“Let us save our native catfish by conservation, management, breeding, and culture before it is too late. We must act immediately, and the future is now.”

By recycling excess nutrients that would otherwise have been released to the environment, a shrimp farm harvested almost 13 tons of shrimp worth P3.3 million (US$67,694) after just over 4 months of culture.

A. Usage of Feed Mill equipment Submit a letter of request to the Research Division Head Dr. Leobert de la Peña through the Feed Mill Supervisor Mr. Joseph Biñas stating the type and amount of ingredients to be processed. Email the letter of request to jbbinas@seafdec.org.ph and leobertd@seafdec.org.ph or fax to (033) 330-7011. The processing fee will be computed based on the power consumption, labor, equipment depreciation cost, and 15% overhead cost but not lower than PhP20 per kilogram. Milled ingredients will be released upon full payment through SEAFDEC/AQD cashiering or by bank transfer to the SEAFDEC/AQD UCPB account 307-112877-9. Feed Mill personnel are the only ones allowed to operate the grinding and milling equipment. B. Request for Feed Ingredients …