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Aquaculture training for LGUs set
Three government and private entities have joined hands to undertake a program that will train local government units (LGU) officials and aquaculture specialists in coastal resource management and sustainable aquaculture. ...
- August 31, 2000
Illegal fishing fight stepped up
The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) has formed the Regional Law Enforcement Coordinating CommitteeSubcommittee on Fishing and Marine Environment Protection (RLECC-SFMEP) in Eastern Visayas to strengthen ...
- July 14, 2018
Badjaos tapped as coastal marshals
Cotabato City – The Department of Agriculture (DA) will be tapping Badjaos, the country’s sea gypsies, as auxiliaries in the “Bantay Laut” program. DA Secretary Manny Piñol said his department has already identified some ...
- September 26, 2016
Gov't may fund ₱2.7- B Navotas fish port modernization
The ₱2.7-billion upgrading and rehabilitation of the Navotas Fish Port Complex (NFPC) is being pushed for funding by the government instead of putting it under the private public partnership (PPP) scheme. An official said ...
- March 11, 2013
Policy changes proposed in DA to improve ease of doing in agri sector
The Department of Agriculture (DA) was told to change certain policies as the unnecessary regulatory burden, just like in other sectors, affects the ease of doing business in the agriculture and fishery sector. This was ...
- June 16, 2018
Gov't sees tripling of shrimp production
The government estimates that shrimp production in the Philippines will triple by next year once the study on Peneus vannamei (P. vannamei), also known as Pacific White shrimp, becomes successful. The Department of Agriculture ...
- October 16, 2005
Cayetano: Benham research more beneficial for Philippines
Foreign Affairs Secretary Alan Peter Cayetano on Wednesday said it is more beneficial for the Philippines to allow China to conduct marine scientific research at Benham Rise, as long as Filipino scientists are also involved ...
- January 25, 2018
BFAR to tap new catch documentation system to fight illegal fishing
The Philippine government can soon utilize a new catch documentation system – which took five years to be developed – in addressing illegal, unreported, and unregulated fishing (IUUF). A statement showed that the Department ...
- February 15, 2020
Heroes of the environment - A narrative of hope
“Never doubt for a single moment that a handful of thoughtful and committed men and women can change the world…. Let it be said that in our time and during our watch, we did our share… And maybe, just maybe, we make a ...
- February 2, 2019
DOST-ICT honors partners in rural connectivity project
The Information and Communications Technology (ICT) Office of the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) cited its public and private sector partners for the “TV White Space (TVWS) Supported Fisher folk Registration ...
- December 15, 2015