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MinDA gearing up to increase offshore milkfish farming output
The Mindanao Development Authority (MinDA) said it will train aquaculture farmers starting this week to build up milkfish and white shrimp output, with a target of 10,000 offshore fish cages within two years. Secretary ...
- March 2, 2020
DENR, PCSD begin case buildup vs 'traders' of Palawan giant clams
The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) and the Philippine Council for Sustainable Development (PCSD) is now building a case against unscrupulous individuals behind the illegal trade of giant clams in ...
- May 17, 2021
The oil spill and the blame game
The clean-up of the oil spill that contaminated Manila Bay and affected the livelihood of hundreds of fishermen in at least three towns of Cavite last Thursday is almost complete. One can just imagine the huge damage brought ...
- August 12, 2013
Red tide contamination in Capiz spreads
Red tide contamination in the province of Capiz has spread after shellfish samples from the waters of President Roxas and Sapian Bay in Sapian and Ivisan towns tested positive for the toxin. Red tide was first detected in ...
- October 8, 2022
Still no fishing in high seas pocket
Due to the closure on fish aggregating devices (FADs), there are still no Philippine fishing vessels in a tuna-rich pocket of the Pacific Ocean, an Agriculture official said yesterday. “There are still no fishing vessels ...
- August 16, 2013
SEAFDEC-BFAR collaboration strengthened
Representatives of the Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center Aquaculture Department (SEAFDEC-AQD) and Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) have agreed to strengthen their collaboration. Director Corazon ...
- February 26, 2001
There's goldmine in ulang - expert
A fishery expert here said there is an unexplored goldmine in the prawn species locally called ulang that growers must pay attention to as it will bring economic fortune to them when tapped. Dr. Westly Rosario, interim ...
- December 7, 2008
Commercial production of sea cucumber now possible
They are over exploited in the wild due to high demand from consumers for their reported medical, pharmaceutical, gastronomical and commercial use. Now, sea cucumber (Holothuria scabra) culture in hatcheries at the Bureau ...
- August 3, 2014
Dagupan’s ‘Bangus King’ leads way for others
If there is someone who deserves to be called “Bangus King” here, it is Eduardo Maramba, who belongs to four generations of milkfish growers. “My great grandfather, Franciso, my grandfather, Cipriano, and my father, Rufino, ...
- February 10, 2013
Fish kills slay demand even for safe fish in public markets
The spate of fish kills now plaguing Batangas and Pangasinan is also killing consumer demand for "bangus" and tilapia that come from unaffected places where the fish are alive and well. Fish retailers have tried baiting ...
- June 5, 2011