By Henrylito D. Tacio Sleek and silvery, beloved because of its mild, sweet flesh, and its melt-in-the-mouth belly fat, bangus is a favorite Filipino fish. In Metro Manila and other major cities like Cebu and Davao, the national fish is rated first-class. The popularity of bangus can be gleaned in...
ILOILO CITY – The inter-governmental Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center (SEAFDEC) is celebrating its 50th anniversary with the opening of facilities for shrimp and milkfish technology. THE Black Tiger Shrimp Broodstock Facility is one of the two facilities opened by the...
The Israel Chamber of Commerce of the Philippines, Inc. (ICCP) recently held a webinar entitled ‘Aquaculture Innovation: Spotlight on Israeli Tech to Meet the Rising Food Demand.’ The event was held to exchange ideas on the aquaculture systems used and developed by Israeli fisheries and to...
TACLOBAN CITY – Despite bearing the brunt of tropical cyclones, fishery production in mariculture parks continues to thrive in Eastern Visayas. A mariculture park in Eastern Visayas. (BFAR-8 FB) The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR)-8 reported that the trend in bangus or milkfish...
For Adolf James A. Gamilla, his journey in the aquaculture industry started with the family business. His grandfather was a bangus farm owner who later passed on the business to his son, Gamilla’s father. Gamilla was sent to the family’s aquaculture farm where he could observe and learn...
During the last few weeks of June, the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) acquired golden varieties of the Philippine national fish bangus, or milkfish in English, from a fishpond in Dagupan City, Pangasinan. Originally cared for by Rommel Felomino, the golden bangus was first...
