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Oyster eyed for commercial culture
The government is eyeing to culture a previously undiscovered Philippine oyster whos DNA is now under study so as to name it as Surigao Barobo Bay's unique oyster species that could give livelihood and export opportunities ...
- March 3, 2013
PNoy welcomes PH's removal from Euro fishing blacklist
The country’s fishing industry directly employs 1.4 million people, while another three million are employed in fishing-related industries. Philippine efforts included the implementation of Executive Order No. 154 on the ...
- April 24, 2015
₱3-M project for Guimaras fisherfolk set
A ₱3-million mariculture project in Guimaras is set to kick off sometime this August to further empower the province's fisherfolk affected by the oil spill. Serving at the front of the project is the South East Asian ...
- August 16, 2007
Bangus deboning
The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources(BFAR) said that some members of the female sector in the province of Surigao del Sur and Tandag City have started to learn "bangus" ( milkfish) deboning." Those initially trained ...
- March 23, 2014
TRAIN taxes throwing fisherfolks into 'debt trap'
As various business segments feel like they are being spun in a whirlpool because of consumer-cost cataclysm out of the Tax Reform for Acceleration and Inclusion (TRAIN) Act, the country’s fisher folks are adding to the ...
- January 14, 2018
What to do with the fish pens in Laguna de Bay
‘There are those who look at things the way they are, and ask why… I dream of things that never were, and ask why not?’ – Robert Kennedy. The order of the President to dismantle the big fish pens in Laguna de Bay while ...
- February 18, 2017
Boats for Sagay fisher folks
Yolanda fisher folk victims from barangays Molocaboc and Taba-ao, in Sagay City, will receive fishing boats from the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE). DOLE Regional Director Ponciano Ligutom turned over the 20 ...
- August 7, 2015
Bohol's mangrove growers get boost
Residents in the island barangay of Banacon, this town, which has the largest man-made mangrove forest in Asia in terms of area planted with different species, have been promised more jobs by the Department of Environment ...
- February 20, 2017
What mackerel and volcano can tell us about climate change
A cooled climate led to deaths of livestock and changed fish patterns in New England, leaving many people dependent on the mackerel, an edible fish that was less affected than many animals. The researchers assert that bit ...
- January 27, 2017
New fishery law boosts fight vs illegal fishing
The Department of Agriculture’s Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources ( DA- BFAR) earlier sent some of its personnel in an intensive law enforcement training program at the National Brackishwater Fisheries Technology ...
- January 17, 2015