PCAARRD’s Mussel Industry Strategic S&T Program

The Philippine Council for Agriculture, Aquatic and Natural Resources Research and Development of the Department of Science and Technology (DOST-PCAARRD) has expressed its commitment to assist in increasing the competitiveness of the mussel industry. Dr. Dalisay DG. Fernandez, director of the Inland Aquatic Resources Research Division of the DOST-PCAARRD made the statement during the First Philippine Mussel Congress which was recently held in Iloilo City. Through the DOST-PCAARRD’s Mussel Industry Strategic S&T Program, Fernandez shared that “efforts towards the development of processing and production technologies are being done to enable farmers to produce quality and safe cultured and processed mussel products.”