An outbreak of WSSV has been recorded in the co-culture of sandfish and black tiger shrimp, which led the SEAFDEC/AQD fish health team to confirm whether sandfish can bioaccumulate WSSV.

The Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center/Aquaculture Department (SEAFDEC/AQD) hosted the Regional Sea Cucumber Roadshow 2024 West Visayas Session on 13–14 June 2024 at Tigbauan Main Station in Iloilo, Philippines.

Twelve participants from six Southeast Asian countries completed the Training Course on Fish Nutrition and Feed Development, held from 20 to 27 May 2024.

A 15-day hands-on training course on Fish Health Management, offered by SEAFDEC/AQD, was held from 15–29 April 2024, drawing 12 participants from different Southeast Asian countries.

Have you ever tried intermittent fasting? While some people alternate periods of fasting and non-fasting for various health reasons, researchers from SEAFDEC Aquaculture Department have found a different application for intermittent fasting. Not for themselves but for eels.

While the El Niño phenomenon brings about a cascade of environmental changes, it also presents an opportunity for milkfish production.

BARBAZA, Antique – A new batch of wild mackerel tuna was transported by an international research organization to its facility in Tigbauan, Iloilo as part of its bid to create a tuna farming industry in the Philippines.

SEAFDEC/AQD co-organized an “On-site Training in Using Concentrated Microalgae in Larval Rearing of Sandfish Holothuria scabra” attended by 18 trainees from various hatcheries in Eastern Visayas.

The population of the Hokkai shrimp Pandalus latirostris has been declining over the past years. Dr. Sayaka Ito, Deputy Chief of SEAFDEC/AQD, partnered with scientists from the Japan Fisheries Research and Education Agency (FRA) to study the shrimp in Akkeshi Bay and Lake Akkeshi in Hokkaido.

September-October 2024Download here — File Size: 9.87 Mb SEAFDEC/AQD Highlights 2023Download here — File Size: 9.06 Mb Sea Cucumber Hatchery and Nursery Production (2024)The brochure contains information on the hatchery and nursery culture of sandfish Holothuria scabraDownload here — File Size: 3.70 Mb July-August 2024Download here — File Size: 11.34 Mb Manual on important marine parasites and their hosts in the PhilippinesGregoria Erazo-Pagador, Blan Jericho G. Caloyloy, Leobert D. de la Peña (2024) 26 ppThis manual gives basic information on some parasites of different infected fish submitted to SEAFDEC/AQD Diagnostic Service Laboratory in Tigbauan, Iloilo, Philippines.Download here — File Size: 6.02 Mb Breeding, seed production, and culture of African catfish Clarias gariepinusJosefa Tan-Fermin et al (2024) 42 ppThis manual summarizes …

Scientists have found out that these stable isotopes interact differently with the environment compared to the same atoms of normal weight. This finding has led to methods involving isotopes that let us know details about what an organism eats.

Abandoned brackishwater ponds, if left untouched, can find themselves thriving with the prized mangrove crabs. Allowing mangroves to recolonize abandoned ponds may even provide local fishers with a lucrative source of income.

Twenty participants from SEAFDEC member countries completed the Japan-funded “Regional Training Course on Advanced Aquaculture Technologies for Commercially Important Commodities in Southeast Asia,” organized by SEAFDEC/AQD on 9–26 Oct. 2023.

Adding mud worm to feeds promotes fertility in both female and male shrimp. But what exactly is in mud worms that make them fertility-boosting shrimp food?

Vacancies:  2 ASSOCIATE RESEARCHERS (entry position; could be a RESEARCHER depending on the qualifications)  Assignment: Fish Health Section, Research Division in Tigbauan, Iloilo. Qualifications: Masters or Doctorate Degree in Biological Sciences, Fisheries or related fields Preferably: With at least one (1) scientific publication categorized under any of the following: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCIE), Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI), and Arts and Humanities Citation Index (A&HCI) as a senior or first author; With at least 1-2 years experience in aquaculture or fisheries research; and Dedicated and focused in work, trustworthy, goal-oriented, and with good work ethics. Summary of duties to be performed: The position conducts and publishes scientific papers on the results of experiments in line with the objectives of …

SEAFDEC Associate Researcher Joana Joy Huervana, assisted by other researchers from Kyushu University, went about studying Japanese freshwater crabs. They caught and identified 231 Geothelphusa dehaani specimens from 26 populations across multiple islands.

Six new aquaculture extension manuals penned by SEAFDEC/AQD’s scientist, experts, and researchers were introduced and distributed during the institution’s 30th Book Launching on 4 July 2023 in Tigbauan, Iloilo.

September-October 2023Download here — File Size: 7.85 Mb July-August 2023Download here — File Size: 5.17 Mb May-June 2023Download here — File Size: 14.81 Mb AEM 74 Nursery and grow-out culture of snubnose pompano (Trachinotus blochii, Lacepede) in brackishwater pondsDD Baliao et al (2023) 26 ppThis manual tackles a viable technology that can guide fish farmers in raising pompano in brackishwater ponds.Each print copy costs US$5Download here — File Size: 5.90 Mb AEM 73 Nursery and grow-out culture of snubnose pompano (Trachinotus blochii, Lacepede) in marine cagesREP Mamauag et al (2023) 34 ppThis manual includes culture methods and good practices that are the product of research done at SEAFDEC/AQD.Each print copy costs US$6Download here — File Size: 10.13 Mb AEM 72 …

New research projects between SEAFDEC/AQD and the Japan International Research Center for Agricultural Sciences (JIRCAS) kicked off during a project meeting last 2 August 2022.

After three consecutive years of successful verification runs at its Dumangas Brackishwater Station (DBS), SEAFDEC/AQD collaborated with the Department of Agriculture-National Fisheries Research and Development Institute (DA-NFRDI) for this year’s continuation of the Oplan Balik Sugpo Program.