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Technological Viability |
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Seaweed Farming |
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The farming of the seaweed Kappaphycus can be a low-cost venture and a profitable one, with the right site. The technology can use family labor in either fixed off-bottom (“parasdas”) or single raft long-line culture.
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List of
Technology Adoptors |
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Kappaphycus (seaweeds) farming |
• Marbuena Island Resort, Ajuy, Iloilo (1999, raft long-line
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○ AQD provided technical
assistance through onsite training and skills development
for representatives of the fisherfolk association
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Parara
Norte Small Fisherfolks Association, Parara Norte,
Tigbauan, Iloilo (2003) |
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AQD's Work on
Seaweeds |
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AQD began its work on seaweeds in
late 1980s. The primary aim is to help growers find an improved
strain considering the deteriorating quality of current
seedstocks used by the industry.
For Gracilaria and
Kappaphycus in particular, AQD researchers have developed
techniques for farming Kappaphycus and culture of
Gracilaria in tanks, established methods for growing
Kappaphycus and Gracilaria from spores or tissues in
the laboratory, explored the use of Gracilaria as
biofilter in a recirculating water system for milkfish
broodstock and as well as in brackishwater ponds, and collected
a lot of samples of seaweeds from the wild for characterization
of agar/ carrageenan quality as well as genetic profiling. |
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