Manila, Oct. 27 -- The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) regional office here and its partners released on Monday some 3,000 hatchery-bred sea cucumber juveniles in the coastal waters of Liloan, Southern Leyte.

The sea cucumber juveniles, produced at the BFAR-Guiuan Marine Fisheries Development Center (GMFDC) in Eastern Samar, were placed in four 1x1-meter nursery cages at Tagbak Marine Park in Tabugon village in Liloan town.

The specimens will be monitored monthly and are expected to reach marketable size -about 100 grams- by October 2026, BFAR Southern Leyte provincial fisheries officer Rowvic Docena said.

The project is in partnership with the Southern Leyte State University (SLSU)-Bontoc Campus, the Department of Sci...