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Katangi-tanging imbensyon, pinarangalan

Pinarangalan ng Technology Application and Promotion Institute ng Kagawaran Agham at Teknolohiya(DOST) ang mga katangi-tanging imbensyon sa bansa kamakailan noong National Invention Contest and Exhibit.

Nagwagi ang grupo mula pa sa Polangui, Albay ng Outstanding Invention o Tuklas Award. Ang grupo ay binubuo nina Arnulfo Malinios, Eleanor Balute, Estrella Calpe, at Herminigildo Lizano para sa kanilang Crop Processing Machine. Pumangalawa ang Rex Compost Tea Brewer (A Novel compost tea brewer) ni James Fos Reamon at sinundan ng mga mananaliksik ng Industrial Technology Development Institute (ITDI) ng DOST para sa kanilang Manufacturing Process ng Hard Carrageenan Capsules. Ang mga nagwagi sa kategoryang ito ay nag-uwi ng premyong salapi na nagkakahalaga sa PhP150, 000, 100,000 at 50,000 ayon sa pagkakasunod.

Samantala, ang Method of Making Engine Oil Additive Mixed with Plant Oils ni Johnny Sy ang nanguna sa kategorya ng Outstanding Utility Model. Pumangalawa ang Production of Medical Bandage from Mushroom Mycelium ni Claro Santiago Jr. at pumangatlo ang Mechanical Process of Producing Starch and Flour from Arrowroot Tubers ng grupo nina Arnulfo Malinis, Christopher Pacardo at Salvador Albia.

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Oyster and Mussels in Western Visayas

Oyster and Mussels in Western Visayas

By Giselle PB. Samonte

 

Research should focus on increasing production and preventing red tides.

 

The slipper oyster (talaba) and the green mussel (tahong) are the only mollusk species being farmed in the Philippines.

The Western Visayas region in the central Philippines is one of the major sources of oysters and mussels, which are farmed for their meat. Production is mainly for the domestic market.

            The need of the people in the region to augment their income from fishing has led to the proliferation of oyster and mussel farms.

            The farms started operations as early as the 1950s. There are today an estimated 2,000 coastal families in the region which are engaged in the mollusk farming. Oysters are farmed along rivers using the bottom, stake, rack-hanging and raft-hanging methods.

            In the bottom method, oyster shells or large stones are scattered on the sea bottom for oyster spat fall.

            In the stake method, whole or halved bamboo poles are used as substrates for oysters.

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