Niche Center for Sea Cucumber in Mindanao Focusing On...

Objective 1: Provide vital information on the status of sea cucumber fisheries towards sustainable production and effective resource management;
Objective 2: Provide vital information on the ecology, biology, and population genetic diversity and structure of Holothoria fuscogilva in support of conservation, sustainable utilization, and mariculture of this high value sea cucumber;
Objective 3: Develop a viable mariculture technology for the production of H. fuscogilva juveniles for stock enhancement and development of sustainable livelihood from sea ranching activities in northern Mindanao; and
Objective 4: Refine the culture production of sandfish H. scabra towards an ecologically sound stock enhancement of sea cucumber.