best Research Paper Award, 1^st Place for Fisheries and Aquatic Resources Category

Hurtado-Ponce AQ. 1990. Vertical rope cultivation of Gracilaria (Rhodophyta) using vegetative fragments. Bot. Mar. 33:447-481.

1991 DA-BAR. Best Research Paper Award, 2^nd Place for Fisheries and Aquatic Resources Category

Santiago CB, Aldaba MB, Laron MA, Reyes OS. 1988. Reproductive performance and growth of Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) broodstock fed diets containing Leucaena leucocephala leaf meal. Aquaculture 70:53-61.

1991 DA-BAR. Best Research Paper Award, 2^nd Place for Socio-economics Category

Agbayani RF, Baliao DD, Samonte GPB, Tumaliuan RE, Caturao RD. 1990. Economic feasibility analysis of the monoculture of mudcrab (Scylla serrata) Forsskal. Aquaculture 91:223-231.

1991 DOST-PCAMRD. 5^th Dr. Elvira O. Tan Memorial Award for Fisheries Research.
Best Paper for Aquaculture

Bautista MN, Millamena OM, Kanazawa A. 1989. Use of kappa-carrageenan microbound diet (C-MBD) as feed for Penaeus monodon larvae. Mar. Biol. 103:169-173.

1992 DA-BAR. Best Research Paper Award in Fisheries and Aquatic Resources Category.

Fermin AC. 1991. LHRH-a and domperidone-induced oocyte maturation and ovulation in bighead carp, Aristichthys nobilis (Richardson). Aquaculture 93:87-94

1992 DA-BAR. Best Research Paper Award, 2^nd Place in Socio-economics Category,

Samonte GPB, Hurtado-Ponce AQ, Caturao RD. 1993. Economic analysis of bottom line and raft monoline culture of Kappaphycus alvarezii var. tambalang in Western Visayas, Philippines. Aquaculture 110:1-11.

1992 DOST-PCAMRD. 6^th Dr. Elvira O. Tan Memorial Award for Fisheries Research.
Best Paper for Aquaculture

Sumagaysay NS, Marquez FE, Chiu-Chern YN. 1991. Evaluation of different supplemental feeds for milkfish (Chanos chanos) reared in brackishwater ponds. Aquaculture 93:177-189.

1992 National Academy of Science and Technology (NAST). Philippine Science Talent Search: Special Citation Award

Sumagaysay NS.

1993 ICLARM. NAGA Award for Best Scientific Paper

Bautista AMa, Carlos MH, San Antonio AI. 1988. Hatchery production of Oreochromis niloticus L. at different sex ratios and stocking densities. Aquaculture 73:85-95.

1993 DA-BAR. Best Paper Presentor

Emata AC. Milkfish Broodstock Management

1993 DOST-PCAMRD. 7th Dr. Elvira O. Tan Memorial Award for Best Published Paper in Aquaculture

Eusebio PS. 1991. Effect of dehulling on the nutritive value of some leguminous seeds as protein sources for tiger prawn, Penaeus monodon, juveniles. Aquaculture 99:297-308.

1994 DA-BAR. 3^rd Annual Research Review for the Fisheries Sector Program for
Best Paper Presentation Award.

Coloso RM. Feed Development for Sea Bass (Lates calcarifer Bloch) Juveniles Based on Inexpensive and Indigenous Ingredients.

1994 DOST-PCAMRD. 8th Dr. Elvira O. Tan Memorial Award for Best Published Paper in Aquaculture

Honculada-Primavera J, Lavilla-Pitogo CR, Ladja JM, de la Peña MR. 1993. A survey of chemical and biological products used in intensive prawn farms in the Philippines. Mar. Poll. Bull. 26:35-40.

1995 DOST-PCAMRD. 9^th Elvira O. Tan Memorial Award for Best Published Paper in Aquaculture

Romana-Eguia, M.R.R. and Doyle R.W. 1992. Genotype-environment interaction in the response of three strains of Nile tilapia to poor nutrition. Aquaculture 108: 1-12.

1995 DA-BAR. 4th Annual Research Review of the Fisheries Sector Program -
National Fisheries Research Program for Best Research Project Presentor.

Quinitio GF. Breeding of Grouper in Captivity.

1995 87^th American Oil Chemist’ Society Annual Meeting. San Antonio, Texas, U.S.A. Outstanding Paper Presentation/Honored Student Award.

Parazo MM. Selective incorporation of alpha-and gamma tocopherols in tissues of Atlantic salmon, Salmon salar.

1996 DOST-PCAMRD. 10^th Dr. Elvira O. Tan Memorial Award for Fisheries Research.
Best Paper in Aquaculture

de Castro TR, Guanzon NG Jr. 1993. Growth of Gracilaria sp. (Gracilariales, Rhodophyta) in brackishwater ponds at different stocking densities. Isr. J. Aquacult.-Bamidgeh 45:89-94

1996 DOST-PCAMRD. 10^th Dr. Elvira O. Tan Memorial Award for Best Published Paper in Marine Fisheries.

Amar EC, Cheong RMT, Cheong MVT. 1996. Small-scale fisheries of coral reefs and the need for community-based resource management in Malalison Island, Philippines. Fisheries Research 25:265-277.

1997 DOST-PCAMRD. 11^th Elvira O. Tan Memorial Award for Aquaculture

Santiago AE, Arcilla RP. 1993. Tilapia cage culture and the dissolved oxygen trends in
Sampaloc Lake, the Philippines. Environ. Monitor. Assess. 24:243-255.

1997 DOST-PCAMRD. 11^th Elvira O. Tan Memorial Award for Aquaculture Special Award.

Santiago CB, Reyes OS. 1993. Effects of dietary lipid sources on reproductive performance and tissue lipid levels of Nile tilapia Oreochromis niloticus (Linnaeus) broodstock. J. Appl. Ichthyol. 9:33-40.

1998 DOST-PCAMRD. 12^th Dr. Elvira O. Tan Memorial Award for Fisheries Research.
Best Paper in Aquaculture.

Golez NV, Kyuma K. 1997. Influence of pyrite oxidation and soil acidification on some
essential nutrient elements. Aquacult. Eng. 16:107-124.

1999 DOST-UNDP (GAINEX) Project. Certificate of Achievement

Toledo JD. Milkfish Broodstock Development and Fry Production.

1999 National Centennial Commission Women Sector. Gawad Sentenaryo: Kababaihang Makasaysayan. Century Park Hotel, Manila

Honculada-Primavera J.

1999 University of the Philippines, Diliman, Quezon City. Gawad Chanselor Award as Most Outstanding Graduate Student (Science and Technology Cluster),.

Sumagaysay NS.

2000 DOST-PCAMRD. 14th Dr. Elvira O. Tan Memorial Award for Best Published Paper in Aquaculture

Primavera JH. 1998. Tropical Shrimp Farming and its Sustainability. De Silva SS (ed.). Tropical Mariculture. London: Academic Press; pp. 257-289.

2000 DOST-PCAMRD. 14th Dr. Elvira O. Tan Memorial Award for Best Published Paper in Marine Fisheries Category

Baticados DB, Agbayani RF, Gentoral FE. 1998. Fishing cooperatives in Capiz, Central Philippines: their importance in managing fishery resources. Fisheries Research 34:137-149.

2001 DA-BAR. DA Secretary's Award for R&D Paper Published in an International Refereed Scientific Journal

Garcia LMB, Hilomen-Garcia GV, Emata AC. 2000. Survival of captive milkfish Chanos chanos Forsskal broodstock subjected to handling and transport. Aquac. Res. 31:575-583.

Lio-Po GD, Traxler GS, Albright LJ, Leaño EM. 2000. Characterization of a virus obtained from snakeheads Ophicephalus striatus with epizootic ulcerative syndrome (EUS) in the Philippines. Disease Aquat. Org. 43:191-198.

Lio-Po GD, Albright LJ, Traxler GS, Leaño EM. 2001. Pathogenicity of the epizootic ulcerative syndrome (EUS)-associated rhabdovirus to snakehead Ophicephalus striatus. Fish Pathol. 36:57-66.

Millamena OM, Quinitio ET. 2000. The effects of diets on reproductive performance of eyestalk ablated and intact mud crab Scylla serrata. Aquaculture 181:81-90.

Primavera JH, Quinitio ET. 2000. Runt-deformity syndrome in cultured giant tiger prawn Penaeus monodon. J. Crustacean Biol. 20:796-802.

Santiago, CB, Gonzal AC. 2000. Effect of prepared diet and vitamins A, E and C supplementation on the reproductive performance of cage-reared bighead carp Aristichthys nobilis (Richardson). J. Appl. Ichthyol. 16: 8-13.

2001 DA-BAR. BAR Director's Award for R&D Paper Published in an International Refereed Scientific Journal

Quinitio ET, Parado-Estepa FD, Millamena OM, Rodriguez EM. 2001. Seed production of mud crab Scylla serrata. Asian Fisheries Science 14:161-174.

2001 DA-BAR. R&D Paper Award for Unpublished Paper Category

Millamena OM. Replacement of fishmeal by animal by-product meals in a practical diet for grow-out culture of grouper Epinephelus coioides.

2001 DOST-PCAMRD. 15^th Elvira O. Tan Memorial Award for Best Published Paper in Aquaculture

Basiao ZU and Doyle RW. 1999. Test of size-specific mass selection for Nile tilapia, Oreochromis niloticus L., cage farming in the Philippines. Aquaculture Research 30:373-378.

2001 DOST-PCAMRD. 15^th Elvira O. Tan Memorial Award for Best Published Paper in Marine Fisheries

Ahmed M, Magnayon-Umali GA, Valmonte-Santos RA, Toledo J, Lopez N, Torres F Jr. 2001. Bangus Fry Resource Assessment in the Philippines. ICLARM Technical Report 58.

2001 SANTEH Feeds Corporation and Marine Technology Foundation, Inc. Fish for Every Filipino Award, Most Outstanding Researcher for Marine/Brackishwater Research (Fish Nutrition).

Millamena OM.

2001 DA-Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR)-Central Office. Recognition Award for Support & Assistance on the Sustainable Development of Philippine Aquaculture.

Platon RR.

2002 DA-BAR. DA Secretary's Award. R&D Paper Published in an Institute for Scientific Information-Current Content Journal

Bautista-Teruel MN, Millamena OM, Fermin AC. 2001. Reproductive performance of hatchery-bred donkey's ear abalone, Haliotis asinina, Linne, fed natural and artificial diets. Aquaculture Research 32:249-254

Borlongan IG, Satoh S. 2001. Dietary phosphorus requirement of juvenile milkfish, Chanos chanos (Forsskal). Aquac. Res. 32:26-32.

Lantin-Olaguer I, Bagarinao TU. 2001. Gonadal maturation, fecundity, spawning and timing of reproduction in the mud snail, Cerithidea cingulata, a pest in milkfish ponds in the Philippines. Invertebr. Reprod. Dev. 39:195-207.

Madrones-Ladja JA, de la Peña MR, Parami NP. 2002. The effect of micro algal diet and rearing condition on gonad maturity, fecundity, and embryonic development of the window-pane shell, Placuna placenta, Linnaeus. Aquaculture 206:213-321.

Santiago CB, Laron MA. 2002. Growth and fry production of Nile tilapia, Oreochromis niloticus (L.) on different feeding schedules. Aquaculture Research 33:129-136.

Toledo JD, Caberoy NB, Quinitio GF, Choresca CH, Nakagawa H. 2002. Effects of salinity, aeration and light intensity on oil globule absorption, feeding incidence, growth and survival of early-stage grouper Epinephelus coioides larvae. Fisheries Science 68:478-483.

2002 DA-BAR. BAR Director's Award for R&D Paper Published in an International Refereed Scientific Journal

Madrones-Ladja JA, Polohan BB. 2001. The effect of stocking density, temperature and light on the early larval survival of the abalone, Haliotis asinina Linne. In: Proceedings of the 11^th International Congress and Workshop of the Tropical Marine Mollusc Programme (TMMP) 28 Sept – 8 Oct 2000. Kodaikanal, Rameswaram and Tuticorin, Tamilnadu, India. Phuket Marine Biological Center Special Publication 25:207-210.

Millamena OM, Bangcaya JP. 2001. Reproductive performance and larval quality of pond-raised Scylla serrata females fed various broodstock diets. In: Millamena OM, Quinitio ET, Blackshaw A (eds.). International Forum on the Culture of Portunid Crabs (IFCPC). Proceedings of the International Forum on the Culture of Portunid Crabs; 1-4 December 1998; Boracay, Aklan, Philippines. Asian Fish. Sci. 14:153-160.

2002 DA-BAR. Outstanding R&D Paper Award for Unpublished Paper Upstream Category.

Basiao ZU, Eguia RV. Genetic variation in the response of Nile tilapia fry to salinity stress in the presence of an “internal reference” fish

2002 DA-BAR. Outstanding R&D Paper Award for Unpublished Paper Downstream Category.

Basiao ZU. Farm-based approach to tilapia broodstock improvement in the Philippines.

2002 DA-BAR. Best R&D Paper Award for Unpublished Paper Category.

Emata AC. Induced and natural spawning of mangrove red snapper,
Lutjanus argentimaculatus: A potential candidate for mariculture

2002 DA-BAR. AFMA R&D Paper Award - Fisheries & Marine Sciences for Unpublished Papers Downstream Category. .

Emata AC, Borlongan IG. Reproductive performance of the mangrove red snapper,
Lutjanus argentimaculatus, fed broodstock diet

Reyes OS, Duray MN, Santiago CB, Ricci M. Free-living nematode P. redivivus as alternative live food for grouper Epinephelus coioides (Hamilton) larvae.

2002 World Aquaculture Society, Asia-Pacific Chapter. World Aquaculture 2002, Beijing, China. Best Student Abstract.

Sumagaysay-Chavoso NS. Water quality and holding capacity of intensive and semi-intensive milkfish (Chanos chanos) ponds.

2002 Swedish Royal Academy on Agriculture and Forestry. Foreign Member, General Section

Honculada-Primavera J.

2003 DA-BAR. DA Secretary's Award. R&D Paper Published in an Institute for Scientific Information-Current Content Journal.

Bautista-Teruel MN, Eusebio PS, Welsh TP. 2003. Utilization of feed pea, Pisum sativum, meal as protein source in practical diets for juvenile shrimp, Penaeus monodon. Aquaculture 225:121-131

Bautista-Teruel MN, Fermin AC, Koshio SS. 2003. Diet development and evaluation for juvenile abalone Haliotis asinina: animal and plant protein sources. Aquaculture 219:645-653.

Bombeo RF, Fermin AC, Tan-Fermin JD. 2002. Nursery rearing of the Asian catfish, Clarias macrocephalus (Gunther), at different stocking densities in cages suspended in tanks and ponds. Aquacult. Res. 33:1031-1036.

Borlongan IG, Eusebio PS, Welsh T. 2003. Potential of feed pea (Pisum sativum) meal as a protein source in practical diets for milkfish (Chanos chanos Forsskal). Aquaculture 225:89-98.

Catacutan MR, Eusebio PS, Teshima S. 2003. Apparent digestibility of selected feedstuffs by mud crab, Scylla serrata. Aquaculture 216:253-261.

Coniza EB, Catacutan MR, Tan-Fermin JD. 2003. Growth and yield of Asian catfish Clarias macrocephalus (Gunther) fed different grow-out diets. Isr. J. Aquacult.-Bamidgeh 55:53-60.

Cuvin-Aralar ML, Fastner J, Focken U, Becker K, and Aralar EV. 2002. Microcystins in natural blooms and laboratory cultured Microcystis aeruginosa from Laguna de Bay, Philippines. Systematic and Applied Microbiology 25:179-182.

Estudillo CB, Duray MN. 2003. Transport of hatchery reared and wild grouper larvae, Epinephelus sp. Aquaculture 219:279-290.

Eusebio PS, Coloso RM. 2002. Proteolytic enzyme activity of juvenile Asian seabass, Lates calcarifer is increased with protein intake. Aquac. Res. 33:569-574.

Fermin AC. 2002. Effects of alternate starvation and refeeding cycles on food consumption and compensatory growth of abalone, Haliotis asinina (Linnaeus). Aquac. Res. 33:197-202.

Fermin AC, Buen SM. 2001/2002. Grow-out culture of tropical abalone, Haliotis asinina (Linnaeus) in suspended mesh cages with different shelter surface areas. Aquacult. Int. 9:499-508.

Hurtado AQ, Cheney DP. 2003. Propagule production of Eucheuma denticulatum (Burman) Collins et Harvey by tissue culture. Bot. Mar. 46:338-341.

Madrones-Ladja JA. 2002. Salinity effect on the embryonic development, larval growth and survival at metamorphosis of Placuna placenta Linnaeus (1758). Aquaculture 214:411-418.

Peñaflorida VD. 2002. Evaluation of plant proteins as partial replacement for animal proteins in diets of Penaeus indicus and P. merguiensis juveniles. Isr. J. Aquacult.-Bamidgeh 54:116-124.

Rodriguez EM, Triño AT, Minagawa M. 2003. Diet and harvesting regimen for the production of mudcrab Scylla olivacea in brackish water ponds. Fisheries Science 69:37-42.

Sumagaysay-Chavoso NS. 2003. Nitrogen and phosphorus digestibility and excretion of different-sized groups of milkfish (Chanos chanos Forsskal) fed formulated and natural food-based diets. Aquac. Res. 34:407-418

Sumagaysay-Chavoso NS, San Diego-McGlone ML. 2003. Water quality and holding capacity of intensive and semi-intensive milkfish (Chanos chanos) ponds. Aquaculture 219:413-429.

Tendencia EA, de la Peña LD. 2002. Level and percentage recovery of resistance to oxytetracycline and oxolinic acid of bacteria from shrimp ponds. Aquaculture 213:1-13.

Tendencia EA, de la Peña MR. 2003. Investigation of some components of the greenwater system which makes it effective in the initial control of luminous bacteria. Aquaculture 218:115-119.

Triño AT, Rodriguez EM. 2002. Pen culture of mudcrab Scylla serrata in tidal flats reforested with mangrove tress. Aquaculture 211:125:134.

2003 DA-BAR. AFMA R&D Paper Award for Unpublished Category.

Applied Research Category

Tan-Fermin JD, Garcia LMB, Quinitio GF, Toledo JD. Reproductive biology, embryonic development, larval morphology, and larval rearing trials in the blue tang Paracanthurus hepatus (Linnaeus).

Basic Research Category

Lebata MJHL, Primavera JH, Altamirano JP, Doyola EFC, Gustillo LF. Induced spawning and larval development of the mangrove clam Anodontia edentula.

Luhan MRJ. Growth and agar quality of Gracilaria heteroclada Zhang et Xia grown in filter tank of the finfish broodstock tank.

2003 DOST-PCAMRD, 17^th Elvira O. Tan Memorial Award for Best Published Paper in Aquaculture

Hurtado AQ, Agbayani RF. 2002. Deep-sea farming of Kappaphycus using the multiple raft, long-line method. Bot. Mar. 45:438-444.

2003 UP Aquaculture Society, Inc. 1^st Philippine Aquaculture Congress & Exhibition (PACE 2003), 10 May 2003, Bacolod City. Best Poster Award.

Eusebio PS. Apparent digestibility of selected feed ingredients in diets for grouper Epinephelus coioides juveniles.

2003 UP Aquaculture Society, Inc. 1^st Philippine Aquaculture Congress & Exhibition (PACE 2003), 10 May 2003, Bacolod City. Best Poster on Aquaculture Nutrition.

Reyes OS. Free-living nematode P. redivivus as alternative live food for grouper Epinephelus coioides (Hamilton) larvae.

2003 NAST-DOST. Outstanding Young Scientist

de Jesus EGT.

2003 Philippine Fisheries Association. Gawad Pangisdaan Award for the Outstanding Fisheries Professional.

Toledo JD.

2004 DOST-PCAMRD, 18^th Elvira O. Tan Memorial Award for Best Published Paper in Aquaculture/Inland Fisheries

Romana-Eguia MRR, Ikeda M, Basiao ZU, Taniguchi N. 2004. Genetic diversity in farmed Asian Nile and red hybrid tilapia stocks evaluated from microsatellite and mitochondrial DNA analysis. Aquaculture 236:131-150.

2004 DOST-PCAMRD, 18^th Elvira O. Tan Memorial Award for Best Published Paper in Marine Fisheries

Primavera JH. 2000. Integrated Mangrove-Aquaculture Systems in Asia; Integrated Coastal Zone Management. Autumn edition pp. 121-129.

2004 NAST-DOST, NAST Awards for 2004 for Outstanding Books/Monographs

Lio-Po GD, Lavilla CR, Cruz-Lacierda ER (eds.). 2001. Health Management in Aquaculture. Tigbauan, Iloilo, Philippines: SEAFDEC Aquaculture Department, 187p.

Millamena OM, Coloso RM, Pascual FP (eds.). 2002. Nutrition in Tropical Aquaculture: essentials of fish nutrition, feeds, and feeding of tropical aquatic species. Tigbauan, Iloilo, Philippines: SEAFDEC Aquaculture Department, 221p.

Husbandry and Health Management of Grouper. 2001. SEAFDEC Aquaculture Department/APEC Fisheries Working Group; Singapore: Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation, Iloilo, Philippines: SEAFDEC Aquaculture Department.

2004 NAST-DOST. Outstanding Young Scientist

Gallardo WG.

2004 DA-BAR. AFMA R&D Paper Award

Evangelista AD, Baldia SF. Culture of Ceriodaphnia cornuta in tanks and their utilization in the hatchery production of some freshwater fish species.

2004 Faculty of Science, Stockholm University. Doctorate of Philosophy honoris causa

Primavera JH.

2005 The Pew Charitable Trusts, Pew Institute for Ocean Sciences. Pew Fellow in Marine Conservation

Primavera JH.

2005 DOST-PCAMRD, 19^th Elvira O. Tan Memorial Award for Best Published Paper in Aquaculture/Inland Fisheries

Basiao ZU, Arago AL, Doyle RW. 2005. A farmer-oriented Nile tilapia, Oreochromis niloticus L., breed improvement in the Philippines. Aquac. Res. 36:113-119.

2005 DA-BAR. National R&D Paper Award

Estepa FDP, Quinitio ET, Rodriguez EM. Seed production of Charybdis feriatus.

Tendencia EA, de la Peña MR, Choresca CH. Presence of snapper, seabass, and siganid inhibit the growth of luminous bacteria in a simulated shrimp culture system.

DA-BAR. National R&D Paper Award; Adaptation/Verification Category

Quinitio ET, Alava VR, de Pedro J, Orozco Z, Wille M. Reproductive performance of mud crab Scylla serrata fed dietary lipids.

2005 NAST-DOST, NAST Awards for 2005 for Outstanding Books/Monographs

Primavera JH, Sadaba SB, Lebata MJHL, Altamirano JP (Authors). 2004. Handbook of Mangroves in the Philippines – Panay. SEAFDEC Aquaculture Department, Iloilo, Philippines. 106 p.

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