Provide vital information on the status of sea cucumber fisheries towards sustainable production and effective resource management;

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;

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

Refine the culture production of sandfish H. scabra towards an ecologically sound stock enhancement of sea cucumber.