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    • DA to call for fish imports before closed season 

      Gomez, Eireene Jairee (The Manila Times, August 13, 2018, on page B2)
      The Department of Agriculture (DA) is pushing for fish imports ahead of the closed fishing season from November to March to stabilize supply and domestic market prices. According to Agriculture Secretary Emmanuel F. Piñol, ...
    • DA to import up to 17,000 MT of galunggong 

      Gomez, Eireene Jairee (The Manila Times, August 16, 2018, on page A3)
      The Department of Agriculture (DA) will import 17,000 metric tons of galunggong (round scad) to curb the increasing prices of fish and ensure food security. Agriculture Secretary Emmanuel Piñol signed a Certificate of ...
    • DOH warns vs formalin-tainted imported galunggong 

      Crisostomo, Sheila; Cervantes, Ding; Romero, Paolo (The Philippine Star, August 23, 2018, on page 1-6)
      Health Secretary Francisco Duque III yesterday warned the public against the consumption of imported galunggong (round scad) from China that are allegedly tainted with formalin. In a press conference, Duque said formalin ...
    • Everybody loves galunggong 

      Sol, Vanzi (Manila Bulletin, June 22, 2017, on page C-4)
      After many decades of close observation at office cafeterias and sidewalk carinderias nothing what people like to eat, I have concluded that almost everybody loves galunggong, inappropriately termed “the poor man’s fish” ...
    • Farming the sea in Lanao Del Norte 

      Sarian, Zac B. (Manila Bulletin, January 9, 2016, on page B-6)
      Government projects that showcase practical opportunities whether in farming or fisheries, will always have positive results. Just like the mariculture park project in Lanao del Norte which was launched in 2010 in Panguil ...
    • Fish farming pushed as important alternative 

      Cardinoza, Gabriel (Philippine Daily Inquirer, November 25, 2018, on page A6)
      Instead of importing “galunggong” (round scad), the country should boost fish farming, given that it can generate fish all year round, a former director of the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources said. Malcolm Sarmiento ...
    • Fish output slightly down to 972,910 MT in Q3 – PSA 

      Gomez, Eireene Jairee (The Manila Times, November 19, 2018, on page B2)
      The country's fish production slightly decreased in the third quarter of the year as output from commercial and municipal fisheries declined, the Philippines Statistics Authority (PSA) said. In its latest Fisheries Situation ...
    • Fisherfolk group to defy ban on catching galunggong 

      Cervantes, Ding (The Philippine Star, November 9, 2015, on page 14)
      The Pambansang Lakas ng Kilusang Mamamalakaya ng Pilipinas (Pamalakaya) said that small fishermen would defy the three-month, government-imposed ban on catching galunggong (roundscad) in Northern Palawan. The Philippines ...
    • Fisheries output slightly up in Q1 

      Simeon, Louise Maureen (The Philippine Star, May 18, 2019, on page B-8)
      Fish production in the country continued to improve in the first quarter amid better output in commercial and municipal fisheries. Latest data from the Philippine Statistics Authority showed that total volume of fish ...
    • Fisheries production drops in Q1 

      Simeon, Louise Maureen (The Philippine Star, May 13, 2018, on page B4)
      Fisheries production in the country fell 3.03 percent in the first quarter due to lower output in all sub-sectors. Based on latest data from the Philippine Statistics Authority, commercial fisheries output declined three ...
    • Fisheries production improves in 2019 

      Simeon, Louise Maureen (The Philippine Star, February 1, 2020, on page B4)
      The local fisheries production continued its positive streak, rising by 1.5 percent in 2019 amid better output in the municipal and aquaculture sectors. Latest data from the Philippine Statistics Authority showed that ...
    • Fisheries production improves in H1 

      Simeon, Louise Maureen (The Philippine Star, August 16, 2020, on page B2)
      Fisheries production in the country improved by three percent in the first semester amid better output in the commercial and aquaculture sectors. Latest data from the Philippine Statistics Authority showed that total volume ...
    • Fishermen lambast galunggong importation 

      Cervantes, Ding (The Philippine Star, August 19, 2018, on page B3)
      A group representing the country’s small fisherfolks decried yesterday the government’s plan to allow the liberal importation of scud fish or galunggong. Pambansang Lakas ng Kilusang Mamamalakaya ng Pilipinas (Pamalakaya) ...
    • Fishermen's group seeks support for aquaculture 

      Gomez, Eireene Jairee (The Manila Times, October 15, 2020, on page B5)
      The country‘s aquaculture industry will help fill an anticipated gap in supply once the government implements a three-month-long closed fishing season for roundscad (galunggong) starting on November 1. Lawyer Asis Perez, ...
    • Fishers group rejects galunggong importation 

      Gomez, Eireene Jairee (The Manila Times, November 29, 2019, on page A4)
      The National fishers' group Pambansang Lakas ng Kilusang Mamalaya ng Pilipinas (Pamalakaya) urged The Department og Agriculture (DA) and Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) to junk their plan to import 45, 000 ...
    • Fishers group urges boycott of imported galunggong 

      Cervantes, Ding (Philippine Star, August 28, 2018, on page 6)
      A group of fishermen yesterday vowed to campaign for a nationwide boycott of imported galunggong (round scad), insisting that while the imports are expected to cost less than local harvest, they are a health hazard. “We ...
    • Fishers’ group sounds alarm over ‘balikbayan GG’ 

      Ramos, Mariejo (Philippine Daily Inquirer, September 2, 2018, on page A2)
      The Pambansang Lakas ng Kilusang Mamamalakaya ng Pilipinas (Pamalakaya-Pilipinas) again called on the public on Saturday to boycott what it describes as “balikbayan GG,” or imported “galunggong” (round scad), citing their ...
    • Fishing ban imposed in Batangas 

      Ozaeta, Arnell (The Philippine Star, November 20, 2016, on page A-25)
      Local government units in coordination with the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) and environment and natural resources office has implemented a 22-day ban on commercial fishing in Balayan Bay. The fishing ...
    • Fishing season for galunggong reopens in Palawan 

      (BusinessWorld, February 3, 2021, on page S1/10)
      The three-month closed fishing season for roundscad, locally known as galunggong, in northeast Palawan has been lifted, the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) announced Tuesday. BFAR said the resumption of ...
    • Galunggong imported from China tainted? 

      Naval, Gerard (Malaya, August 23, 2018, on page B2)
      The Department of Health yesterday warned the public to be careful about consuming round scad or galunggong that will be imported from China and are suspected to be tainted with formalin. Health Secretary Francisco Duque ...