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Villar, Legarda question DA's 60,000-ton fish import
Senator Cynthia A. Villar and House Deputy Speaker Loren Legarda on Monday, Jan. 24 questioned the decision of the Department of Agriculture (DA) to import 60,000 metric tons of fish. During her hybrid hearing on issues ...
- January 25, 2022
Solon urges transfer of fish agencies
Senator Agapito 'Butz' Aquini, chairman of the Senate committee on agriculture and food, has filed a resolution recommending the transfer of all fishery agencies and programs to the Department of Environment and Natural Resources.
- December 13, 1992
Ban fish importation, fishermen urge
While it welcomed the temporary ban on some imported fish, a fisher group is urging the government to make the prohibition permanent to help struggling fisherfolk. According to the Pambansang Lakas ng Kilusang Mamamalakaya ...
- December 18, 2022
SEAFDEC AQD to turn 28
The government-hosted Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center Aquaculture Department (SEAFDEC AQD) will celebrate its 28th anniversary on July 4-6. Seat of the celebration is the SEAFDEC AQD main complex in Tigbauan, ...
- July 5, 2001
Sufficient fish supply assured amid COVID-19
Despite the COVID-19 triggered disruptions in the country’s food supply chain, Filipinos will have an adequate supply of fish, a staple food for majority of the population, throughout the entire year, an official data ...
- May 3, 2020
RP to import 'bangus' fry from Taiwan
After rice, corn and sugar, the Department of Agriculture is proposing the importation of about 500 million bangus (milkfish) fingerling worth P275 million. Agriculture Secretary Roberto Sebastian said the move is intended ...
- August 16, 1995
Time to move on with the fish pens in Laguna de Bay
During the first State of the Nation Address (SONA) of the President two years ago, before the closure and rehabilitation of Boracay, and now the order to clean up Manila Bay, President Duterte took a similar step to address ...
- February 10, 2019
Gov't boosts DavSur seaweed industry
The government has committed to pour a total of P11.4 million in Davao del Sur to boost the growth and development of the seaweed industry in the province. This was disclosed recently by provincial agriculture officer ...
- June 17, 2013
US-BFAR partner to improve fish production in the Visayas
The United States government and the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) have jointly launched “Fish Right,” a P1.3 billion five-year sustainable fisheries project aimed to increase fish biomass and strengthen ...
- November 21, 2018
Info drive vs illegal fishing
Some 125 information officers from the different regional offices of the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources(BFAR) attended the BFAR Information officers' Workshop and Media Conference on RA 10654 and Illegal, ...
- October 29, 2015