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INVITATION TO COLLABORATE | PRESENT PARTNERS
 

A.  Australian Center for International Agricultural Research (ACIAR), Australia

Research

  • Semi-intensive seed production of grouper Epinephelus coioides. Started in April 2000

  • Environmental factors affecting embryonic development, hatching, and survival of early larval stages of the grouper Epinephelus coioides. Started in September 1999

  • Large-scale production of mud crab juveniles using developed broodstock and hatchery techniques. Started in September 1999

  • Development of the digestive system of Epinephelus coioides larvae. Started in October 1999

  • Lipid nutrition studies on grouper Epinephelus coioides larvae. Started in July 2000

  • Development of a practical diet for juvenile grouper Epinephelus coioides. Started in June 1999

  • Apparent digestibility of selected feed ingredients in grouper, Epinephelus coioides, diets. Started in August 1997

  • Insulin-like growth factor II (IGF-II) as molecular markers for egg quality in finfish and mudcrab. Started in February 2004

B.  Australian AID (AusAID), Australia

Research/Verification

  • Poverty alleviation through aquaculture: Increasing food and income through small-scale marine fish-farming. Started in February 2004

C.  Degussa Texturant Systems, France

Research

  • Effect of epiphytes on the productivity of Kappaphycus: Impact of diseases on the economics of production and processing of Kappaphycus (old title: Effect of epiphytes on the productivity of Kappaphycus). Started in December 2002

D.  European Commission ~ Culture and Management of Scylla Species (EC-CAMS), Europe

Research

  • Culture and Management of Scylla species Subproject: Seed production (old title: Culture and Management of Scylla species Subproject: Broodstock and larval quality). Started in February 2002

  • Culture and Management of Scylla species Subproject 2A: Nursery and culture of Scylla species. Started in February 2002

  • Culture and Management of Scylla species: Fisheries Scylla species in Western Visayas. Started in February 2002

  • Culture and Management of Scylla species: Refinement of mangrove-mudcrab pen systems. Started in February 2002

  • Culture and Management of Scylla species: Geography and hydrography of Ibajay and Kalibo mangroves. Started in January 2003

E.  European Union (EU), Europe

Research

  • Development of bio-encapsulated feed for larval fish based on nutritionally enriched nematodes: Free-living nematodes as feed for bighead carp larvae. Started in September 1998

  • Development of bio-encapsulated feed for larval fish and crustacean based on nutritionally enriched nematodes: Free-living nematodes as live feed for grouper, sea bass and mudcrab larvae. Started in September 1998

F.  International Foundation Science (IFS), Sweden

Research

  • Aquaculture and coastal resource management: Study I: Impacts of marine protected areas and artificial reefs on coral reef fisheries. Started in June 2000

  • Development of release strategies for stock enhancement of the tropical abalone Haliotis asinine. Started in September 2003

G.  United States AID (USAID), United States of America

Research

  • Improvement of growth and survival in cultured rabbitfish (Siganus guttatus). Started in July 2000

H.  United States of America Dry Pea and Lentil Council (USADPLC), United States of America

Research

  • Utilization of feed peas (Pisum sativum) in diets for milkfish. Started in October 2001

  • Utilization of feed peas (Pisum sativum) as alternative protein source in the diet of shrimp, Penaeus monodon juveniles. Started in October 2001

  • Feed peas (Pisum sativum) as alternative protein source in diets of tilapia. Started in October 2001

I.   Ngatpang State, Palau

Technology Verification and Commercialization

  • Aquaculture Consultancy Project. Started in 2004

J.  Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), Japan

Research

  • Collection of microalgae as potential food for cultured species and for remediation activity. Started in April 2002

Training

  • Third-country Training Program on Responsible Aquaculture Development. Started in 1999

K.  Japan International Research Center for Agricultural Sciences (JIRCAS), Japan

Research

  • Egg and larval quality of the mangrove red snapper fed improved broodstock diet. Started in February 2002

  • Property regimes in mangrove ecosystems: Implications for the adoption of mangrove-friendly aquaculture in the Philippines. Started in February 2002

  • Valuation of mangrove resources and services: Implications for the adoption of mangrove-friendly aquaculture in Western Visayas, Philippines. Started in June 2002

  • Analysis of farm management and economic benefits of new sustainable fish production systems in brackish mangrove areas in Western Visayas, Philippines. Started in February 2002

  • Development of viral disease control on high commercial value species in brackish mangrove areas. Started in April 2001

  • Pathogenesis and control of subclinical infection of viral nervous necrosis (VNN) in broodstock of grouper. Started in September 2003

L.  Fisheries Research Agency (FRA), Japan

Research

  • Comparison of characteristics of KHV isolates from Asia. Started in June 2004

M. Tokyo University of Fisheries (TUF), Japan

Research

  • Population dynamics of dominant copepod species in selected brackishwater ponds. Started in March 2002

N.  Asian Institute of Technology (AIT) DANIDA, Thailand

Research

  • Institutional arrangements, perceptions, and impacts of marine protected area (MPA) in Sagay, Negros Occidental: its implications for abalone (H. asinina) stock enhancement. Started in March 2002

O.  Rovithai Limited, Bangkok, Thailand

Research

  • Influence of Vitamin C supplementation of broodstock diet on milkfish reproductive performance. Started in June 2000

  • Vitamin C requirement of milkfish (Chanos chanos) larvae. Started in June 2000

P.  World Fish Center, Malaysia

Research

  • The scale question in co-management: Malalison Island and LIPASECU Bay Management Council, Inc. Started in February 2001

  • Dissemination and adoption of milkfish aquaculture technology in the Philippines [with Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR)]. Started in 2005 

Q.  APEC

Information Dissemination

  • Husbandry and Health Management of Grouper Manual. 2002

R.  Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations ~ Regional Office in Asia and the Pacific (FAO/RAP), Network of Aquaculture Centres in Asia-Pacific (NACA), WorldFish, and Mekong River Commission (MRC)

  • Regional Donor Consultation on the Role of Aquaculture and Living Aquatic Resources: Priorities for Support and Networking. 2002

S.  SEAFDEC Secretariat (Government of Japan-Trust Fund)

Research

1. Regional Fish Diseases Project: Development of Fish Disease and Inspection Methodologies for Artificially Bred Seeds

  • Immune response and protective immunity in marine fish I. Grouper. Started in February 2001

  • Standardization of PCR technique as the detection method for WSSV infection in Penaeus monodon. Started in June 2000

  • Production of monoclonal antibodies (Mabs) against MBV and HPV (old title: Standardization of diagnostic methods for monodon baculovirus (MBV) and hepatopancreatic parvo-like virus (HPV): establishment of monoclonal antibodies (Mabs) against MBV and HPV). Started in January 2001

  • Epizootiology of economically important viral diseases of wild Penaeus monodon. Started in February 2001

  • Development of immunological indices for monitoring health status in Penaeus monodon. Started in August 2001

  • Establishment of preventive measures against viral nervous necrosis (VNN) in finfish broodstock (1) grouper, (2) milkfish, (3) red snapper (4) sea bass. Started in October 2001

  • Investigation on the mechanisms of the effect of tilapia culture water in luminous bacteria. Started in December 2001

  • Use of bacteria as biological control agent against microbial diseases in shrimp (Penaeus monodon) and crab (Scylla serrata) hatcheries. Started in April 2000

  • Parasitosis in marine and freshwater fishes: diagnosis, pathology, prevention and control of infection. Started in April 2000

  • Detection of pesticide and antibiotic residues in aquaculture products Phase I: Pesticide residues. Started in June 2000

  • Antibacterial metabolites in the microbial and phytoplankton flora of the
    "green water" cultured Penaeus monodon (old title: Screening for antiviral and antibacterial properties of the microbial and phytoplankton flora of the Tilapia sp. and rearing waters associated with the "green water" grow-out culture of Penaeus monodon). Started in June 2000

  • Detection and identification of viral pathogens in cultured marine fishes. Started in September 2000

2. Regional Fish Diseases Project: Koi herpes virus

  • Histopathology of koi herpes virus (KHV) disease. Started in March 2004

  • Hematology of koi, Cyprinus carpio infected with koi herpes virus. Started in March 2004

  • Transmission and control of koi herpes virus (KHV). Started in March 2004

  • Determination of the virucidal effects of various disinfectants on koi herpes virus. Started in March 2004

  • Development of PCR-based detection method and phylogenetic analysis of koi herpes virus (KHV) isolates from Asian countries. Started in March 2004 

3. Disease Surveillance System for Aquatic Animals: Surveillance of emerging fish viral pathogens in some Southeast Asian countries. Started in December 2004

  • Monitoring and surveillance of transboundary pathogens in cultured shrimps and freshwater prawns. Started in December 2004

  • Prevalence of viral diseases in cultured and wild shrimps in the Philippines. Started in December 2004
  • Viral nervous necrosis (VNN) in wild and cultured finfish in the Philippines. Started in December 2004
  • Development of immunological preventive methods for shrimp. I. Immunostimulation and vaccination strategies for WSSV prevention. Started in December 2004
  • Control of luminous bacterial disease of tiger shrimp with finfish and other aquaculture species. Started in December 2004

4. Disease Surveillance System for Aquatic Animals: Epidemiology of the white spot syndrome virus (WSSV) in different shrimp (Penaeus monodon) culture techniques in the Philippines. Started in 2006

5. Mangrove-Friendly Aquaculture

Research

  • Nutrient Cycles: Environmental impact of intensive shrimp culture (integration of seaweed and oysters as biofilters and tilapia as biomanipulators and use of "waste digester" and "probiotics" in a closed recirculating pond system) (old title: Environmental impact of intensive shrimp culture Phase II. Pond (actual) conditions (integration of seaweed, bivalves as biofilters in a closed/ recirculating pond system). Started in June 2000

  • Capacity of mangroves to process shrimp pond effluents. Phase II: Mechanisms of nutrient assimilation (old title: Capacity of mangroves to process shrimp pond effluents). Started in July 2000

  • Screening of probiotics as biocontrol/bioremediation in the rearing P. monodon I. Tank experiment. Started in July 2000

  • Evaluation of probiotics/waste digesters used for the grow-out culture of the tiger shrimp, Penaeus monodon. Started in September 2003

  • Beneficial mangrove-friendly shrimp aquaculture practices: assessment of investment, income and environmental benefits (Thailand experience). Started 2005

  • Economic valuation of environment-friendly shrimp farming in mangrove areas (Philippine experience). Started in June 2000 Verification and Pilot Demonstration, training and Information Dissemination

  • Technology Verification and Pilot Demonstration in Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, Indonesia, Myanmar, Malaysia, Philippines, Thailand, Vietnam. Started in June 2000

6. R&D on Stock Enhancement for Threatened Species of International Concern

Research

  • Abalone fishery in Western Visayas and refinement of abalone seeding strategies for stock enhancement. Started in June 2005

  • Behavioral studies of the donkey's ear abalone, Haliotis asinina, under laboratory conditions: implications to stock enhancement. Started in June 2005

  • Stock enhancement of true giant clam (Tridacna gigas) in Panay and Negros Islands through seeding of hatchery-produced seeds. Started in June 2006

7. Aquaculture for Rural Development

Research

  • Development of practical diets for first feeding and older larvae of carnivorous fish species: Snapper and seabass. Started in November 2003

8. Supply of Good Quality Seeds

Research

  • Verification of hatchery rearing techniques for milkfish and rabbitfish: Use of larval diets and early nursery rearing of hormone induced juveniles. Started in November 2003

T.  ASEAN-SEAFDEC Integrated Regional Aquaculture Programs

Research

  • Morphometric characterization and performance evaluation of Macrobrachium rosenbergii stocks and other commercially important freshwater prawns in the Philippines I. Collection, identification, and validation of Macrobrachium samples II. Reproductive efficiency of two Macrobrachium stocks at different protein levels. Started in 2004

  • Morphometric characterization and performance evaluation of Macrobrachium rosenbergii stocks and closely related species found in the Philippines II. Performance Evaluation (Evaluation of growth performance of two strains of Macrobrachium rosenbergii in cages in Laguna de Bay). Started in 2004

  • Morphometric characterization and performance evaluation of Macrobrachium strains and other commercially important freshwater prawns in the Philippines C. Performance of different strains of Macrobrachium in grow-out culture in lake-based cages and ponds. Started in 2006

  • Genetic characterization of commercially important Philippine stocks of freshwater prawn, Macrobrachium sp., using DNA markers. Started in 2006

  • Verification and Pilot Demonstration, Training and Information Dissemination

U.  SEAFDEC Marine Fisheries Research Department (MFRD)

Research

  • Chemical and Drug Residue in Marine and Aquaculture Fish and Fish Products and their Environment: Activity 2.2. Regional survey of pesticide residues in fish and fish products and their environment. Started in 2005

  • Chemical and Drug Residue in Marine and Aquaculture Fish and Fish Products and their Environment: Activity 4.1 Study on the withdrawal period of antibiotics used in aquaculture shrimps and fish. Started in 2005

  • Chemical and Drug Residue in Marine and Aquaculture Fish and Fish Products and their Environment: Activity 5.1. Survey of chloramphenicol and nitrofuran in Southeast Asian fish and fish products. Started in 2005


 

A.  Philippine Council for Aquatic and Marine Resources Research and Development (PCARMD/DOST)

Research

  • Determination of environmental capacity of receiving water from nutrient loading and effluents of semi-intensive and intensive milkfish ponds (old title: Nutrient loading and effluents of milkfish (Chanos chanos) ponds at different culture systems. Started in June 2000 

B.  University of the Philippines in the Visayas (UPV), Philippines

Research

  • Evaluation of some nutritional and microbial derivatives as immunostimulants in grouper, Epinephelus coioides. I. Influence of environmental stress on innate immunity and resistance to bacteria in grouper fed various immunostimulants. Started in November 2004

  • Evaluation of some nutritional and microbial derivatives as immunostimulants in grouper, Epinephelus coioides. I. Influence of environmental stress on innate immunity and resistance to bacteria in grouper fed various immunostimulants. Started in November 2004 

C.  Mindanao State University (MSU), Philippines

Research

  • Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids as useful compounds in aquaculture and human nutrition. Started in August 2005

  • Morphometric characterization and performance evaluation of giant freshwater prawn stocks and other commercially important freshwater prawn. I. Collection, identification and validation of Macrobrachium samples

  • Genetic characterization of commercially important Philippine stocks of freshwater prawn using DNA markers

D.  National Fisheries Research and Development Institute (NFRDI), Philippines

Research

  • Phytic acid levels in non-conventional feedstuff of plant origin in various processed forms. Started in April 2005

  • Growth performance of GET-EXCEL tilapia using azomite as mineral mix in the feed formulation. Started in April 2005
  • Strain Improvement of farmed carrageenan-producing marine microalgae. Started in September 2005 (in collaboration with University of Eastern Philippines)

E.  Triple M Abalone, Iloilo, Philippines

Research

  • Technical and economic feasibility of modular system vs. straight-run method of abalone (Haliotis asinina) in floating cages. Started in September 2003

F.  Rotary Club of Iloilo-La Paz/MABAKAS Inc.

Research

  • Participatory farm-based grow-out trials of abalone, Haliotis asinina, in pen cages at Manlot Island, Carles, Iloilo. Started in June 2005 

G.  ABCDEF, Jala-jala Rizal

Research

  • Farming of the Macrobrachium rosenbergii in modular cages in Laguna de Bay. Started in 2003

  • Economic viability of pilot-scale operations for the production of freshwater fish seedstock or bioeconomics of multispecies freshwater fish hatchery operations. Started in 2006

H.  Private Sector in Capiz

Verification and Commercialization

  • Commercialization of growout technology for pen culture of mudcrab (Scylla serrata) in mangroves. Started in 2005

  • Commercialization of growout technology for culture of mudcrab (Scylla serrata) in ponds. Started in June 2005 

I.   Private Sector (Dr. Rustan Hautea)

Verification and Commercialization

  • Growout of Penaeus monodon using SEAFDEC/AQD's Environment-Friendly schemes. Started in 2005

J.  Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR)

Technology Verification and Commercialization

  • Joint Mission for Accelerated Nationwide Technology Transfer Program (JMANTPP). Started 1999

  • Technology Caravan

K.  Department of Agriculture (DA) and Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR)

Research

  • Aquaculture Biotechnology. Started in Jan 2003

L.  Land Bank of the Philippines (LBP)

Technology Verification and Commercialization

  • Technology validation of the culture of groupers (E. coioides) in floating net cages. Started in 2005

M.  Local Government Units (LGUs): Provinces of Antique and Capiz, Municipalities of    
     Guimbal, Iloilo and Sagay City, Negros Occidental

Institutional Capacity Development for Sustainable Aquaculture

  • Seabass culture in ponds and cages - Hamtic, Antique

  • Seabass and seaweed culture - Pandan, Antique

  • Mudcrab culture - Tibiao and Barbaza, Antique

  • Fishery resource management, R&D on the angel wing clam (Pholas orientalis), pond culture of seabass, grouper, mudcrab and siganids - Province of Capiz

N.  Coastal Resource Management Council of Libertad, Pandan, Sebaste and Culasi    
      (LIPASECU), Northern Antique

Institutional Capacity Development for Sustainable Aquaculture

 


 

 

 

 


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