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Time to consider the creation of a Dep't of fisheries and aquatic resources
The recent decision of President Duterte to return the National Food Authority (NFA), the National Irrigation Administration (NIA), the Philippine Coconut Authority (PCA), and the Fertilizer and Pesticide Authority (FPA) ...
- May 13, 2018
Recto seeks aid to fishermen
El Niño, which is leaving many farms parched of water, is also affecting those who live off the country’s waters. Senate President Pro-Tempore Ralph Recto on Saturday urged the government to extend its El Niño aid program ...
- April 17, 2016
DA disperes 130,00 fish fingerlings in Caraga
To increase livelihood opportunities and income of fishers in Mainit, Surigao del Norte, the Department of Agriculture and the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources in Caraga have dispersed 60,00 bangus and 70,00 carp ...
- January 17, 2018
US-PH $25-million fisheries partnership launched in Iloilo
To promote sustainable fisheries, a partnership program between the United States and Philippine governments was launched here recently. The $25-million Fish Right program will be implemented over a period of five years ...
- November 28, 2018
Oceana lauds BFAR’s declaration of fisheries management areas
Oceana Philippines has welcomed the move of the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) to declare the country’s major fishing grounds as fisheries management areas (FMAs) as it cited the need for proper conservation. ...
- February 10, 2019
Candidates urged to come up with ‘blue agenda’ on sustainable fisheries
Presidential candidates are urged to adopt a "blue agenda" in order to build a stronger fishery sector in the next six years. In a statement, non-governmental organizations (NGO) has called on the presidential candidates ...
- April 23, 2016
Phl running low on galunggong
The government will implement a three-month closed season for galunggong (roundscad) in Northeastern Palawan starting Nov. 15 to protect the population of the species. Agriculture Secretary Proceso Alcala said the National ...
- November 3, 2015
Galunggong closed season to be enforced in north Palawan
The fisheries bureau is seeking to protect the galunggong fishery by declaring a no-harvest season during spawning in northern Palawan, in a bid to raise the long-term numbers of the species, an important food for low-income ...
- October 19, 2015
Farm fishing
For the first time in human history, farmed fish production overtook that of beef in 2012, based on data from the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and the United States Department of Agriculture. Where ...
- June 30, 2013
Bureau lifts sardine fishing ban in southwestern seas
The Bureau of the Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) has lifted on Thursday the three-month fishing ban on sardines and related species in the southwestern part of the country. However, operators of commercial fishing ...
- March 1, 2013