AQD will harvest milkfish on 24 April from its Dumangas Brackishwater Station. These 250-400 gram-sized fish are priced at Php 80-100 per kg. Moreover, there will be tilapia harvest from AQD’s project site in Dingle, Iloilo on 26 April. The market price of tilapia is Php 85-100 per kilo for sizes 250-400 g per piece. You may place your orders through AQD’s Materials Control Unit at (033) 511-8091 or (033) 511-9171 loc 320.  

Five SEAFDEC/AQD scientists were elected as the new officers of PHILAJAMES Visayas (Philippine Association of Japanese Government Scholars).

SEAFDEC/AQD at 40: Improving lives through sustainable aquaculture

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To reach out to its stakeholders, SEAFDEC/AQD was in Bacolod City, Negros Occidental, Philippines to join the “20^thPanaad sa Negros Festival also dubbed as the “Festival of all festivals” that was held 8-14 April.

Fish farmers interested in growing pompano can now buy its fry at SEAFDEC/AQD’s Tigbauan Main Station, Iloilo. The 1-inch pompano fry is priced at Php 5/inch. Interested buyers may contact Ms. Ofelia Reyes at (033) 511-9170 to 71 loc 361 or 358 or email osreyes@seafdec.org.ph.

SEAFDEC/AQD signed an agreement with the University of the Philippines Diliman-Institute of Biology (UPD-IB) for a three-year research collaboration.

Mag-Agri Tayo’s managing director Mr. Philip John Daffon Jr and crew were at SEAFDEC/AQD’s stations in Tigbauan & Dumangas, Iloilo and Igang, Guimaras to document aquaculture technologies

SEAFDEC/AQD’s senior information assistant Mr. Daryl Superio was in Bangkok, Thailand from 18 to 22 March to undergo training on “ASFA (Aquatic Sciences and Fisheries Abstracts) input procedures”.

“The development of human civilization hinges upon the ability to develop technologies and understand risks,” noted DA Undersecretary Hon. Segfredo Serrano, chair of the DA biotech program steering committee. “What we need are biotechnologies safeguarded by a good, open regulatory system to manage risks.”

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