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SEAFDEC/AQD welcomes guest from USDA

By Development Communication Section

Agricultural Counselor Mr. Ralph Bean and Agricultural Specialist Ms. Pia Francesca Ang of the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Foreign Agricultural Service visited SEAFDEC/AQD’s main station in Tigbauan on 17 September to get information about SEAFDEC/AQD’s research activities on aquaculture and discussed possible collaboration. Mr. Bean toured SEAFDEC/AQD’s pilot feedmill, natural food laboratory and experimental hatcheries for marine fish, mud crab, seaweeds, abalone and integrated milkfish broodstock hatchery complex.

USDA Agricultural Counselor Mr. Ralph Bean and Agricultural Specialist Ms. Pia Francesca Ang meet with AQD Chief Dr. Felix Ayson, Training and Information Division Head Dr. Ma. Junemie Hazel Lebata-Ramos and Research Division Head Dr. Evelyn Grace Ayson
USDA Agricultural Counselor Mr. Ralph Bean and Agricultural Specialist Ms. Pia Francesca Ang meet with AQD Chief Dr. Felix Ayson, Training and Information Division Head Dr. Ma. Junemie Hazel Lebata-Ramos and Research Division Head Dr. Evelyn Grace Ayson
Senior Technical Assistant Mr. Nestor Bayona shows the abalone broodstock
Senior Technical Assistant Mr. Nestor Bayona shows the abalone broodstock
Technical Assistant Ms. Jonalyn  Mateo  talks  about AQD’s research activities on seaweeds
Technical Assistant Ms. Jonalyn Mateo talks about AQD’s research activities on seaweeds

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