Tag Archives: milkfish

To help lower the price of fish amidst volatile food prices across the country, the Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center Aquaculture Department (SEAFDEC/AQD) is coming up with a new fish feed formulation that is cost-efficient and eco-friendly.

The embattled milkfish industry in the Philippines got a shot in the arm as the first rehabilitated hatchery in Western Visayas, which is expected to produce 5 to 10 million bangus fry every year, started its operations to address the persistent shortage of milkfish seeds in the country. Located in the province of Aklan, the 1,787 square meter Batan Bangus Satellite Hatchery was launched in February this year under the National Fry Sufficiency Program of the Department of Agriculture’s Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (DA-BFAR). The hatchery used to produce shrimp fry in 1983 but outbreaks of diseases in shrimp during the 90s led the hatchery to cease its operations in 1995. Now, it is one of the central …

SEAFDEC/AQD is promoting a simple technology to address the perennial shortage of milkfish fry that continues to hound fish farmers in the Philippines during the colder months of the year.

Learning online isn’t just for students, it is also for the Philippines’ aquaculture extension workers who listened to lectures and practical sessions on milkfish and mangrove crab culture via an online platform. Forty-eight participants, mostly staff of the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) from the different administrative regions, recently completed the FishKwela Training Course to enhance their skills on the hatchery production of milkfish and mangrove crab. The training course was the first technology and commodity-based online training course prepared by the Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center Aquaculture Department (SEAFDEC/AQD) in collaboration with the National Fisheries Research and Development Institute (NFRDI). Although SEAFDEC/AQD has been conducting online courses on fish health management and aquaculture nutrition since 2002, Caryl …

Aquafarmers from Capiz province, dubbed “the seafood capital of the Philippines,” are feeling the sting of the pandemic as transport restrictions have driven down prices given the difficulties in distributing their milkfish, crab, and shrimp produce.

PANABO City, Davao del Norte – Various aspects of milkfish culture and production were discussed in a  free four-day on-site training course from 15 to 18 October 2019 at the National Mariculture Center here.

As part of SEAFDEC/AQD’s anniversary celebrations, a Farmers’ Forum and Aquaculture Clinic were held for fish farmers and the private sector on 10 July 2019 at SEAFDEC/AQD’s Multi-Purpose Hall in Tigbauan, Iloilo from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m.

A workshop organized by the Inland Fisheries and Aquaculture Division of the Philippines’ Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources.

AQD presents at NEA & ASIAHORCs Joint Symposium on Chemical Biology in Japan and 5th International Conference of Aquaculture Indonesia (ICAI) 2015 in Indonesia

Trainees from the Philippines, Viet Nam, Malaysia, Indonesia and India gathered for a marine fish hatchery course

SEAFDEC/AQD shares relevant information on aquaculture through the Farmers' Forum & Aquaculture Clinic, the DKV Memorial Lecture, and the newly-released publications.

Dr. MRR Eguia presents a poster paper in the International Symposium of Genetics in Aquaculture XII from 21-27 June in University of Santiago de Compostela, Spain

Two finished a special course on ‘Milkfish farm management and operations’ from 28 January – 11 February