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SEAFDEC, BFAR can achieve milkfish fry sufficiency but..
The milkfish fry sufficiency program of the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) is easily achievable through partnership with Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center (SEAFDEC). While hatchery technology ...
- July 1, 2019
Iloilo hosts int'l training on aquatic resource enhancement
Fisheries officers of Southeast Asian countries such as Cambodia, Indonesia, Lao PDR, Malaysia, Thailand, Viet Nam, and the Philippines attended a training in Iloilo towards a move to restore the population of overexploited ...
- May 25, 2018
Revitalization of shrimp industry
Cultivated shrimp is a vital foreign exchange earner for the Philippines, making the country the 6th largest producer of the marine crustacean with an annual production of about 50,000 metric tons. Unfortunately, the ...
- March 16, 2016
Extreme weather hits tilapia output
“The major tilapia producing regions in the Philippines are now experiencing significant impacts from the progressing negative effects of climate change,” according to a report prepared by the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic ...
- March 28, 2017
Fish farmers to SEAFDEC/AQD: Develop indigenous low-cost feed
Iloilo City - Heeding to the long standing call of fish farmers, SEAFDEC/AQD is now putting the development of alternative feed using local ingredients in its priority list of activities. Feed cost is a major component in ...
- March 24, 2018
UN sounds alarm on lethal tilapia virus
A highly contagious disease is spreading among farmed and wild tilapia, one of the world’s most important fish for human consumption, the United Nations warns, adding that though not a human health risk, Tilapia Lake Virus ...
- June 2, 2017
Food security a growing concern in Apec
Recognizing the growing concern of food security in the region, member-economies of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (Apec) are pushing for the greater role of the private sector to enhance competitiveness and promote ...
- October 12, 2015
Tolentino, Mangudadatu vow agricultural reform
Hugpong ng Pagbabago senatorial bets former presidential political adviser Francis Tolentino and Rep. Zajid "Dong" Mangudadatu vowed to prioritize agricultural reform legislation and called for measures that would immediately ...
- March 28, 2019
Overfishing threatens tuna supply
Senator Loren Legarda on Friday expressed alarm over the declining tuna stocks worldwide due to overfishing. Noting the Red List of Threatened Species of the International Union for Conservation of Nature, which revealed ...
- September 15, 2012
Demolition of fish pens in Laguna Lake starts
Two fish pens, occupying about 100 hectares in the Laguna Lake, were demolished early Tuesday as part of the government’s effort to ease the overly congested water body covering parts of Laguna and Rizal provinces and Metro ...
- August 10, 2016