AQD is in need of an Executive Editor in Tigbauan, Iloilo.

Addressed to scientist-trainors Dr. EG de Jesus-Ayson, Dr. RM Coloso and Dr. MR Catacutan on the AQD course conducted 3-7 December, a trainee from Cambodia express his gratitude to AQD by sending a message through e-mail.

SEAFDEC Secretary General Dr. Chumnarn Pongsri and four other senior Secretariat officials came for a three-day visit to AQD from 11 to 13 December and fielded questions during a general assembly of staff on 12 Dec at AQD’s main station in Iloilo.

Over 50 participants gathered in ChiangMai, Thailand from 26 to 30 November for the 35th Meeting of the Program Committee (PCM) of SEAFDEC and the 15th Meeting of the Fisheries Consultative Group/ASEAN-SEAFDEC Strategic Partnership (FCG-ASSP).

AQD hosted the “Demo-workshop on the KOHA integrated library system” held 10-11 December in Tigbauan, Iloilo. The 34 participants were from public secondary schools and libraries in Western Visayas; and the resource persons from the National Library of the Philippines. Topics included software modules on cataloguing, readers’ services, field service scheduling software, serials management, acquisitions and library administration. The demo-workshop was funded by the National Commission for Culture & the Arts (National Committee on Libraries & Information Services) and organized by the Philippine Librarians Association Inc (Region VI Council).

SEAFDEC/AQD and the Government of Japan Trust Fund (GOJ-TF) conducted the “International seminar on environment - friendly aquaculture and stock enhancement in Southeast Asia” on 3 December at AQD’s main station in Tigbauan, Iloilo, Philippines.

Seven participants from Cambodia (1), Malaysia (1), Thailand (1), Vietnam (1), India (1), and the Philippines (2) completed SEAFDEC/AQD’s training course on “Community-based freshwater aquaculture for remote rural areas of Southeast Asia” that was held 26 November - 5 December at AQD’s station in Binangonan, Rizal, Philippines.

On 28 - 29 November, six officials from the local government unit (LGU) of Misamis Oriental toured SEAFDEC/AQD’s hatcheries and visited AQD’s station in Dumangas, Iloilo, Philippines. They also went to a mud crab fattening farm in Roxas City, Capiz.

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