The Dampig Baybay Program of the UPV Ugnayan ng Pahinungód/Oblation Corps concluded its three-day activity at the Concepcion Sports and Cultural Complex, Concepcion, Iloilo, last July 7, 2023.

A necrological service and memorial service were organized by the UP Visayas Department of Physical Education as a tribute to Prof. Jocelyn Pacheco at Pidlaoan Hall, UP Visayas Miagao, Iloilo, on July 10, 2023.

This year’s graduates of the Training of Trainers (ToT) on Ecosystem Approach to Fisheries Management (EAFM) vowed to become people–smart and change agents for the cause of EAFM, an integrated management approach that promotes sustainable fisheries by balancing ecological and human well-being through good governance. 

Too-Big-To-Ignore (TBTI) Philippines, or the National Consortium for Small-Scale Fisheries (SSF) Research and Development, held a formal signing of its memorandum of agreement (MOA) among founding member-organizations and launched a book on small-scale fishers at the Little Theatre, University of the Philippines Visayas (UPV) Iloilo City campus on July 11,2023. 

The University of the Philippines Visayas (UPV), through the College of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences - Institute of Aquaculture (CFOS-IA), and Trading Room, Inc. signed a collaborative research agreement (CRA) for the project “Development of Immunoactive and Growth Promoting AquaFeed Additive from Ulva Seaweed,” (UPV-DOST Ulva Seaweed CRADLE Project) at the UPV Fisheries Technology and Business Incubator building, Miagao campus, on July 5. 

“The University is prepared to journey with you all the way.” This is the commitment made by University of the Philippines Visayas (UPV) Chancellor Dr. Clement C. Camposano during the signing of a memorandum of agreement (MOA) between UPV and the Department of Education – Schools Division of Negros Occidental (DepEd SDO-Negros Occidental), a schools division composed of 20 municipalities and 1 city divided into 35 districts. 

The University of the Philippines Visayas College of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences (UPV-CFOS) implemented an Academic Program Improvement (API) project on the ‘CFOS Bridging Program for Midyear AY 2022-2023’ last July 3-7, 2023. 

Experts and trainers on Ecosystem Approach to Fisheries Management (EAFM) gathered for their second convention held in Park Inn Hotel, Iloilo City on June 29-30, 2023.

Company heads and incubatees based in Western Visayas sought assistance for research and development (R&D)-related concerns of their businesses at the “Pagpakig-angot 2023” with consortia member institutions (CMIs) of the Regional Agri-Aqua Innovation System Enhancement (RAISE) Program in Region 6, held at the Little Theatre, University of the Philippines Visayas (UPV), Iloilo City campus, June 29.