SEAFDEC/AQD Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center | Aquaculture Department

Japanese technology on farming mackerel tuna, locally known as tulingan, is set to be adopted in the Philippines with a Japanese researcher already procuring breeders to establish a hatchery in Iloilo.

SEAFDEC/AQD presented its plans for next year during a series of meetings last 11 to 16 November 2019 in Chiang Mai, Thailand

Forty-nine milkfish, each weighing between 3 to 5 kilograms, were recently acquired by SEAFDEC/AQD for conditioning at its Tigbauan Main Station to augment its stock of milkfish breeders for its research projects.

The hatchery technique was devised by Dr. Frolan A. Aya, a scientist of the Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center, and granted a patent by the Intellectual Property Office of the Philippines (IPOPHIL) last Oct. 17, 2019.

Support is mounting for the revival of tiger shrimp farming in the Philippines as another 4.4 tons of the prized seafood were recently harvested in Dumangas, Iloilo.