http://hdl.handle.net/10862/1660 2026-04-09T11:27:30Z http://hdl.handle.net/10862/6455 Fresh chilled and fresh frozen shrimps and prawns – Product standard This Standard applies to fresh chilled and fresh frozen raw shrimps and prawns, which may be whole, deheaded, peeled, and peeled and deveined. This document applies to shrimps and prawns of the Penaeidae, Pandalidae, Crangonidae, Palaemonidae families but not limited to the species listed in Annex A (Commercially available shrimps and prawns species in the Philippines). 2023-01-01T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/10862/6454 Fresh chilled and fresh frozen cephalopods - Product standard This Standard applies to fresh chilled and fresh frozen cephalopods of the Loliginidae, Sepiidae and Octopodidae families for direct consumption or further processing. 2023-01-01T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/10862/6453 Grouper - Code of good aquaculture practices (GAqP) Since 2014, the Bureau of Agriculture and Fisheries Standards-Department of Agriculture (BAFS-DA) has developed various Philippine National Standards (PNS) on the Code of Good Aquaculture Practices (GAqP) specific for finfish, crustaceans, molluscs, and aquatic plants. In 2020, the Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center (SEAFDEC) requested for a specific PNS on GAqP for grouper considering grouper’s high demand and market potentials. In 2021, BAFS commenced the development of this PNS which aims to set recommended minimum requirements that will help the farmers to have a common understanding on the production practices in rearing groupers. In addition, this standard will also help in achieving the desired safety and quality parameters set out in PNS/BAFS 73:2021 (Live, chilled, or frozen grouper). The Technical Working Group (TWG) tasked to develop the PNS was created through Special Order (SO) No. 103, series of 2022 (Creation of TWG for the Development of PNS for Agriculture and Fishery Products, Machinery, Tools, and Equipment). The TWG was composed of representatives from the relevant government agencies, academe/research institution, private sector, and Civil Society Organization (CSO). The draft PNS underwent a series of TWG meetings and stakeholder consultations conducted physically and via online platforms before its endorsement to the DA Secretary for approval. This document was drafted in accordance with the editorial rules of the BAFS Standards Development Division Standardization Guide No. 1: Writing the Philippine National Standards. 2022-01-01T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/10862/6332 Developing technologies for giant grouper (Epinephelus lanceolatus) aquaculture in Vietnam, the Philippines and Australia Nocillado, Josephine; Elizur, Abigail; Palma, Peter; Dennis, Lachlan; Ninh, Nguyen Huu; de Jesus-Ayson, Evelyn Grace T.; In, Vu Van; Thai, Truong Quoc; Anderson, Kelli; Luu, Thi Ha Giang; Knibb, Wayne; Knuckey, Richard; Canépa, Maximiliano; Bright, David This project established a sustainable aquaculture industry for giant grouper in Vietnam and the Philippines through the development of captive breeding and larval-rearing techniques. Captive breeding innovations and larval-rearing techniques, developed through a collaborative Fisheries project, are sustaining the aquaculture industry for giant grouper in Vietnam and the Philippines. Groupers are vital to the live reef food-fish trade in South-East Asia, and the giant grouper is a high-value, fast-growing species with significant aquaculture potential. Establishing a sustainable giant grouper aquaculture industry is a high priority for the region, but research is hampered by the high level of investment required to hold and maintain giant grouper broodstock. Lack of commercial production is also due to limited knowledge about the giant grouper’s maturation and spawning behaviour, and low larval survival. 2021-06-29T00:00:00Z