SEAFDEC/AQD Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center | Aquaculture Department
An outbreak of WSSV has been recorded in the co-culture of sandfish and black tiger shrimp, which led the SEAFDEC/AQD fish health team to confirm whether sandfish can bioaccumulate WSSV.
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Sandfish: expensive, endangered, and ecologically essential
Sandfish is one of the most threatened tropical sea cucumbers because of its high price, reaching up to $1,600 per kilogram (approximately P80,800) when processed and dried into trepang or beche-de-mer which are used in exotic Asian cuisine and medicinal products.
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Fijians choose SEAFDEC/AQD as training ground for sandfish culture
Three Fijians searched the world over and found the platform they needed for learning the culture of the prized commodity at SEAFDEC/AQD in Iloilo, Philippines.
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Learning by doing gives trainees confidence in sandfish farming
A 15-day training course on “Sandfish Seed Production, Nursery, and Management” held from April 5 to April 20, 2018, in Tigbauan, Iloilo.
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Molocaboc Island and AQD celebrate five years of stock enhancement success
The project collaborators commemorate the CBSE Project at Molocaboc Island, Sagay City last 22 June 2016
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New learners finish sandfish course
Seven trainees complete the course on "Sandfish hatchery, nursery operations and management "
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Sandfish training course (2nd session)
SEAFDEC/AQD is now accepting applicants for Sandfish hatchery, nursery operations and management" on November 2015 at Tigbauan Main Station, Iloilo, Philippines
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SEAFDEC / AQD’s sandfish training concluded
Seven participants completed SEAFDEC/AQD’s training on "Sandfish seed production, nursery and management" on 21 October at AQD’s Tigbauan Main Station.
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