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“On-farm feeding and feed management in aquaculture” was the topic of the expert workshop that AQD organized and hosted for the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) at the request of its Aquaculture Service (FIRA) from 13 to 15 September in Manila. From the global synthesis, regional reviews, and case studies in eight countries, the experts agreed that (1) generally, the use of high quality

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AQD and the Malaysia-based WorldFish Center signed a memorandum of understanding on 21 July in Penang, Malaysia for joint research & training activities, exchanges of experts, and co-ownership of intellectual property of research results in the area of sustainable small-scale aquaculture development. WorldFish Director-General Dr. Stephen Hall and AQD Chief Dr. Joebert Toledo signed on behalf of

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AQD scientist Dr. Maria Rowena Eguia received the prestigious Dr. Elvira O. Tan Memorial Award for her paper on Genetic changes during mass selection for growth in Nile tilapia, Oreochromis niloticus (L), assessed by microsatellites. The paper was recognized as the Best published paper in aquaculture and inland fisheries by the Philippine Department of Science & Technology in a ceremony held 27

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To ensure that AQD’s research efforts under GOJ-TF5 (Government of Japan Trust Fund Cycle 5) are on track and on schedule, a semi-annual progress meeting was held 13-15 July and 26 July. AQD Deputy Chief and GOJ-TF co-manager Dr. Teruo Azuma presided over the meeting, encouraging feedback and active discussion from the AQD study leaders who presented their preliminary results. TF5 focuses on

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Eleven trainees completed AQD’s International training course on abalone hatchery and grow-out which ran 8-28 July. The trainees were from Malaysia (2), Philippines (8), and South Korea (1) with three of them sponsored by GOJ. In this course, lectures and practical sessions included abalone biology, principles of hatchery & seed production, feeds & feeding, principles of sustainable aquaculture,

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Joining two fairs in the Philippines, AQD was able to promote its small-scale aquaculture technologies and technical assistance program for entrepreneurs. The first was in FishLink 2010, organized by the University of the Philippines Aquaculture Society and held 20-22 September in Iloilo City. AQD fielded nine of its experts to handle short talks on various cultured species and resource

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AQD Associate Scientist Dr. Ma. Michelle Peñaranda presented her paper entitled Specificity of DNA vaccines against  the U and M genogroups of infectious hematopoietic necrosis virus (IHNV) in rainbow trout (Oncorhyncus mykiss) during the 6th International symposium for aquatic animal health held September 4-9 in Florida, USA. Her travel was sponsored by the University of Washington. In

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Starting 2011, AQD will steer into new directions as outlined during the In-house strategic planning and review conducted September 28-30 at AQD’s main station in Iloilo. AQD Chief Dr. Joebert Toledo emphasized that AQD will shift from taking on a commodity-based approach to adopting a thematic approach, specifically, having program themes based on the Regional technical consultation on

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Date Venue Title Organizer 29 September –19 October Iloilo, Philippines Training Course on Abalone Hatchery and Grow-out AQD 6-22 October Iloilo,

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Reforming Philippine Science, 95 pages, is an edited compilation of articles, previously posted in websites or published as newspaper articles, by Raul Suarez and Flor Lacanilao. Suarez is a professor at the University of California, Santa Barbara, USA. Lacanilao is a retired Professor of Zoology at the University of the Philippines (UP) Diliman, former Chancellor of UP Visayas, and former Chief

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A total of 17 participants completed the Human resources development (HRD) on-site training course on rural aquaculture conducted last March 8-11 in Hai Phong City, Vietnam. The course was a part of the training series being conducted by SEAFDEC in eight member countries under the project HRD on poverty alleviation and food security by fisheries intervention in the ASEAN region. Two AQD staff –

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  “I made the right choice in coming to AQD,” said Ms. Claudia Ehlers Kerber of Brazil upon completing the International training on marine fish hatchery which ran from May 26 to July 1. “This is because of the knowledge imparted unselfishly by AQD mentors and the skills we gained.” Ms. Kerber had 14 co-trainees from Indonesia, Myanmar, Saudi Arabia, South Korea, Sudan, Thailand, Sultanate of

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Sustainable CRM or coastal resource management is the topic of a training organized by AQD and the Zoological Society of London (ZSL) on two separate sessions – May 26 to 28 and June 16 to 18 – at AQD’s Iloilo station. The training was held in collaboration with the local government units (LGUs) and people’s organizations (POs) of Ivisan and Pan-ay, Capiz; Ibajay, Aklan; and Ajuy, Iloilo.

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AQD participated in two events and put up booths. The first was during the Brunei-Indonesia-Malaysia East Asia Growth Area’s (BIMP-EAGA) High-value aquaculture business conference held April 5-7 in General Santos City, southern Mindanao. AQD researchers Mr. Vincent Encena II and Ms. Ma. Rovilla Luhan were invited to deliver talks on abalone and seaweed farming, respectively, at the said

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AQD organized two post-harvest courses for the women of Iloilo and Guimaras provinces. The Training on post-harvest and marketing of milkfish had 28 participants and was conducted on April 16 and on April 29. The training-workshop was aimed at building the women’s capability in the proper handling after harvest, value-adding and marketing of milkfish. The participants were taught deboning

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AQD Chief Dr. Joebert Toledo signed the closure agreement with AQD’s private sector clients Ms. Betty Lua and Mr. Fortunato Sanchez Jr. on April 27 in their milkfish farm in Cebu City, Philippines. The technical assistance extended by AQD is under its ABOT Aquanegosyo program or Agree-build-operate-transfer aquabusiness which is AQD’s technology transfer mechanism for fish farmers and investors

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Order these publications from bookstore@seafdec.org.ph Farming of the tropical abalone Haliotis asinina, a 30-page extension manual detailing site selection, nursery and grow-out operations, harvest and live transport, and economic feasibility. It also includes a flowchart of abalone culture and cooking recipes. Written by AQD’s VC Encena II and NC Bayona               Intensive

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TIGBAUAN, ILOILO – At the price of US$180 to 250 per kilogram of dried sea cucumber in the United States, sea cucumber are good bets for fish farmers wanting to find the new “gold” in aquaculture. This has driven SEAFDEC Aquaculture Department, the research center based in Iloilo, to develop the hatchery, nursery and grow-out technologies of the sea cucumber Holothuria scabra so that

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  Dr. Joebert D. Toledo, who hails from Oton, Iloilo, gets a third two-year term as Chief of the SEAFDEC Aquaculture Department. SEAFDEC or the Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center is a regional treaty organization conducting aquaculture research and development (R &D) and is based in Tigbauan, Iloilo. The trust given to Dr. Toledo by the Philippine government is in recognition of the

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AQD convened the Regional technical consultation for sustainable aquaculture (RTC-A) development of Southeast Asia towards 2020 in Bangkok, Thailand from 17 to 19 March 2010. RTC-A formed part of a series of consultations done by SEAFDEC as a center-wide activity to assess the progress of member-countries and AQD in six thematic areas, to wit: good quality seeds, environment-friendly

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With 2009 being the final year for GOJ-Trust Fund IV, a new set of projects will be implemented for 2010-2014 under the ASEAN-SEAFDEC Strategic Partnership (ASSP) and Fisheries Consultative Group FCG) programs funded by GOJ Trust Fund. AQD Deputy Chief and GOJ-TF manager Dr. Teruo Azuma noted that the our new projects are (1) resource enhancement of internationally threatened and over-exploited

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“I am really happy,” says Mr. Pelson Moses of the Federated States of Micronesia upon completing the March 8-25 training course on Cage/pond culture of selected aquaculture species at AQD. He was happy because of the knowledge imparted by the AQD mentors and the skills gained by him and his five co-trainees from China, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and the Philippines. The course included extensive

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Mr. Antoine Fry is a 23-year old French national learning about socioeconomics and the role of aquaculture in communities. He arrived 22 February 2010 and will be at AQD until August 2010. His internship at AQD is part of his political science thesis at the Institute of Political Science of Grenoble (St. Martin d’Heres, southern France). Ms. Fong Yin Shan and Mr. Pun Sin Fat attended a

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Addressing the issue of diseases was the main focus of the 7th Philippine shrimp congress held March 17-19 at the Planta Hotel, Bacolod City. The congress was organized by PHILSHRIMP in cooperation with AQD, DA-BFAR and DOST. Foreign and local experts who spoke during the congress have agreed that, to improve the quality of indigenous shrimp species, breeding programs must be supported to come

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Six AQD scientists participated in the World aquaculture conference 2010 held March 1-5 in San Diego, California, USA. The said conference was organized by a consortium headed by the World Aquaculture Society. The papers presented by AQD include: (1) “Review of shellish R&D at SEAFDEC/AQD” by AQD Chief Dr. Joebert Toledo; (2) “Influence of net mesh size on the performance of the giant

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AQD got visited by three Japanese experts who generously gave research seminars to AQD staff. Dr. Shinsuke  Morioka of JIRCAS presented on February 9 the Importance of swampy-plane small fishes: A case study on fundamental biology of two short-lived species, Brachygobius mekongensis and Parambassis siamensis. Dr. Yukio Hanamura, also of JIRCAS, tackled on February 9 the Biological and

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  Seed production of tilapia – describes the hatchery and nursery techniques for Oreochromis niloticus in net cages       Grow-out production of tilapia – includes the technology profile and grow-out culture of O. niloticus in ponds       Seed production of the Asian catfish – contains technology profile, catfish spawning and larval rearing techniques of Clarias macrocephalus

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On December 14, two turtles made their way back into the sea where they belong. The release, dubbed Panaw Pawikan, was arranged by AQD’s FishWorld and the local government of Anini-y, Antique. Uriel, a 12-year-old male hawksbill, called AQD home for almost five years, while Antiqua, a female green turtle, was donated to AQD in February 2009. FishWorld curator Dr. Teodora Bagarinao, together with

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From September 27 to October 2, AQD researcher Dr. Nerissa Salayo attended the UNITAR workshop in Hiroshima, Japan together with DENR Region V Director Felix Mendoza. They presented the results of the UNITAR-Bannai Small Grants project at AQD and DENR, that is, the two training workshops on sea and human security that were held in Masbate City and Culasi, Antique in 2009. The UNITAR panel

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  AQD researchers Dr. Ma. Rowena Eguia and Mr. Manuel Laron conducted an on-site training on breeding and larval rearing of freshwater prawn Macrobrachium rosenbergii in Negara, Brunei Darussalam. The training was held at Sg Jambu Fish Farm from October 12 to November 14. The 25 trainees attending were Brunei Fisheries Department staff and local fisheries vocational school faculty. Brunei

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AQD assisted in the conduct of the Human resource development (HRD) on-site training course on rural aquaculture in three SEAFDEC member countries -- Philippines, Indonesia and Cambodia. The training series is part of the SEAFDEC project entitled HRD on poverty alleviation and food security by fisheries intervention in the ASEAN Region funded by the Japan-ASEAN Solidarity Fund of the ASEAN

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  On December 9-10, the Annual progress meeting of Government of Japan-Trust Fund programs in AQD was held in Iloilo. A total of 32 studies comprising three projects were evaluated during the meeting. The three projects were (1) Development of fish disease surveillance system; (2) Development of technologies and human capacity building for sustainable aquaculture; and (3) Stock enhancement for

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AQD provided technical support during the conduct of the Human resource development (HRD) training on catfish culture held in Boyolali Regency, Central Java, Indonesia last October 20-24. The training is part of the HRD on-site training course on rural aquaculture organized by the Indonesian Departmen Kelautan dan Perikanan (Ministry of Marine Affairs and Fisheries) under the HRD on

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A paper by AQD Researcher Ms. Maria Rovilla Luhan and Technical Assistant Ms. Hannaniah Sollesta was awarded by the Bureau of Agricultural Research (BAR) as the AFMA (Agriculture and Fisheries Modernization Act) Best Paper (basic research category) during the 21st National research symposium last October 9 at the Bureau of Soils and Water Management Building in Diliman, Quezon City. Their

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The new SEAFDEC Secretary General Dr. Chumnarn Pongsri visited AQD last October 16-17 to familiarize himself with AQD’s programs, facilities, and personnel. Dr. Pongsri replaced Dr. Siri Ekmaharaj who completed his four-year term as SEAFDEC Secretary-General last September 30. Prior to his nomination, Dr. Pongsri served as an Expert in Ecology at the Department of Fisheries (Thailand).

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AQD participated in two meetings last October, which addressed research-and-development, administration & finance, and information-related concerns. PTAC meeting. The Management Committee of AQD and senior representatives of relevant Philippine Government institutions (Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources/Department of Agriculture, University of the Philippines Visayas, Department of Budget

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AQD Associate Scientist Dr. Nerissa Salayo presented the results of the UNITAR-Bannai Small Grants project at the Training workshop series on sea and human security: Towards a comprehensive security for seas and oceans: The Hiroshima initiative organized by United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR) and held last Sept. 27 to Oct. 2 in Hiroshima, Japan. Dir. Felix Mendoza

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The 47th Biennial Convention of the Philippine Agricultural Economics and Development Association (PAEDA) was held last October 22-23 at the Bureau of Soils and Water Management Convention Hall, in Quezon City. Training and Information Division Head Mr. Renato Agbayani, Senior Technical Assistant Mr. Vincent Encena II, and Associate Scientist Dr. Nerissa Salayo presented papers in the

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To showcase its science-based technologies, publications, training programs, and other services, AQD participated in two fairs last September and October. Agrilink/Foodlink/Aqualink. Taking part in the “most influential trade fair on agriculture, food and aquaculture,” AQD set up its booth to showcase its expertise, technologies, and information materials during the Agrilink/Foodlink/

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Local government personnel and fisherfolk from Negros Occidental and Guimaras, respectively, benefited from AQD training courses conducted last October. The training courses focused on two economically important aquaculture commodities, namely abalone and milkfish. Abalone training for Negros Four LGU staff from the Southern Negros Coastal Development Management Council (SNCDMC) underwent

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Eleven visitors from Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM) dropped by AQD last October 19-21 to tour the different facilities and explore possible fields for research collaboration. The group was composed of 2 professors and 9 graduate and undergraduate students from the Faculty of Biosciences and Engineering of UTM led by Assoc. Prof. Dr. Fahrul Zaman Huyop. On their first day,

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Responding to the plight of victims displaced by floods caused by typhoons Ondoy and Pepeng in Luzon, the AQD community immediately pitched in by donating cash and clothes. At AQD’s Tigbauan Main Station, the Journal Club was able to gather 4 large boxes and 3 sacks of clothing which were turned over to the GMA Foundation last October 6 along with P10,550 in cash. Residents of

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Ms. Khrista Maria Evangelista, a 3rd year high school student of Rizal National Science High School in Binangonan, Rizal and daughter of AQD Associate Researcher Ms. Antonietta Evangelista, found an algal species that can inhibit the proliferation of Microcystis by 50-83%. Microcystis is an algae that secretes the microcystin toxin which is fatal to fish. It blooms seasonally on certain

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Lao PDR played host to the first session of the Human resources development (HRD) on-site training course on rural aquaculture from September 1 to 7. The training, aimed to build the capacity of farmers in rural aquaculture to improve their livelihood and alleviate poverty, was conducted in the Nalao clusters of PhonHong District, Vientiane Province. AQD Scientist Dr. Maria Rowena

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Dr. Anwar Eissa Al-Sunaiher, Aquaculture Department Director of the Ministry of Agriculture of Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA); Mr. Baheej Mohammad Rasem, Fish Farming Center (FFC) Director of Jeddah, KSA were at AQD’s Tigbauan Main Station (TMS) last August 3-7. Dr. Al-Sunaiher and Mr. Baheej were accompanied by Dr. Felix Ayson, a former AQD scientist and currently the Chief

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AQD scientist Dr. Junemie Hazel Lebata-Ramos was honored by Japan’s Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry, and Fisheries (MAFF) as a recipient of its 2009 Japan International Award for Young Agricultural Researchers. The award-winning research work of Dr. Ramos was on Stock enhancement of commercially important and threatened marine invertebrates (such as mud crab, abalone, giant clam, and

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Grouper broodstock in Misamis Occidental successfully spawned after two months of conditioning, jumpstarting the development of the mariculture industry in the province. The broodstock were conditioned for two months in a hatchery at the Misamis Occidental Aquamarine Park (MOAP) before finally producing 15 million eggs last August and another 22 million eggs in September. With the volume of

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The Season-long training course on milkfish cage culture, which is implemented in four barangays in Nueva Valencia, Guimaras continues to make significant progress. The training course is part of a collaborative pilot project on Mariculture livelihood program for Guimaras fisherfolks between AQD, Petron Foundation Inc, and Citi Philippines. Brgy. San Antonio advances to Module 2. Thirty

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AQD senior staff gathered for the Review and planning meeting from September 16 to 18 held at AQD’s Tigbauan Main Station. The objectives of the meeting were to (1) review the progress of activities implemented in 2009 and ensure that these are within the agreed strategic objectives for 2012; (2) discuss planned activities for 2010 and assess any changes to AQD’s strategic plan; and (3)

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Senior Technical Assistant Mr. Vincent Encena II presented the country technical report on The Philippine abalone industry: status, research and aquaculture potential at the 7th International abalone symposium held in Pattaya, Thailand from July 19 to 24. The symposium brought together scientists, growers, suppliers, buyers, distributors, managers, regulators and policy/decision makers

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Scientist Dr. Ma. Lourdes Aralar participated in the Roundtable discussion on impact assessment methodologies in the fisheries sector from September 9-10 at PCAMRD (Philippine Council for Aquatic and Marine Research and Development), Los Baños, Laguna. After the two-day discussion, the participants came up with a protocol on impact assessment, including the steps and methodologies in the

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AQD participated in two fairs last August to showcase its science-based technologies, publications, training programs, and other services. MAMARE. AQD joined the Manila Aqua Marine and Aquatic Resources Exposition (MAMARE) organized by Lotty Events Management and Agri-Aqua Network International Inc. It was held at the World Trade Center, Metro Manila last August 20-23 with the theme Sustaining

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Twelve new flyers, hot off the press, showcase AQD’s various products and services, as well as technology profiles of some aquaculture commodities. These flyers are freely downloadable from the AQD website at www.seafdec.org.ph/publications_downloadable.html. AQD officials & commodity contact persons, a bookmark-type publication AQD laboratory services, on various diagnostic services and

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Typhoon Ondoy (international name: Ketsana), which hit the Philippines last September 24-26, left behind massive damage to lives and properties in its wake. AQD’s Binangonan Freshwater Station (BFS) was not spared of its fury. Some BFS pens and cages in Laguna Lake were submerged. BFS staff managed to retrieve stocks from the submerged cages and transfer them to tanks. The BFS disaster

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Dr. Clarissa Marte officially retired from AQD last September 15 after almost three decades of service. She started working at AQD in 1977 as a Research Associate and eventually rose up the ranks. Among the positions she held during her long and distinguished career included the following: Head of Igang Substation; Supervisor of the Microtechnique Service Laboratory; Project Leader of the

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To expand AQD’s internet access, a Wireless Fidelity (WiFi) antenna was installed at the rooftop of the Tigbauan Main Station dormitory last July 7. It has an ideal coverage of 500 m radius. The purpose of the WiFi installation are to (1) give AQD trainees 24/7 internet access during their stay at AQD and (2) generate income through the offering of prepaid access cards to the AQD

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In an island like Sitangkai, Tawi-Tawi, where bounty from the sea is the source of life, its residents must find the means to sustain their resources, livelihood and ways of survival. It is difficult to do so when forces of nature and diseases brought about by environmental conditions compete with productivity and efficiency. For three pondohans in Sitangkai (Sikulan, Tinambak Lugus, and

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Guests from Angola and Papua New Guinea paid AQD a visit on two separate dates this July. On July 7, His Excellency, Hon. Dr. Salomao Xirimbimbi, Angolan Minister of Fisheries and party visited AQD’s Tigbauan Main Station (TMS) to explore possible research collaboration with AQD. Accompanying Dr. Xirimbimbi were Hon. Flavio Fonseca, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of

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The awards keep on coming for AQD.   The prestigious Dr. Elvira O. Tan Memorial Award for best paper under the aquaculture and inland fisheries category was won for the paper Evaluation of hatchery-based enhancement of the mud crab, Scylla spp. fisheries in mangroves: Comparison of species and release strategies written by Maria Junemie Hazel Lebata-Ramos, Lewis Le Vay, Mark Walton, Joseph

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Module 2 of milkfish cage culture in Guimaras Participants of the second phase of  the Season-long training course on milkfish cage culture module 2 braved the inclement weather and gathered at the covered municipal gymnasium of Nueva Valencia, Guimaras from July 30-31. A total of 92 trainees from the barangays of Igang, Magamay, and Sto. Domingo participated in the training course.

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St. Paul University (SPU) based in Iloilo City joins the growing list of AQD partner institutions with the signing of a memorandum of understanding (MOU) last July 10. The MOU was signed by AQD Chief Dr. Joebert Toledo and SPU president Sr. Carolina Agravante at AQD’s Tigbauan Main Station. AQD Research Division Head Dr. Evelyn Grace Ayson and SPU Research Director Ms. Imelda Olaguer served

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The Dean Domiciano K. Villaluz memorial lecture, an annual event  held in honor of Dean Villaluz, AQD’s first Chief, was held at AQD’s Tigbauan Main Station (TMS) last July 9. Dr. Fernando Siringan of the Marine Science Institute of the University of the Philippines Diliman talked about the Temporal trends of sea surface temperature in the Philippines and some possible consequences, Dr. Siringan

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AQD scientist Dr. Relicardo Coloso took part in a Consultative meeting to draft a Philippine National Standard (PNS) for aquaculture feeds. The meeting, which took place last July 16, was held in Bacolod City to present the draft PNS and solicit feedback from stakeholders. Dr. Coloso presented an Overview of Philippine aquaculture feed industry. Future prospects, according to Dr.

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Region 12 1st investment conference Scientist Dr. Ma. Lourdes Aralar represented AQD at the Region 12 first investment conference (ICON) held last July 22-23. The conference, adopting the theme Channeling substantial resources towards investments, was conducted at General Santos City. Dr. Aralar presented the available technology for the larval rearing, nursery and grow-out of

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AQD held a bookwriting workshop attended by its senior staff on July 8 held at AQD’s Tigbauan Main Station. The first speaker, Prof. Gilma Tayo of the University of the Philippines Visayas, shared her experiences in writing two textbooks in her presentation on Translating jargon: introduction to bookwriting. She defined a texbook as a topic book, a theme information package, a guide to the

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KSA dignitaries visit AQD Dr. Anwar Eissa Al-Sunaiher, Aquaculture Department Director of the Ministry of Agriculture of Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA); Mr. Baheej Mohammad Rasem, Fish Farming Center (FFC) Director of Jeddah, KSA visited AQD’s Tigbauan Main Station (TMS) from August 3-7. Dr. Al-Sunaiher and Mr. Baheej were accompanied by Dr. Felix Ayson, a former AQD scientist and

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On the bright and sunny morning of July 9, the AQD community, guests and well-wishers were in a barrio fiesta mood, gathering to commemorate AQD’s 36th founding anniversary. AQD Chief Dr. Joebert Toledo reflected on this year’s theme, SEAFDEC/AQD: Committed to mitigate the effects of climate change through responsible aquaculture. He acknowledged that climate change is a huge issue, and for

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A two-phase training course on freshwater aquaculture was conducted by AQD's Binangonan Freshwater Station (BFS) for ten staff members of the Rwanda Workforce Development Authority (RWDA) from May 7 to June 19, 2009. The training course was commissioned by the Singapore-based Acrux Stella Education Group Pte. Ltd. (ASEG) which handles projects in Rwanda. While the training covered four

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Nine participants from six countries took part in this year’s International training course on marine fish hatchery, which ran from May 18 to June 23. Four participants came from the Philippines, while one each came from Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, Germany, Malaysia, and Myanmar. Lectures and practicals covered a diverse array of topics such as sustainable aquaculture, fish

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Ninety-two fisherfolk from Brgys Igang, Magamay, and Sto. Domingo in Guimaras registered last June 25 at the Nueva Valencia Municipal Gymnasium for Phase 2 of the Season-long training course on milkfish cage culture. Including the thirty that already registered in Brgy San Antonio last month, this brings the total number of participants in the training to 122. After registration, a short

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AQD's Dr. Ma. Rowena and Mr. Ruel Eguia participated as poster presentors in the 10th International symposium on genetics in aquaculture (ISGA X) which was held at the Sofitel Centara Grand and the Bangkok Convention Center in Bangkok last June 22 to 26. The poster of Dr. MRR Eguia was titled “A comparative assessment of genetic and biological characteristics in two giant freshwater prawn

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AQD scientist Dr. MRR Eguia analysed shrimp and mudcrab samples for microsatellite marker variation in the Onagawa Field Science Center (OFSC) in Tohoku University (TU), Onagawa, Japan from May 8 to June 3, 2009. Dr. Eguia’s month-long stay was an offshoot of her 3-day visit last October 2008 during the World Fisheries Congress, where she did preliminary microsatellite marker analysis trials

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AQD's Mr. Stephen Alayon of the Library & Databanking Services Section participated in the 30th Annual conference of the International Association of Technological University Libraries (IATUL) held at the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Campusbibliotheek Arenberg, Heverlee, Leuven, Belgium last June 1-4. Founded in Düsseldorf, Germany in 1955, the IATUL is a voluntary international

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A multi-disciplinary team from AQD conducted a post-project assessment last May 19 to 23 at Malalison Island, Culasi, Antique. The team made a rapid appraisal of coral reefs and invertebrates (led by Ms. Yasmin Tirol), underwater visual census of fish stocks (led by Dr. Edgar Amar), seagrass survey (led by Ms. Maria Rovilla Luhan) and community profiling (led by Ms. Didi Baticados). Findings

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New shuttle bus There will soon be no more crowding on the bus for AQD’s Tigbauan Main Station (TMS) employees since the aging shuttle service bus will finally be replaced. A new 61-seater, 4-stroke, 6-cylinder Hino 2009 model bus powered by a turbo diesel engine and complete with tools and a spare tire was acquired from Motormall NCR at the cost of P5,109,375. The bus, accompanied

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AQD and its partners Action for Community Empowerment (ACE) Association Inc. and Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) made plans for the phase 2 of the Institutional capacity development for sustainable aquaculture (ICDSA) project in Northern Samar entitled Mariculture enterprise development project. The meeting was conducted May 27-29 in Catarman, Northern Samar. The

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Three scientists based at the Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center Aquaculture Department (SEAFDEC/AQD) in Tigbauan, Iloilo were recently recognized in the national scene for their impressive track records in their fields. Outstanding Professional of the Year Dr. Joebert Toledo, marine fish scientist of SEAFDEC/AQD, was awarded as Outstanding Professional of the Year (Fisheries

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Much is gained by working with the experts. This is probably the common lesson learned by students conducting their research studies under the guidance of the scientists at the Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center (SEAFDEC) Aquaculture Department (AQD) based in Iloilo. Year-round, this research center devoted to promoting sustainable aquaculture in Southeast Asia is host to numerous

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The construction of a Marine fish and abalone backyard hatchery near FishWorld at AQD’s Tigbauan Main Station started middle of May and is scheduled to be inaugurated in July. The backyard hatchery has an area of 896 sq. m with gravel bedding and perimeter fence made of bamboo posts and hogwire. The hatchery area devoted to marine finfish will have 6 units of 10-ton circular

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Around 30 fisherfolk of Brgy. San Antonio, Nueva Valencia, Guimaras participated in the first in a series of training workshops under the Season-long training course on milkfish cage culture Phase 2 that was conducted by AQD last May 20-21 at Roma Beach Resort in San Antonio. The two-day training focused on proper handling after harvest, value-addition and marketing of milkfish. The

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AQD is launching new titles to its growing list of publications, both for free and for sale. For the second quarter of 2009, the following were produced: Research and development for sustainable aquaculture in Southeast Asia: strategic plans 2009-2012 Outlines the strategic plans of the SEAFDEC/AQD for the years 2009 to 2012. In it, new mission statement is presented as well as the goals,

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On the heels of the successful first phase of the milkfish cage culture project for Guimaras communities affected by the 2006 oil spill, stakeholders are giving the project an extended run. The second phase of the Mariculture livelihood program for Guimaras fisherfolk will still focus on the rearing of milkfish in sea cages but will involve fisherfolk who were not accommodated in the first phase

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SEAFDEC/AQD and the Freshwater Fisheries Research Center, Chinese Academy of Fishery Sciences (FFRC/CAFS) extended their partnership with the signing of a memorandum of understanding which will take effect for another next two years.AQD Chief Dr. Joebert Toledo and FFRC/CAFS Principal Researcher Dr. Xu Pao signed the agreement last 14 May 2009 in Xiamen, China during the NACA Governing Council

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With the term of Dr. Hiroshi Ogata ending in March 2009, AQD welcomes its new Deputy Chief Dr. Teruo Azuma (pictured at left) who will serve a two-year term starting April 2009. Dr. Azuma, 50, hails from Tochigi, Japan and is married with a 21-year old daughter and an 18-year old son. He is an expert in fish physiology, breeding, behavior and ecology. His last post prior to moving to AQD is

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Aquaculture stakeholders may now download AQD’s newest publications from its website www.seafdec.org.ph. released in the first quarter of 2009 are: 2008 Highlights, a 40-page report of AQD’s activities and progress in 2008; Milkfish culture in sea cages, a 2-page fyer on site selection, cage culture & design, investment required, AQD work on developing an early warning system for

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The Training workshop on development of local capacities in sea and human security in coastal communities in the Philippines was organized by AQD and the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) with support from the United Nations Institute For Training and Research (UNITAR). The workshop was held in collaboration with the local government units (LGUs) of Culasi, Antique and

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In joining national and international conferences, AQD expands its network of contacts for future collaborations as well as share the results of its research studies. AQD attended the following: 20th NACA Governing Council Meeting. AQD Chief Dr. JD Toledo attended the Network of Aquaculture Centres in Asia-Pacific (NACA) meeting last 13-15 May in Xiamen, China. The meeting was hosted by the

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From January to May, AQD welcomes trainees from Saudi Arabia, Maldives, Malaysia, Kenya, Singapore, Myanmar and the Philippines. Freshwater aquaculture. Modules on freshwater prawn (19-23 January), tilapia (23-27 February), farm-based feeds (26-27 January), and culture of natural food organisms (26 to 30 January and 23-27 March) were conducted for six from the private sector in the Philippines.

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Two first place winners of the recent 12th Intel Philippine Science Fair (IPSF) conducted their research with the assistance of AQD experts and using AQD facilities. Angeli Joyce Yap Dy of Capiz National High School (CNHS) won 1st place in the Cluster 2 Life Science Individual Category with her study “In vitro cytotoxicity MTT assay against human lung carcinoma (A549) and human colon carcinoma

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On February 26, AQD bade farewell to three on-the-job trainees from Thailand, Ms. Suwaree Kitikiew, Ms. Nilobon Janwong, and Ms. Sasipim Namwongprom who have been training in the department for four months since November 3 last year. These three undergraduate students were studying Fisheries Technology and Aquatic Resources at the Maejo University in Chiangmai before their training in AQD. In

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Eight trainees from the Northern Mariana Islands participated in a Specialized Training on Abalone (Haliotis asinina) Nursery & Grow-out Culture and Seaweed (Gracilaria) Farming last February 16 to 21. Aside from the lectures and practicals at TMS, the trainees also visited DBS to witness a milkfish harvest, and IMS for practicals on abalone cage-culture operations. The trainees were composed

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The National Conference on Wetlands, Climate Change Adaptation and Biodiversity Conservation was held 12-14 January at Silliman University in Dumaguete City. Dr. MLC Aralar of AQD attended the conference as a member of the Technical working group for the Freshwater wetlands committee of the conference. Among the primary objectives of the conference was to revise the National wetlands action

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The Department of Biological Science of the University of Santo Tomas (UST) listened to a lecture by AQD’s Dr. MLC Aralar on ulang culture last February 3. The lecture “Biology and culture of the giant freshwater prawn Macrobrachium rosenbergii” was the university’s Biology Departmental Lecture for their Science Week Celebration and was attended by 3rd and 4th year BS Biology students, graduate

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Dr. MLC Aralar presented a paper “Comparison of performance of two populations of the giant freshwater prawn Macrobrachium rosenbergii cultured in lake-based cages” at the 12th Southern Luzon zonal R&D review and planning workshop at the Southern Luzon State University in Lucban, Quezon which was held last December 3 to 4, 2008. The workshop is an annual event of the PCAMRD Southern Luzon Zonal

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Upon the invitation of LGU officials, AQD visited the town of Lambunao, Iloilo last January 15 to assess potential demonstration sites for tilapia culture. Lambunao Mayor Raynor Gonzales is interested in providing aquaculture livelihood to local farmers whose fields were wiped-out by Typhoon Frank last June 2008. AQD’s Dr. EG Ayson, Dr. MJHL Ramos, Ms. KG Corre, and Ms. RF Bombeo visited three

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Dr. Graciano Yumul Jr, DOST Undersecretary for R&D, announced a PhP10 million research fund for a two-year multi-disciplinary  project which will address the negative effects of climate change in the Philippines. Dr. Yumul offered the fund to the DOST-JSPS Philippine Society of Ronpaku Fellows (PRF) during its meeting at the University of Santo Tomas last February 13. Dr. MRR Eguia, who 

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Three scientists from AQD delivered papers during the 1st National summit on the hatchery and culture of freshwater prawn held in the BFAR NIFTDC Asian Fisheries Academy in Dagupan City last December 11, 2008. Giant freshwater prawn is locally known as “ulang” in the Philippines. Dr. MLC Aralar presented a paper on “Culture of the giant freshwater prawn Macrobrachium rosenbergii in lake based

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Some AQD-reared grouper stocks have reportedly been eating black-eyed peas, also known as cowpeas or Vigna unguiculata, as part of their diet. This is the subject of a study under the Marine Fish Program  entitled “White cowpea meal as alternative source of protein for grouper Epinephelus fuscoguttatus”, by PS Eusebio with RM Coloso, JP Biñas, and M Tesorero. The study aims to promote

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A technical working group met to discuss and refine House Bills 227, 3184, 3739, and 3178 which provide for the creation of a Department of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources, last February 9 in Quezon City. AQD was represented in the meeting by Dr. CL Marte, Mr. RF Agbayani, Dr. MRR Eguia, and Ms. GVH Garcia. The meeting was organized upon the motion of the Committee on Government

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Back-to-back with the Department Chiefs’ meeting, the ASEAN-SEAFDEC regional technical consultation on international fisheries related issues was held last February 10 to 12 in the same venue. The participants were national delegates from the ASEAN and SEAFDEC member countries, representatives of SEAFDEC Secretariat and Departments and the ASEAN Secretariat, and resource persons from the

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