SEAFDEC/AQD Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center | Aquaculture Department

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.

Forty-nine milkfish, each weighing between 3 to 5 kilograms, were recently acquired by SEAFDEC/AQD for conditioning at its Tigbauan Main Station to augment its stock of milkfish breeders for its research projects.

The hatchery technique was devised by Dr. Frolan A. Aya, a scientist of the Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center, and granted a patent by the Intellectual Property Office of the Philippines (IPOPHIL) last Oct. 17, 2019.

Support is mounting for the revival of tiger shrimp farming in the Philippines as another 4.4 tons of the prized seafood were recently harvested in Dumangas, Iloilo.

With its premium taste and superior economic value, tiger shrimp is being pushed as an alternative species to farm alongside the popular whiteleg shrimp or vannamei.