The University of the Philippines Visayas Foundation Inc. (UPVFI) remains committed as a reliable and effective partner of UP Visayas in achieving its mandate as a world-class university in fisheries and aquatic sciences, as it recently joined two major fisheries symposia in the country.
From October 12 to 15, 2026, UPVFI participated in the 14th International Fisheries Symposium (IFS), hosted by UPV College of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences, and was held at the Iloilo Convention Center. UPVFI Vice-Chair Mr. Joseph ‘Bonnie’ Ladrido attended the symposium, where the staff also served as the Finance Committee. This year’s symposium bear the theme, “One Blue ASEAN Fisheries for the Future”, joined by a total of 535 participants from 16 countries.
Four (4) projects implemented in partnership with the Negros Womenโs for Tomorrow Foundation, Inc. (NWTFI), the French Agricultural Research Center for International Development (CIRAD), and the UK Darwin Initiative: Innovation were featured during the IFS poster presentation:
1. ๐๐๐ฎ๐น๐๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐ถ๐น๐ถ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ข๐ฝ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐๐บ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ด๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ธ๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฑ-๐๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐น ๐๐๐น๐๐ถ๐๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐ผ๐ณ ๐พ๐๐ก๐ช๐๐ง๐ฅ๐ ๐ง๐๐๐๐ข๐ค๐จ๐
2. ๐ก๐๐๐ฟ๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐ฎ๐น ๐ฃ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ณ๐ถ๐น๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ด๐ฟ๐ผ๐๐ฒ ๐ง๐ฒ๐น๐ฒ๐๐ฐ๐ผ๐ฝ๐ฒ ๐ฆ๐ป๐ฎ๐ถ๐น ๐๐๐ก๐๐จ๐๐ค๐ฅ๐๐ช๐ข ๐ฉ๐๐ก๐๐จ๐๐ค๐ฅ๐๐ช๐ข ๐ณ๐ฟ๐ผ๐บ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฃ๐ต๐ถ๐น๐ถ๐ฝ๐ฝ๐ถ๐ป๐ฒ๐ ๐ฎ๐ ๐ฎ ๐ฃ๐ผ๐๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ถ๐ฎ๐น ๐๐พ๐๐ฎ๐ณ๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐๐ป๐ด๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ฒ๐ป๐
3. ๐๐ป๐ฐ๐ต๐ผ๐ฟ ๐ช๐ฒ๐ถ๐ด๐ต๐ ๐ข๐ฝ๐๐ถ๐บ๐ถ๐๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐๐ฟ๐ผ๐ป๐ฒ-๐๐๐๐ถ๐๐๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ด๐ฟ๐ผ๐๐ฒ ๐ฃ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐ด๐๐น๐ฒ ๐๐ฒ๐ฝ๐น๐ผ๐๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐ ๐จ๐ป๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐๐ผ๐-๐๐ป๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ด๐ ๐ง๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐น ๐๐ผ๐ป๐ฑ๐ถ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐ ๐ถ๐ป ๐๐ฒ๐ด๐ฎ๐ป๐ฒ๐, ๐๐น๐ผ๐ถ๐น๐ผ, ๐ฃ๐ต๐ถ๐น๐ถ๐ฝ๐ฝ๐ถ๐ป๐ฒ๐
4.๐ข๐ฝ๐๐ถ๐บ๐ถ๐๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ง๐ฒ๐น๐ฒ๐๐ฐ๐ผ๐ฝ๐ฒ ๐ฆ๐ป๐ฎ๐ถ๐น ๐๐๐ก๐๐จ๐๐ค๐ฅ๐๐ช๐ข ๐ฉ๐๐ก๐๐จ๐๐ค๐ฅ๐๐ช๐ข ๐ฆ๐๐ผ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ถ๐๐ ๐ถ๐ป ๐ฎ๐ป ๐๐ป๐๐ฒ๐ด๐ฟ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ ๐๐น๐๐ถ-๐ง๐ฟ๐ผ๐ฝ๐ต๐ถ๐ฐ ๐๐พ๐๐ฎ๐ฐ๐๐น๐๐๐ฟ๐ฒ (๐๐ ๐ง๐) ๐ฆ๐๐๐๐ฒ๐บ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐น๐ผ๐ฝ๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ฎ ๐๐น๐ถ๐บ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ-๐ฅ๐ฒ๐๐ถ๐น๐ถ๐ฒ๐ป๐ ๐๐ถ๐ฟ๐ฐ๐๐น๐ฎ๐ฟ ๐๐พ๐๐ฎ๐ฐ๐๐น๐๐๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ ๐ผ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐น
Meanwhile, the ๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ฏ๐ญ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ผ ๐ฃ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ท๐ฒ๐ฐ๐: ๐ฐ๐ต๐ถ๐๐ผ๐๐ฎ๐ป ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ผ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ต๐ถ๐ด๐ต-๐๐ฎ๐น๐๐ฒ ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ฑ๐๐ฐ๐๐ ๐ณ๐ฟ๐ผ๐บ ๐ฐ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ฏ ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐น๐น ๐๐ฎ๐๐๐ฒ, in partnership with the Department of Science and Technology โ Industrial Technology Development Institute (DOST-ITDI) and Deutsche Gesellschaft fรผr Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ), was showcased under the UPV Seafood PRIME Laboratories exhibit.
UPVFI also participated in the Third Philippine Small-Scale Fisheries National Symposium 2026 (PSSFNS) on October 21-23, 2026. The symposium was organized by TBTI Philippines and Batangas State University (BSU), held at the Pablo Borbon campus of BSU. UPVFI staff once again served as the finance committee during the symposium.
Dr. Alice Joan Ferrer, TBTI Executive Director, officially launched this year’s PSSFNS with the theme, “From Action to Replication: Scaling Up and Deepening the Impact of Small-Scale Fisheries.” Following the successful run of PSSFNS 3, UPVFI President and TBTI Chair Dr. Clement Camposano led the symbolic turnover of the next PSSFNS hosting duties to Guimaras State University, alongside with its main host partners.