The Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries, and Agrarian Reform–Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (MAFAR-BARMM) has partnered with SEAFDEC/AQD to train its extension workers and local fishers in marine fish farming from 24 to 28 February 2025.

September-October 2025Download here — File Size: 15.83 Mb Catfish cultureThis brochure introduces the essential practices in catfish hatchery, nursery, and grow-out culture, focusing on the African catfish Clarias gariepinus.Download here — File Size: 1.553 Mb SEAFDEC/AQD Highlights 2024SEAFDEC/AQD’s annual report updating on its accomplishments and progress for the year 2024.Download here — File Size: 10.89 Mb AEM 78 Best operational practices for biosecure farming of black tiger shrimp (Penaeus monodon) in earthen pondsThis manual consolidates technical protocols, from pond design, water management, feed scheduling, biosecurity, probiotics, and efficient harvesting into a coherent step by step format suitable for farm managers and extension workers.Download here — File Size: 5.033 Mb July-August 2025Download here — File Size: 15.88 Mb May-June 2025Download here …

Seven participants completed the International Training Course on Community-Based Freshwater Aquaculture for Remote Rural Areas in Southeast Asia, held at SEAFDEC/AQD’s Binangonan Freshwater Station on 13-27 November 2024.

Choosing a mate can be a complicated matter to humans. Many factors such as looks, personality, or status always come into play. For the freshwater goby however, finding a mate seems quite simple for it seems to come down to a matter of size.

SEAFDEC/AQD’s collaboration with Philippine government agencies and its construction of new research infrastructure took the spotlight during the 31st Philippine Technical and Administrative Committee (PTAC) meeting held in Quezon City, Philippines on 19 November 2024.

SEAFDEC/AQD researchers found and demonstrated a groundbreaking way to grow seaweed faster than traditional methods by using lab-grown, tissue-cultured seedlings.

The Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center/Aquaculture Department continues to expand its research complex in Tigbauan, Iloilo with the construction of three new aquaculture facilities including a feed mill, hatcheries, and grow-out tanks.

The course ran from 17 June to 23 July 2024. It was attended by four participants from the Philippines, two from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and one each from Singapore, Thailand, Viet Nam, and Cambodia.

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.