The Department of Agriculture-National Fisheries Research and Development Institute (DA-NFRDI), through the West Pacific East Asia-Improved Tuna Monitoring Project/Sustainable Pacific Fisheries (WPEA-ITMP/SPF), held a series of year-end retooling workshops across regional clusters in Luzon, Visayas, and Mindanao in September and October 2025. The workshops, which hosted nearly a hundred technical data enumerators and analysts from continue reading : NFRDI reinforces data collection systems for tuna fisheries management through WPEA project

To strengthen research excellence and advance scholarly communication of NFRDI personnel, a “Research Productivity Webinar Series” was conducted throughout the month of October 2025. Led by the Library Section of the Training Division, the webinar series equipped about 45 NFRDI researchers on the essential skills, tools, and resources for crafting literature reviews, practicing proper citation, continue reading : NFRDI webinar series guides staff on ethical and productive research publishing practices

To assess progress, share best practices, and plan strategies for the continued success of the AquaBiz School–Technology Business Incubation (ABS-TBI) program, the Department of Agriculture–National Fisheries Research and Development Institute (DA-NFRDI) conducted a project accomplishment and assessment workshop on October 28–29, 2025, at the Freshwater Fisheries Research and Development Center (FFRDC) in Butong, Taal, Batangas. continue reading : Assessment workshop to strengthen implementation of NFRDI’s ABS-TBI conducted

Bryan Tanyag, a researcher from the Fisheries Postharvest Research and Development Division (FPHRDD) of the Department of Agriculture–National Fisheries Research and Development Institute (DA-NFRDI), has been recognized as one of the winners of the AOAC Southeast Asia Section (AOAC SEA) 2025 Student Award. His study titled “Isolation, Characterization, and Antimicrobial Susceptibility of Vibrio parahaemolyticus from continue reading : NFRDI researcher wins AOAC SEA 2025 Student Award

Sardine and anchovy fisheries, two of the most important fishery commodities in Fisheries Management Area (FMA) 9, have been identified as moderately vulnerable to the impacts of climate change under the Climate Risk Vulnerability Assessment (CRVA) conducted by the Department of Agriculture -National Fisheries Research and Development Institute (DA-NFRDI). “Through the CRVA, we aim to continue reading : NFRDI CRVA identifies sardine, anchovy fisheries in FMA 9 as moderately climate-vulnerable