External evaluators applauded the Japan-funded studies of SEAFDEC/AQD presented during the “2017 Annual Progress and Planning Meeting on the Promotion of Sustainable Aquaculture and Resource Enhancement in Southeast Asia,” on 9 February 2018.

Shrimp farmers are advised not to stock their ponds during cold months from November to February because shrimp get stressed when temperatures dip below 27°C, predisposing them to diseases.

​ ​ ​  September-October 2018  Download PDF Format — File Size: 5.95 MB July-August 2018  Download PDF Format — File Size: 12 MB Mangrove Red Snapper Nursery and Grow-out (2018)  Contains information on the nursery, and grow-out culture of mangrove red snapper.  Download PDF Format — File Size: 2.32 MB Tigbauan Main Station (revised 2018) A brochure on AQD’s main station.  Download PDF Format  — File Size: 4.09 MB May-June 2018  Download PDF Format — File Size: 11.7 MB AEM 34 Biology and Hatchery of Mangrove Crabs Scylla spp. ET Quinitio, FD Parado-Estepa, JJDC Huervana  (2018, 3rd edition) 46 pp A 46-page revised edition of the 2008 manual that describes the hatchery protocol that SEAFDEC/AQD developed for the mass production of mangrove crabs Scylla …

Dan D. Baliao has been appointed to head the Aquaculture Department (AQD) of the Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center (SEAFDEC) effective 7 September 2017.

The new Multi-Purpose Hall of SEAFDEC/AQD was inaugurated during the opening program of its 44th anniversary celebration on July 3, 2017.

Representatives from the academe, NGOs, government, and the fisheries industry received a complete set of publications during the Book Launching held at the SEAFDEC/AQD Multi-Purpose Hall in Tigbauan, Iloilo, Philippines on July 7, 2017.

Farmers Forum was organized as part of SEAFDEC/AQD’s 44th anniversary celebration held at the SEAFDEC/AQD Multi-Purpose Hall in Tigbauan, Iloilo, Philippines on July 6, 2017.

A preparatory meeting for the JAIF project on anguillid eels held in Palembang, Indonesia on June 9, 2017.

A SEAFDEC Inter-Departmental Workshop on the Establishment of Institutional Repository held at the SEAFDEC Training Department in Samut Prakan, Thailand from 6 to 9 March 2017.

SEAFDEC/AQD held an aquaculture technology forum on 21 April 2017 in Kalibo, Aklan, Philippines.

3rd meeting of the “Preparatory Committee on Marine Biological Diversity Beyond Areas of National Jurisdiction” held at the UN Headquarters in New York on 5 April 2017.

The meeting was hosted by the Department of Fisheries of the Ministry of Primary Resources and Tourism, Brunei Darussalam held from 3 to 7 April 2017.

A meeting with SEAFDEC/AQD Manila Office personnel on 25 January 2017 and 12 January 2017, respectively.

​ September-October 2017  Download PDF Format  — File Size: 3.18 MB Sea bass Culture (2017) Contains information on the hatchery, nursery, and grow-out culture of sea bass.  Download PDF Format — File Size: 2.03 MB July-August 2017  Download PDF Format — File Size: 10.1 MB AEM 64 Diseases of juvenile and adult mud crab Scylla spp. in the Philippines Eleonor A. Tendencia, Ma. Venuz C. Cabilitasan, Emilia Tobias-Quinitio (2017) 30 pp A 30-page manual detailing the different diseases of mud crab and the corresponding prevention/control measures. Each copy costs US$ 4 Browse through the contents May-June 2017  Download PDF Format — File Size: 13.6 MB March-April 2017  Download PDF Format — File Size:  3.67 MB Seaweed Kappaphycus Farming (2017) Contains information on Kappaphycus grow-out culture.  Download PDF Format — File …

A meeting of SEAFDEC Technical Departments and Secretariat held 3 December 2016 in Yogyakarta, Indonesia.

An assembly of SEAFDEC Program Committee members held from 28 November to 2 December 2016 in Yogyakarta, Indonesia.

A 9th Asia-Pacific Conference on Algal Biotechnology held from 15 to 18 November 2016 at the Century Park Hotel, Bangkok, Thailand.

A meeting of AQD management and senior representatives of relevant Philippine government institutions held on 4 November 2016 at Makati City, Philippines.

DENR-PENRO Guimaras and AQD signed a Memorandum of Agreement last 23 September 2016 at AQD’s Igang Marine Station in Nueva Valencia, Guimaras.

A 2nd international workshop on the Diversity of the Indo-Pacific Network held in Quezon City, Philippines from 25 to 29 July 2016.