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Youth called to engage in aquaculture to secure fish supply
The African swine fever threatening the protein supplies of the country still grappling with the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic prompted the chief of an international research center to call for more youth ...
- March 31, 2021
DA to launch farmers, fishermen's markets to dismantle cartels
The Department of Agriculture on Tuesday said it would launch a new marketing initiative to "eliminate cartels and other unnecessary layers in the food value chain" by directly linking farmers and fishermen with consumers. ...
- July 26, 2017
DA opens Aussie-backed fish hatchery in Mindanao
The Department of Agriculture (DA) has launched a marine finfish hatchery in Misamis Occidental with the assistance of the provincial and Australian governments and the Southeast Asia Fisheries Development Center (SEAFDEC). ...
- February 2, 2009
Aquaculture output seen normalizing with import ban lifted on fish feed raw material
The admission of a pork-based raw material used in the manufacture of fish feed is expected to lead to a normalization of aquaculture production, after the raw material was subject to a temporary import ban following an ...
- May 8, 2023
Bingawan never goes dry and here's why
More than half of Bingawan is devoted to rice but the fields are rainfed, meaning they are dependent on rain for their irrigation needs, according to Leticia Celeste, the municipal agriculturist. Mayor Ted Peter Plagata ...
- September 18, 2000
New technology reviving RP shrimp industry
Gradually but consistently, a new technology is paving the way for the revival of the country’s moribund shrimp industry. Called Environment-Friendly Schemes in Shrimp Farming, the technology was developed through the ...
- June 1, 2003
El Niño beneficial to some fish species - BFAR
The approaching El Niño phenomenon may benefit certain species of fish despite the weather pattern's generally-accepted adverse impact, the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) said. BFAR National Director ...
- May 5, 2023
BFAR, Itbayat Island open first tilapia hatchery
Batanes fish farmers will soon have their own local source of tilapia fingerlings as the Department of Agriculture-Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (DA-BFAR) and the local government inaugurated on April 4, 2024 ...
- April 11, 2024
Revived hatchery signals major step towards PHL milkfish fry sufficiency
The embattled milkfish industry in the Philippines got a shot in the arm as the first rehabilitated hatchery in Western Visayas, which is expected to produce 5 to 10 million bangus fry every year, started its operations ...
- May 7, 2021