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...
Growth retardation and heavy mortality due to diseases has always been a major problem in shrimp aquaculture, both in the Philippines and in all other shrimp pr... Read More...
Because of the threats caused by climate change to the agriculture sector, people are looking for alternative sources to feed both humans and animals.
Fortu... Read More...
By Daniel V. Cabrera
The tilapia industry has remained flat for the past five years. Despite efforts of both the government and the private sector to push ... Read More...
By Zac B. Sarian
Recently, we attended a tilapia stakeholders consultative meeting in Talisay, Batangas convened by a major aquafeeds supplier and attended ... Read More...
Indonesia, the world’s largest tuna fishing nation, has been awarded the gold standard for sustainable fishing by the Marine Stewardship Council (MSC). PT Citra... Read More...
By Dr. Rafael Guerrero III
The first saline red tilapia was developed in the 1970s by Mike Sipes in the United States. He crossbred the mutant male Mozambiq... Read More...
By Reynaldo E. Andres
Currimao, Ilocos Norte--Tilapia produces more spawn in cool than in warm water. Thus, it is necessary to provide their environmen... Read More...
There are several carnivorous and omnivorous fish included in the human diet. These fish feed on other fishes and insects but due to increasing fishmeal prices,... Read More...
By Dr. Rafael D. Guerrero III
Mariculture parks are areas in the sea that are similar to industrial parks or estates on land where the appropriate infrastruc... Read More...
By Dr. Rafael Guerrero III
The tilapia is the second most important cultured food fish in the world and in the Philippines. Unlike the native milkfish (Chano... Read More...
By Zac B. Sarian
For 24 years, he was a well respected civil engineer who was busy constructing gas stations—not just one but sometimes two or three at a tim... Read More...
By Dalisay DG. Fernandez
There are high export potentials for the Philippines’ fish and fishery products, making the country a key player in the export marke... Read More...
By Dr. Rafael D. Guerrero III
The National Integrated Fisheries Technology Center (NIFTC) of the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) in Barangay... Read More...
The common carp known as “karpa” in the local market, can possibly help in detecting the magnitude of wastes in water ways.
In a study conducted by Dr. Miche... Read More...
By Zac B. Sarian
Dr. Macrina Zafaralla is a one-woman army going around the country to promote her advocacy of reviving degraded shallow streams and rivers b... Read More...
By Patricia Bianca S. Taculao
Climate change is an imminent threat to the world. Its effects are manifesting in different ways that everyone can feel. Unknow... Read More...
By Julio P. Yap Jr.
Farmed shrimp is a vital foreign exchange earner for the Philippines, which is currently the 6th largest producer in the world, with an a... Read More...
By Dr. Rafael D. Guerrero III
At the recent “SIPAG ni Juan” festival of the Philippine Council for Agriculture, Aquatic and Resources Research and Developmen... Read More...
