Coast 4C has secured a US $2.5 million seed funding round to scale its platform, which empowers smallholder seaweed farmers to increase productivity and helps global processors secure a consistent…
Brandon Hargraves and Alaeddine Aichouch reflect on the constraints facing temperate seaweed-producing regions and argue that scalable tropical red seaweed will be central to meeting the sector’s…
A new aquaculture project has demonstrated that farming Nile tilapia and giant freshwater prawn together can significantly increase yield and income for local farmers in the Philippines.
Potato Impact Partners (PIP), an impact investor focused on sustainable seaweed innovation, has announced a new investment in Coast 4C (C4C), a Philippines-based company working to restore seaweed…
Fourteen members of the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) have completed a course in milkfish aquaculture at SEAFDEC/AQD as part of the Philippines’ push to boost local production.
The Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries, and Agrarian Reform–Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (MAFAR-BARMM) has partnered with the Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center (SEAFDEC)…
A new initiative in the Philippines is testing whether snails harvested from earthen aquaculture ponds could be used to supplement the diets of pompano.
One of the early advocates of the Philippines’ smallholder seaweed farming industry, Iain Neish, has launched a new project in a bid to breathe new life into the sector.
Researchers at the Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Centre have demonstrated the potential of tissue-cultured seedlings to increase the rate of seaweed growth by up to 6.5 times, compared to…
The province of Tawi-Tawi in the Philippines was once ground zero for tropical seaweed cultivation, and the industry remains its economic lifeline to this day. Five decades after its inception,…
Coast 4C - an organisation which works with communities in the Philippines to build seaweed supply chains – has been named as one of the final contenders for the Revive Our Oceans category of the…
The Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center-Aquaculture Department (SEAFDEC/AQD) is set to enhance its research capabilities in Tigbauan, Philippines, with the construction of three new…
While there are still a number of challenges to overcome, a number of innovators in the Philippines believe that cultivating Ulva has long term potential at a time when diversification of the…
A range of non-native fish species, including Midas cichlids, are now firmly established in the Philippines, but some enterprising farmers are beginning to capitalise on these invaders.
A recent study into the interactions between marine aquaculture development and small-scale fisheries has highlighted the need for marine planning to prevent conflicts over resources and markets.
Aquaculture Philippines and Livestock Philippines, one of the country’s leading events for the livestock, poultry, and aquaculture industries will take place from 22 to 24 May, 2024.
Sharing practical tips for small-scale aquaculture operators, particularly those based in the tropics, to adapt and become more resilient to the changing climate and extreme weather events.
The last 12 months have proved testing for Malaysia’s shrimp and crab farmers, with a number of new entrants going out of business, but a pivot towards the live market has provided a lifeline for Yit…
Seafood production has become a globalised industry and many countries have seafood industries that are being buoyed by overseas migrant workers – hard-working people who left their home countries,…
Attempts to farm round scad in the Philippines by Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center (SEAFDEC) are continuing following broodstock collection at Hamtic, Antique.
Marine permaculture, the macroalgae aquaculture system developed by The Climate Foundation, seeks to harness wave energy to restore natural nutrient upwelling and grow seaweed at scale. If initial…
Over 300 tiger shrimp broodstock, locally called lukon or sugpo, have been stocked in the new shrimp broodstock rearing facility of the Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center Aquaculture…
Philippines AGRI Party-list representative Wilbert Lee has submitted a bill that will establish a National Marine Mariculture Programme (NMP) to boost the archipelago’s food security.
Researchers at the Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Centre Aquaculture Department (SEAFDEC/AQD) in the Philippines are promoting the pompano farming industry after a successful harvest.
In a bid to revamp The Philippines’ aquaculture industry, the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources in Central Luzon (BFAR-3) has released 80.000 tilapia fingerlings in the Almacen River, a…
The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) in the Philippines has approved GenoMar for the world's first specific pathogen-free (SPF) certification for tilapia.
Aquaculture stakeholders in the Philippines can now take advantage of research expertise and world-class quality testing for their feeds and water samples at the Centralised Analytical Laboratory…
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