Manila, April 27 -- The feedmill facility established inside the Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center Aquaculture Department (SEAFDEC/AQD) complex in Tigbauan, Iloilo is seen to boost the aquaculture sector in Western Visayas.

The project, which started with the signing of an agreement between the Department of Agriculture-Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (DA-BFAR) and SEAFDEC/AQD in 2003, was formally inaugurated on Monday.

BFAR Western Visayas Regional Director Remia Aparri, in her message, said the facility has a production capacity of at least five metric tons of feeds per day and can reach up to eight metric tons.

It was designed to support the development of cost-effective feeds for commercially important fish sp...