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Lobster farms eyed in Samal
After the success of its mariculture park, the Island Garden City of Samal (Igacos) will embark on developing lobster farms in Bakak town for its food security marine culture development program. "This is our next innovation," ...
- August 5, 2002
DA to boost bangus production
The government needs to increase its budget to build more hatcheries nationwide to sustain the country’s demand for milkfish, the Department of Agriculture said. The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) said ...
- October 1, 2017
Filipino fisheries experts join conference on agri in Thailand
The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) led the Philippine fisheries agencies and representatives of business and farming sectors un taking part in the drafting of world declaration and strategy for agriculture.
- May 14, 2000
BFAR told to regulate fishpens, not ban total harvest of tawilis
A local fisherfolk group urged the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) to regulate fishpen structures instead of imposing fishing ban on Sardinella tawilis following reports that the only freshwater sardine ...
- January 28, 2019
Crab fattening pushed to ensure better yield
There is one word crab vendors do not want their merchandise to be associated with: payat (skinny). The label sticks like glue. Meat shops are given some leeway whenever they sell a fatty slab of pork, but customers remember ...
- March 2, 2016
DA acts on fish production decline
Local producers said Monday that the resumption of importation of processed animal proteins (PAP) and other ingredients used in aquaculture feeds will help offset the decline in fish production and help slash the market ...
- August 9, 2022
Tilapia: answer to fish needs of Filipinos
The Iloilo-based Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center (SEAFDEC) shares the following information on the culture of tilapia: Cage culture: Cages are installed in lakes, dams, rivers, raceways, canals, and impoundments ...
- February 3, 2010
Science comes to endangered Lake Sebu
A new species of freshwater crab was discovered last year in Lake Sebu, South Cotabato. The Sundathelphusa miguelito crab is "very likely to be endemic in Mindanao, and further study," says Jose C. E. Mendoza, a lecturer ...
- October 12, 2018
BFAR Director Dennis Araullo: Balancing fish production with conservation
The emphasis of BFAR's programs today, however, is not only on conservation but also on sustained production. "We are thinking of two things," says Director Araullo. "First is to produce enough for the present generation ...
- October 22, 1997
Moon watching more fun at BFAR
At the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources' (BFAR) demonstration center in this city, fishery specialists are moon watchers. They observe lunar phases not because they are romantics, but because the moon's appearance ...
- September 12, 2012