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Mariculture parks
Three mariculture parks are up for development in Palawan by the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) in partnership with Land Bank of the Philippines (LBP) for fish culture and other products in the open sea. ...
- May 31, 2018
Small fisherfolk to get Laguna Lake fisheries priority
The Laguna Lake Development Authority(LLDA) will prioritize small fisherfolk for fisheries in Laguna de Bay, the Philippines’ biggest lake. Allocation of the lake’s fishing areas will prioritize such fisherfolk there, noted ...
- March 30, 2017
Spanish mariculture parks benefits Siargao fishermen
A big number of fishermen in this island and in Barobo town, Surigao del Sur have started to reap the fruits of the two Mariculture Park projects of Agencia Espanola de Cooperacion Internacional (AECI). Dapa Municipal Mayor ...
- October 2, 2010
LGUs to continue red tide monitoring
The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) asked local government units (LGUs) to continue monitoring Samar's Maqueda and Villareal Bays even if the shellfish ban in the area has been lifted. BFAR Regional Director ...
- August 11, 2014
Seafood processing
The National Integrated Fisheries Technology Development Center (NIFTDC) has announced that the seafood Processing Plant here is now busy as ever with big chance of getting Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point (HACPP) ...
- March 19, 2013
Shellfish ban up in Eastern Visayas bays due to red tide
The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) imposed a shellfish ban in two bays in Eastern Visayas due to the recurrence of red tide.Just last week, BFAR found the red tide algal bloom in Cancabato Bay in Leyte ...
- November 15, 2018
Endangered shell sales to be probed
The Sangguniang Panlalawigan (SP) of Aklan is set to investigate the alleged rampant selling of porcelain clams or China Clams and helmet shells on this famed island. Provincial Board Member Russia Soviet Dela Cruz said ...
- December 7, 2015
Fishing at Davao Gulf banned for three months
The 308,000-hectare Davao Gulf is now closed for commercial fishing until August 31 to give tuna and pelagic fishes such as mackerels, scads and sardines to spawn and let key fishing grounds to recover, an official of the ...
- June 2, 2019
World's smallest freshwater fish species
A lady-lawmaker said government should make an institutional intervention in the preservation of one of the country's freshwater wealth and wonders, the reported endangered Sinarapan, or Tabios as it is known in Bicol. ...
- August 8, 2014
Pagasa visit alarms China: Beijing to probe reported harassment of Filipino fishers
China has expressed grave concern over the visit of Philippine Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana and military officials to the disputed Pagasa Island As this developed, Lu said China will also look into reports that ...
- April 23, 2017