SEAFDEC/AQD Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center | Aquaculture Department

To prevent the entry of shrimp diseases, shrimp farmers are advised not to stock their ponds during cold months if their farms are not biosecurity-compliant or fully equipped to prevent the entry of shrimp diseases.

To enhance the capacity of local high school science teachers, a training on research methodology and technical writing was organized with funding support from the Government of Japan.

Thousands of collections including fish farmer-friendly materials, journal articles, and books produced by SEAFDEC Aquaculture Department (AQD) and written by its scientists are available online for free through AQD’s very own digital library.

A new species of mudworm, known to clean the soil in fishponds and an excellent source of protein for crustaceans, was recently identified and named after Iloilo, the province where its eggs were collected and hatched.

Japanese technology on farming mackerel tuna, locally known as tulingan, is set to be adopted in the Philippines with a Japanese researcher already procuring breeders to establish a hatchery in Iloilo.