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Group to DA: Stop plan to import fish
A fishers group called on the department of Agriculture (DA) to scrap its plan to import fish and instead push for quick and concrete rehabilitation of the livelihood of affected local fisherfolk whose fishing gears and ...
- January 6, 2022
Zambo Sibugay fisherfolk leader among five 2021 Magsaysay Awardees
For his “inspiring determination in leading his fellow fisherfolk to revive a dying industry,” a community leader from Zamboanga Sibugay has been named one of the five recipients of the 2021 Ramon Magsaysay Award, the Asian ...
- September 1, 2021
Del Rosario repeats SCS plea
Former Foreign Affairs Secretary Albert del Rosario on Tuesday reiterated his call on President Rodrigo Duterte to bring up for enforcement before the United Nations the Philippines’ 2016 arbitral victory against China ...
- September 23, 2020
DENR, Aurora fishermen in tug-of-war over logs
Several fishermen in Aurora province have asked the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) to give them the 175 big logs they found floating in the Pacific Ocean. The logs were discovered near the coastlines ...
- February 16, 2021
‘Buwad’-making thrives in Bantayan Island
Bantayan island in Cebu is known for its fine, white-sand beaches and clear waters, and also for buwad, or sun-dried salted fish, better known as daing or tuyo in other parts of the Philippines. Fishing is the main livelihood ...
- March 23, 2020
Fishers receive livelihood to boost DOLE-USAID marine biodiversity deal
The proverbial “giving man a fish, feeding him for a day—teaching him to fish, feeding him for a lifetime” took a twist when DOLE helped them not only to fish but also by providing alternative livelihood that supports the ...
- July 29, 2022
BFAR-3 plants mangrove in Pampanga coast
To revive the shoreline in the province, the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources Region III (BFAR-3) conducted mangrove planting along the Pampanga River recently. Around 300 mangrove propagules were directly planted ...
- June 10, 2020
Apo Island: Diver's haven
Jack Baller, a tourist and diving instructor from Miami, Florida, was in awe of what he saw during a recent dive off Apo Island. “You won’t see any of these in Miami. [What you have here is] very clean. No trash at all ...
- September 4, 2022
High seafood demand from US drives up illegal fishing in Phl
Demand for seafood from the United States is driving illegal fishing in countries around the world, including the Philippines, according to international marine conservation group Oceana. In its Fishing for Trouble: Loopholes ...
- February 5, 2022
Red sea reefs offer last refuge for corals
Beneath the waters off Egypt’s Red Sea coast a kaleidoscopic ecosystem teems with life that could become the world’s “last coral refuge” as global heating eradicates reefs elsewhere, researchers say. Most shallow water ...
- October 11, 2022