Browsing by Author "Cariaso, Bella"

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    • 13.8MT of imported fish arrive 

      Cariaso, Bella (The Manila Times, January 27, 2023, on page A10)
      The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) on Thursday said 13,857 metric tons (MT) of imported fish have arrived in the country as the fishing ban in Palawan will end on Jan. 31, 2023. The Department of Agriculture ...

    • 200,000 sign online petition vs Kaliwa Dam 

      Cariaso, Bella (The Manila Times, February 21, 2023, on page A2)
      The online petition urging President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. to stop the construction of Kaliwa Dam has so far gathered 200,000 signatures. Stop Kaliwa Dam project convenor and Save Sierra Madre Network Inc. Executive Director ...

    • Ban on imported fish enforced on Dec 4 

      Cariaso, Bella (The Manila Times, December 2, 2022, on page A1-A2)
      An official of the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) on Thursday said the ban on the imported pompano, salmon and other unauthorized imported fish will be implemented as scheduled on Sunday, December 4. In ...

    • Ban on imported fish sale put off for now 

      Cariaso, Bella (The Manila Times, December 3, 2022, on page A1-A9)
      The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) has postponed the enforcement of the ban on selling imported pampano and salmon in wet markets. The ban was to have taken effect on December 4, but Officer in Charge ...

    • Beneficiary harvests 522 kilos of bangus 

      Cariaso, Bella (The Manila Times, August 11, 2022, on page B5)
      A Technology Business Incubation (TBI) beneficiary in Leyte harvested 522 kilos of bangus (milkfish) after a four-month culture period. TBI is part of the Department of Agriculture-National Fisheries Research and Development ...

    • BFAR exec denies shortage of sardines 

      Cariaso, Bella (The Manila Times, September 6, 2022, on page A2)
      The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) on Monday denied a shortage in the supply of tamban or sardines amid reports of unavailability in the wet market of the fish. In a radio interview, BFAR spokesman Nasario ...

    • BFAR mulls moratorium on crackdown vs imported fish 

      Cariaso, Bella (The Manila Times, December 1, 2022, on page A1-A2)
      The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) on Wednesday said it was considering imposing a moratorium on the crackdown of imported frozen fish in wet markets amid criticisms that it was anti-poor. In a radio ...

    • BFAR opens marine hatchery in Quezon 

      Cariaso, Bella (The Manila Times, October 20, 2022, on page B7)
      The Department of Agriculture-Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (DA-BFAR) has opened a new multi-species marine hatchery in Alabat, Quezon to boost aquaculture production in the province. Sammy Malvas, DA-BFAR ...

    • BFAR reports fish kill in Batangas 

      Cariaso, Bella (The Manila Times, August 11, 2022, on page A7)
      The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) on Wednesday reported fish kill at fishponds in Agoncillo, Batangas affecting at least 29 tons of tilapia amounting to P3.2 million. BFAR 4-A Director Sammy Malvas said ...

    • BFAR: P100M alotted for salt production 

      Cariaso, Bella (The Manila Times, August 30, 2022, on page A1-A2)
      The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) claimed that it allotted P100 million for salt production last year. "Last year, BFAR has set in motion a P100-million Development of the Salt Industry Project (DSIP) ...

    • Canned sardines shortage looms 

      Cariaso, Bella (The Manila Times, October 6, 2022, on page A3)
      The Philippine Chamber of Agriculture and Food Inc. on Wednesday warned of a looming shortage of canned sardines because of a three-month fishing ban starting in November. The group's president Danilo Fausto said that the ...

    • DENR: Protect Kaliwa River Forest Reserve 

      Cariaso, Bella (The Manila Times, February 25, 2023, on page B6)
      The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) has backed the passage of a proposed bill declaring the Kaliwa River Forest Reserve as a protected area under the National Integrated Protected Areas System (Nipas). ...

    • Dying salt industry blamed on land conversion 

      Cariaso, Bella (The Manila Times, October 27, 2022, on page A2)
      The Philippine Association of Salt Industry Network (Philasin) on Wednesday blamed the massive conversion of agricultural lands into commercial, industrial and residential for the dying salt industry in the country. In a ...

    • Early tilapia harvest possible 

      Cariaso, Bella (The Manila Times, September 15, 2022, on page B7)
      The Department of Agriculture-National Fisheries Research and Development Institute (DA-NFRDI) has introduced technology on tilapia culture that highlights the use of quality strains and extruded floating feeds (EEF) where ...

    • FAO to help in campaign vs illegal fishing 

      Cariaso, Bella (The Manila Times, August 16, 2022, on page A9)
      Delegates of the United Nations Food and Agriculture (UN FAO) arrived on Monday to assist the Philippines in its effort to combat illegal fishing, the Department of Agriculture (DA) said. DA Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic ...

    • Fish catch down 70%; destruction of corals blamed 

      Cariaso, Bella; Macairan, Evelyn; Felipe, Cecille Suerte; Lee-Brago, Pia (The Philippine Star, September 19, 2023, on page 1-4)
      Fish catch in the West Philippine Sea has gone down by 70 percent since 2020, and further decline is expected amid reports of massive poaching of corals by the Chinese, a militant fishers’ group warned yesterday. Pambansang ...

    • Fisheries production in the red - group 

      Cariaso, Bella (The Manila Times, October 12, 2022, on page A2)
      Fishers' group Oceana on Tuesday said that fisheries production in the country is in the red due to overfishing. The total production in 2021 declined by 3.4 percent, with an output of 4.251 million metric tons compared ...

    • Fishers' groups to Marcos: Advance PH interest 

      Cariaso, Bella (The Manila Times, December 29, 2022, on page A1-A6)
      Fishers' groups called on President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. to advance the interest of Filipinos, particularly the fishermen, during his state visit to China in January 2023. Pangisda Pilipinas National Chairman ...

    • Gov't mulls environment case vs China over corals 

      Galvez, Daphne; Cariaso, Bella; Felipe, Cecille Suerte; Lee-Brago, Pia (The Philippine Star, September 21, 2023, on page 1-4)
      The Philippines is considering filing a new complaint against China before an international tribunal following the reported harvesting and destruction of corals in the disputed West Philippine Sea. Solicitor General Menardo ...

    • Gov't urged to develop fisheries sector 

      Cariaso, Bella (The Manila Times, February 9, 2023, on page B2)
      Farmer's group Philippine Chamber of Agriculture and Food Inc. (PCAFI) President Danilo Fausto on Wednesday called on the Marcos administration to develop the country's aquaculture through the establishment of Aquaculture ...