PH scientists breed mackerel tuna in captivity in Iloilo

ILOILO CITY, Philippines — Philippine fisheries scientists have achieved a global first after a mackerel tuna, locally known as “tulingan,” successfully reproduced under fully captive conditions without the use of hormone injections, according to the Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center-Aquaculture Department (Seafdec-AQD). The breakthrough was recorded at the Seafdec-AQD’s research facility in Tigbauan town, Iloilo,