By Rafael D. Guerrerro III
The "curacha" or spanner crab (Ranina ranina) is a highly-prized marine crab that is steamed or boiled when served as a delicacy n... Read More...
By Rosemarie C. Señora
Marine biologists and experts recently put forward science-based solutions that address issues in coral protection in the country.
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By Max Prudencio, BFAfaR Region 2
A 53-year-old ordinary fish farm worker quit his job a few years ago and put up his own tilapia hatchery in Brgy. Rizal, Sa... Read More...
By Rafael D. Guerrero III
Freshwater aquaculture is the farming of aquatic organisms (plants and animals) in freshwater systems such as tanks, ponds, pens, a... Read More...
By Rafael D. Guerrero III
The introduced tilapia is the second most important farmed or cultured fish in the country next to our native milkfish. In 2016, we... Read More...
By Randy V. Urlanda
The name Mamburao, the capital of Western Mindoro, came from “May bulao!”, an expression of the Mangyan, the indigenous inhabitants of th... Read More...
By Zac B. Sarian
Sammy Quintos is an electrical engineer who is in the construction business with his eldest son, Quiel, helping him in the business. He is a... Read More...
By Zac B. Sarian
There are at least two ways of making good income from growing lapu-lapu, also popularly known as grouper. This we learned from Dr. Ruben Ta... Read More...
By Rafael D. Guerrero III
Calauan is a second-class municipality in the province of Laguna about 75 kilometers south of Manila.It has a population of more th... Read More...
By Rafael D. Guerrero III
We were at the recently held 40th Annual Scientific Meeting of the National Academy of Science and Technology (Philippines), Depart... Read More...
The university of the Philippines Los Baños (UPLB) Limnological Station published a technical bulletin titled “Biology of Knifefish (Chitala ornate) in Laguna d... Read More...
Bren Smith, a former fisherman, now a proud ‘ocean farmer,’ grows kelp and shellfish. He believes that his way of farming is very beneficial not only to him, as... Read More...
By Ariel Repotula
Just because tilapia is one of the most hardy species in aquaculture, many if not all farmers, neglect to provide the best culture conditio... Read More...
Love bacon but also love being healthy? Then this seaweed patented by Oregon State University researchers is for you!
Chris Langdon and his team started gro... Read More...
By Rafael Guererro III
The Tonle Sap (“Great Lake”) is the biggest and most productive lake in Southeast Asia located in Cambodia. The lake has an area of 25... Read More...
1.7 million fishing boats sailed the oceans in the ‘50s, and in just 65 years, this number has ballooned to 3.7. However, the increase in number of vessels plyi... Read More...
Shrimp commands a high price in local and export markets. Because of high profitability, the monoculture of shrimps in semi-intensive and intensive systems has ... Read More...
By Rafael D. Guerrero III
How we lost most of the endemic fishes in Lake Lanao and what we can do to save the remaining one
Lake Lanao is our country’s s... Read More...
The demand for octopuses as food is globally is rising. Prices are climbing, though supply is still low. Producers have started to farm them, which is a big NO,... Read More...
By Rafael D. Guerrero III
Laguna de Bay, the largest freshwater lake in the country and the third largest in Southeast Asia, has an area of 90,000 hectares a... Read More...
