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The biggest item by volume was seaweed, which made up 65.8% of aquaculture production. This created a value of PhP 16,60 billion, less than some other fishery products due to seaweed having a lower value per unit weight. The largest environment for aquaculture aside from seaweed farms was brackish ponds, followed by freshwater ponds and marine ...
The University of the Philippines Marine Science Institute was originally established as the Marine Sciences Center with the approval of its charter by the Board of Regents on 28 March 1974. The Marine Science Center served as the university's coordinating base for marine research.
The first commercial cultivation of C. lentillifera was in the 1950s in Cebu, Philippines, after accidental introduction of C. lentillifera to fish ponds. [4] Currently, there are around 400 hectares of ponds in the Cebu, producing around 12 to 15 tons of fresh C. lentillifera per year. They are usually harvested after two months from first ...
The net worth of the Chinese commercial seaweed market crossed US$ 10 Billion in 2022. Commercial seaweed production and usage are expected to rise with the trend of vegetarianism in the United States. In comparison to other geographic regions, the European seaweed market is anticipated to have consistent expansion through 2033.
Seaweed farming might also be used to capture and store carbon, helping offset damaging greenhouse emissions. There is an emerging, potentially lucrative global market for such operations.
Akai Foods, Inc. is a multinational fishery company headquartered in the Philippines, [1] specializing in farming, processing, and exporting a variety of seafood. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] Established in 1986, the family-run company is a member of Philippine Exporters Confederation and the Association of Food Manufacturers and Exporters of Cebu . [ 4 ]
Various types of flavored gulaman sold in plastic cups. Gulaman is now the chief Filipino culinary use of agar, which is made of processed Gracilaria seaweed (around 18 species occur naturally in the Philippines); [2] [7] or carrageenan derived from other farmed seaweed species like Eucheuma and Kappaphycus alvarezii, which were first cultivated commercially in the Philippines.
Seafields Solutions looks to utilize some unlikely real estate by developing a giant seaweed farm in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean that is capable of capturing one gigatonne of carbon dioxide ...