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    BFAR staff gain practical skills in milkfish aquaculture at SEAFDEC
    (Panay News, Inc., 2025-04-15)
    Another batch of personnel from the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) trained at SEAFDEC/AQD on milkfish aquaculture from March 17 to 28, 2025 as part of the Philippines’ push to boost local production. The 12-day program gathered 14 personnel from various BFAR offices and facilities, including the Central Office and regional offices from Regions 3 (Central Luzon), 10 (Northern Mindanao), 11 (Davao), 12 (Soccsksargen), and 13 (Caraga). At the opening program, BFAR-3 Director Wilfredo Cruz emphasized the importance of a skilled workforce to support the National Bangus Development Program (NBDP) of the Philippines. “With this training, I hope we can reach our target and make the country self-sufficient in fry production,” he told the trainees.
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    Iloilo eyes collab with SEAFDEC to maximize aquaculture production
    Tayona, Glenda (Panay News, Inc., 2023-07-07)
    Iloilo's Gov. Arthur Defensor Jr. is eyeing an institutional partnership with the Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center-Aquaculture Department (SEAFDEC-AQD) to maximize the province’s aquaculture production. Defensor was the keynote speaker during the recent kickoff of the 50th anniversary celebration of SEAFDEC-AQD in Tigbauan town. The governor, SEAFDEC-AQD chief Dan Baliao, Agriculture Senior Undersecretary Domingo Panganiban, and Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) Region 6 director Remia Aparri also led the inauguration of two new facilities – the Black Tiger Shrimp Broodstock and Milkfish Larval Rearing.
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    SEAFDEC'S gab aims to strengthen aquaculture, combat illegal fishing
    Rendon, Jennifer (Daily Guardian Multi-Media Services, Inc., 2022-12-06)
    Around 60 participants from 11 member-countries of the Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center (SEAFDEC) gathered in Iloilo City for the 45th Meeting of SEAFDEC’s Program Committee (PCM). Hosted by the SEAFDEC Aquaculture Department (AQD), the PCM meeting brings together delegates from SEAFDEC’s 11 member-countries Brunel Darussalam, Cambodia, Indonesia, Japan, Lao PDR, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam. Also in attendance are senior officials and staff from SEAFDEC’s five departments that include researchers, scientists, and experts.
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    Aquaculture facilities worth P23M completed in Iloilo
    Jocson, Luisa Maria Jacinta C. (BusinessWorld Publishing Corporation, 2021-12-15)
    Hatcheries and broodstock tanks involving the investment of P23 million have been completed this year in Iloilo to help fish producers seed their farms, the Department of Agriculture (DA) said. The facilities are located within the Tigbauan Main Station of the Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center (SEAFDEC). They have been in development since 2019. The project is part of the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources’ Bangus Fry Sufficiency Program to serve as a prototype for other hatchery ventures elsewhere.
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    Heated tanks lead to productive milkfish spawning in cold months
    (Daily Guardian Multi-Media Services, Inc., 2021-02-27)
    A premier fisheries research center in the country 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. The Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center, Aquaculture Department (SEAFDEC/AQD), a research center based in Iloilo, revealed that the facility succeeded in inducing milkfish breeders to spawn using thermal manipulation and is sharing this technology with fish farmers. “The shortage of milkfish seeds is more pron1ounced in the Philippines between November to February when the weather becomes too cold for breeders to lay eggs,” said SEAFDEC chief Dan Baliao, who further underscored that “thermal manipulation is necessary to help milkfish hatcheries stay productive during the four-month off-season by ensuring a continuous supply of seed.”
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    City Hall, BFAR partner on mudcrab farming
    Pequierda, Beatriz Angelica (Daily Guardian Multi-Media Services, Inc., 2020-02-20)
    The Iloilo City Government and Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) Regional Office 6 have partnered for mudcrab farming. This, after Mayor Jerry P. Treñas and City Agriculturist’s Office in-charge Engr. Noel Z. Hechanova, signed Feb. 18 a Memorandum of Agreement with BFAR-6 Assistant Regional Director Carlito Delfin and Iloilo Provincial Fisheries Officer-in-Charge Erwin E. Ilaya. The metropolis is one of the project sites of “Sustainable Livelihood Mudcrab Fattening Culture Through Aquasilviculture (integration of aquaculture with mangroves).”
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    RP aquaculture sector benefits from BFAR-SEAFDEC program
    Fernandez, Rudy A. (Philippine Star Printing Co., Inc., 2002-06-02)
    The country's aquaculture sector continues to benefit considerably from a program jointly being implemented by a government agency and a Southeast Asian center. Called Joint Mission for Accelerated Nationwide Technology Transfer Program (JMANTTP), the undertaking was launched in January 1999 by the Department of Agriculture-Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (DA-BFAR) and the government-hosted Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center Aquaculture Department (SEAFDEC AQD) based in Tigbauan, Iloilo. The program was convinced to make available technologies developed at SEAFDEC AQD to its host country, the Philippines.
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    WV is RP’s second leading ‘Bangrus’ producer
    Pineda, Leonard T. I (Daily Guardian Multi-Media Services, Inc., 2018-11-16)
    Western Visayas is the second leading producer of milkfish or “Bangrus” in the country, according to the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR). BFAR Assistant Director for Technical Services Drusila Esther Bayate said Region 6 is trailing behind Region 1 in terms of milkfish production in 2017. “It is noteworthy to say that although Western Visayas is traditionally a milkfish area, we are still on the top five
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    Bangrus supply in WV steady, BFAR says
    Santiagudo, Emme Rose (Daily Guardian Multi-Media Services, Inc., 2018-09-29)
    Aside from seaweeds, bangus or bangrus (Milkfish) is a top aquaculture produce in Western Visayas, said Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR)-6 Regional Director Remia Aparri. “After sang seaweed, Bangus is ang aton top produce diri sa region especially in areas of Iloilo Capiz, and Negros Occidental,” Aparri said. During the 2nd National Bangus Congress, Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources Assistant Director for Technical Services, Drusila Esther Bayate, mentioned that there is no problem with the supply of Bangus in the country.
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    Solving major aquaculture woes sought
    (Panay News, Inc., 2018-10-06)
    The aquaculture industry faces three major constraints – lack of fry supply, high cost of feeds and skilled manpower. Upon identifying these constraints, the Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center (SEAFDEC) and concerned government agencies have since sought ways to address them. The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) through its Bangus Fry Sufficiency Program has worked on this.