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Mudcrab in mangroves
Growing mudcrab in net enclosures in a mangrove area is profitable, according to KASAMA, an Aklan fishers' association that collaborated with the Iloilo-based Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center's aquaculture department.
- October 8, 1999
Livelihood project
The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) allotted P83.5 million to finance the cultivation of high quality seaweeds in at least eight towns in the first congressional district of Sulu province. Sulu Rep. ...
- February 5, 2015
Declining fish catch threatens livelihood, food supply in Negros
The amount of fish caught around the country is dwindling to dangerous levels which threatens the livelihood of 60 percent of the population dependent on fishing reports a research of Remelyn I. de Ramos of the Marine ...
- August 22, 2015
Tourism poses serious threat on land crab population in Siargao
Amid a fast changing landscape, and the continued influx of tourists attracted by ideal surfing conditions here, the population of land crabs has declined in recent months. Bernardo Alciso, 54, a local land crab hunter, ...
- January 25, 2018
Six more fish landing centers
The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) will build six more community fish landing centers (CFLC) in Eastern Visayas this year. The centers will be built in Maasin City in Southern Leyte, Tanauan, Abuyog and ...
- January 19, 2017
Healing Boracay
Doreen Fugoso had barely landed a job as chef in one of the big hotels here when word got around that President Rodrigo Duterte had ordered the closure of the island for six months. “I had not reached a year yet in my job ...
- October 21, 2018
DENR-8 pushes awareness on value of wetlands
The Department of Environment and Natural Resources regional office 8 (DENR-8) has joined the global effort to raise the awareness about the value of wetlands for the community and the environment by celebrating World ...
- February 4, 2018
Fisheries project to boost Western Samar
A government-hosted Southeast Asian center and a European Union-assisted program have agreed to undertake a fisheries project to boost the development of this province's coastal communities. A memorandum of agreement was ...
- May 24, 1999
Misamis Oriental fishing firms to Congress: Amend Fisheries Code
Commercial fishing firms in Misamis Oriental are set to appeal to Congress to introduce amendments to the country’s Fisheries Code. Commercial Fishing Association of Misamis Oriental (CFAMO) President Carlitos A. Baculio ...
- November 26, 2016
Paraw sailing, island hopping to be regulated
Paraw or sailboats and island hopping activities on this resort island will not be banned, according to the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR). However, it will only be temporarily suspended up to two ...
- October 21, 2018