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...
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...
