SEAFDEC/AQD Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center | Aquaculture Department
By Development Communication Section
A fifteen-day course on Sandfish hatchery, nursery operations and management was held 21 April – 5 May at AQD’s Tigbauan Main Station (TMS) in Iloilo. There were seven trainees coming from Malaysia (2), Maldives (2), United States of America (1) and the Philippines (2).
This course was meant to provide the participants with technical knowledge and skills on spawning and larval rearing, nursery and grow-out management of sandfish. There were lectures and practical sessions on broodstock management and spawning techniques; production of natural food organisms for sandfish larvae; and larval and nursery rearing techniques; grow-out management and processing of sandfish; among others. The trainees also visited AQD’s stations in Dumangas, Iloilo and Igang, Guimaras.
