One-hundred senior high school (SHS) students of the University of the Philippines High School in Iloilo (UPHSI) graduated last July 14, 2023, during its 42nd Graduation Exercises held at the UP Visayas Auditorium, Iloilo City campus. 

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. 

Four students of the National Taiwan Ocean University (NTOU) are spending their summer internship at the Institute of Fish Processing Technology, College of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences (CFOS-IFPT) this year. 

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.

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.