SEAFDEC/AQD Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center | Aquaculture Department

SEAFDEC/AQD Chief Dan Baliao expressed support for Senate Bill No. 522, also known as the Municipal Fisherfolk Protection Act, during a hearing at the Philippine Senate on 18 February 2026.

SEAFDEC/AQD formalized a partnership with the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) Region 6 on 24 February 2026, at the TESDA Regional Office 6 to advance technical education and skills development in the fisheries and aquaculture sector.

This book provides a photographic record and permanent database of the sea turtles stranded, captured, and documented around Panay and Guimaras, Philippines in 2000–2016.

SEAFDEC/AQD, in collaboration with the Department of Agriculture – Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (DA-BFAR) Region 6 and the local government of Mina, launched a tilapia–prawn polyculture project in Mina, Iloilo, Philippines, on 16 December 2025.

Eighteen schools in Iloilo participated in the AquaWeek Sci-Art organized by FishWorld—SEAFDEC/AQD’s visitor center and museum—held from 8 to 11 December 2025 at the institution’s main station in Tigbauan, Iloilo.