SEAFDEC/AQD Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center | Aquaculture Department

The Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center/Aquaculture Department (SEAFDEC/AQD), achieved another breakthrough in milkfish farming by harvesting two tons of market-sized fish in just 85 days.

Dan Baliao has been reappointed as Chief of the Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center Aquaculture Department (SEAFDEC/AQD), an international aquaculture research organization based in Iloilo, Philippines.

The 3rd Aquaculture Research Talk, with the theme “Bridging Science to the People” featured inspiring insights from SEAFDEC/AQD experts to encourage on-the-job trainees pursuing fisheries, aquaculture, and other related courses.

Aquaculture experts, researchers, fish farmers, and members of the academe gathered on 8 July 2025 for SEAFDEC/AQD's annual Farmers’ Forum held at the Tigbauan Main Station in Iloilo, Philippines.

The Philippines has the opportunity to build a high-value aquaculture industry worth hundreds of millions of dollars annually by farming the tropical rock lobster.