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SIAP joins 1st Indonesia Seaweed Forum
SIAP joins the 1st Indonesia Seaweed Forum held last October 27 to 30, 2008 at Makassar, South Sulawesi, Indonesia. The forum was organized by the 4 main seaweed groups in Indonesia namely: Indonesia Seaweed Society, Indonesian Seaweed Farmers and Stakeholders Association, Indonesia Seaweed Association and Indonesian Phychology Association.
SIAP President, Mr. Benson U. Dakay, joined the forum as guest speaker. Mr. Dakay presented some of the main issues that is haunting the seaweed industry both in Indonesia and the Philippines. Download Mr. Dakay's Presentation
Seaweed processors set quality standards of raw seaweed
Seaweed Processors in the Philippines (SIAP) agreed to set the standard quality of raw seaweeds that they will buy from the Philippines and Indonesia.
The setting of raw seaweed quality standard was agreed during the recent meeting of the Seaweed Industry association of the Philippines (SIAP) held last October 6, 2008 at the Cebu Country Club, Cebu City.
The agreed raw seaweed standard set by seaweed processors are as follows:
| Country | Philippines | Indonesia |
| Moisture content: | 35% to 42% | 35% to 40% |
| Foreign Content: | 1% to 3% | 1% to 3% |
| Maturity farming Period: | 45 Days | 45 Days |
| Retention: | 10% standard, gradually up to 20% | 10% standard, gradually up to 20% |
SIAP members also agreed that there should be absolutely no salting and mixing up with spinosum species to cottoni species which undermines the quality of carageenan products.
The said agreement was reach among seaweed processors due to unethical practices done by some farmers and traders who mixed salt and spinosum with dried raw cottoni in order to increase their earnings.
Welcome to SIAP Website
Welcome to the official website of the Seaweed Industry Association of the Philippines.
SIAP as it is commonly known, is a Non-stock Corporation registered in the Securities and Exchange Commision (SEC) of the Republic of the Philippines with registration number: CE-00463 and was duely registered on September 19, 1985.
Since its creation in 1985, SIAP has played a major role in the continual development and improvement of the Seaweed Industry in the Philippines.
As of today, SIAP members have grown from a few Carrageenan Processors to more than 100,000 which includes Raw Seaweed Exporters, Seaweed Traders and Seaweed Farmers and their families.