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Three trainees finish a two-week course on shrimp hatchery

AQD participates in the student exchange program at Kagoshima University, Japan

SEAFDEC/AQD had been invited to take part in two aquaculture gatherings.

To get updated on proper administration of employee payroll and benefits, three AQD staff attended a special mastery course.

AQD attended the 12^th National Symposium on Marine Science held from 24 to 26 October at the University of the Philippines Visayas Tacloban College.

AQD took part in the Philippines’ largest agriculture trade fair held on 10-12 October in Pasay City.

AQD is now a collaborating partner of ASFA (Aquatic Sciences and Fisheries Abstracts).

AQD joins the Agri-Biotech exhibit at the House of Representatives, Quezon City, Philippines from 21 to 24 October.

AQD employees availed of the SSS mobile data capturing service at Miag-ao, Iloilo, Philippines from 17 to 18 October.

SEAFDEC/AQD participated in the 2013 Visayas Cluster S&T Fair (VCSTF) of the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) held at SM City Iloilo, Philippines from 16 to 18 October.

SEAFDEC/AQD hosted the JIRCAS (Japan International Research Center for Agricultural Sciences) workshop on 9 October held at its Tigbauan Main Station in Iloilo, Philippines.

A special course on “Mud crab hatchery and nursery” was conducted by SEAFDEC/AQD held at the Tigbauan Main Station in Iloilo, Philippines from 23 September to 9 October

SEAFDEC/AQD Chief Dr. Felix Ayson, Training and information head Dr. Evelyn Grace Ayson and Information assistant Mr. Caryl Vincent Genzola had a consultation with officers of BFAR

“Much has been said on the generosity and assistance given by JIRCAS to SEAFDEC/AQD and we are thankful for yet another project,” research division head Dr. Junemie Lebata-Ramos said.

Six finished two-week course on sandfish seed production, nursery & management and AQD served as consultant for a  sandfish hatchery in Malaysia.

To ensure relevance of its R&D program, AQD held its annual “In-house review and planning meeting” from 19 to 20 September at its main station in Iloilo.

Technical assistance. AQD’s ABOT AquaBusiness or Agree-build-operate-transfer program has gone beyond Southeast Asia to the African continent. MicroTREND Enterprises of Luanda, Angola

On 23 September, SEAFDEC/AQD and the local government unit (LGU) of Tagum City, Davao del Norte in southern Philippines signed an agreement for AQD to provide technical assistance to Tagum’s

On 12 August, 173 kg of milkfish was harvested at AQD’s brackishwater station in Dumangas, Iloilo, Philippines.

SEAFDEC/AQD scientist Dr. Nerissa Salayo is one of the authors of the book “Coastal resources management: perspective from the social sciences” that was launched on 14 August 2013 in Iloilo City.