TWO Filipino fishery experts who have made strides in aquaculture will be honored by the Society of Aquaculture Engineers of the Philippines (SAEP) at the Asian Fisheries Academy (AFA) on December 17.

The honorees are Wilfredo Yap who conceptualized the Mariculture Park System for sustainable aquaculture in the sea and Catalino dela Cruz, pioneering expert on aquaculture engineering and integrated agri-aqua farming.

The awarding will be highlighted by the foot printing of the awardees in front of the AFA for its Giant Steps Towards Dynamic Philippine Aquaculture.

Dr. Westly Rosario, president of SAEP and center chief of the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR)-National Integrated Fisheries Technology and Development Center here, told The PUNCH that Yap’s expertise is in marine and brackish water aquaculture development.

Yap developed the concept of the mariculture park in order for mariculture to develop in an orderly manner and minimize, if not eliminate fish kills, making the venture affordable to people with limited financial capability and most of all sustainable.

Dela Cruz specialized in aquaculture – rice fields, fishpond, integrated agriculture-aquaculture farming, lake/reservoir aqua-farming, and intensive systems and aquaculture engineering – fresh – and brackish water environments.

During his incumbency as director, the Central Luzon State University (CLSU) –Freshwater Aquaculture Center was awarded the Philippine Council for Agriculture, Aquatic and Natural Resources Research and Development Tanglaw Award in 1980.

In 1981, he was chosen as one of the seven Ten Outstanding Youth Men awardees (in Research Management) and in 1992 as CLSU Most Outstanding Alumnus (Science and Technology). In 2010, he was Gintong Butil Awardee (Science and Technology) given by the CLSUAAI. (Tita Roces)

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