SEAFDEC/AQD Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center | Aquaculture Department

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.

AQD inaugurated its new Black Tiger Shrimp Broodstock Facility in Tigbauan Iloilo on 3 July 2023. It was built to reduce reliance on wild shrimp spawners that often carry diseases which are then passed on to their eggs and larvae.

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?

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.

A prized jewel lies hidden beneath the shimmering and pristine waters of Molocaboc Island, the donkey’s-ear abalone, a kind of marine snail known for its unique shell form that resembles the ear of a donkey.