NFRDI

Sustainable Fishery 28-Nov-2022

Fast-growing tilapia harvested after using NFRDI technology

Through the Department of Agriculture-National Fisheries Research and Development Institute’s (DANFRDI) technology demonstration on tilapia culture that highlights the use of quality strains and extruded floating feeds (EEF), tilapia can be harvested within 3 months after reaching its marketable size. On 6-September-2022, a total of 189.5 kilograms of the Nile and Red tilapia were harvested from the Villar SIPAG Farm…

Marine Environment 24-May-2017

Irrawaddy Dolphins in the Philippines

The Irrawaddy Dolphin belongs to the scientific family Delphinidae (marine dolphin), and Orcaella brevirostris species. Sir Richard Owen first identified the Irrawaddy Dolphin in 1866. It lives in shallow tropical and sub-tropical waters near coasts, and at the mouth of rivers or estuaries, land semi-enclosed lakes, bays, sounds and mangroves in Southeast Asian countries like Bangladesh, Cambodia, India, Indonesia, Laos,…