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Program for poor fishermen pushed
At 39.2 percent, the country’s fishery sector exhibited the highest poverty incidence in 2012, based on the National Statistics Coordinating Board 2014 update on poverty.
To address this, Senator Cynthia A. Villar called ...
- February 20, 2015
Gov't releases policy on vessel monitoring mechanism
The government has finally released its policy on a vessel monitoring mechanism that aims to put a stop to the continued increase in cases of illegal commercial fishing within municipal waters. The Department of ...
- October 15, 2018
PH elected head of IMO-ILO joint working group for world fishing effort
The Philippines was elected as the chair of the fourth Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), International Labor Organization and International Maritime Organization's Joint Working Group (JWG) meeting on Illegal, ...
- October 30, 2019
Help drought-affected fisherfolk, gov't asked
Fishermen affected by the dry spell should be provided assistance by the government, a fisherfolk group said. The Pambansang Lakas ng Kilusang Mamamalakaya ng Pilipinas (Pamalakaya) urged the Department of Agriculture and ...
- March 19, 2019
No formalin in galunggong; importation to proceed
Agriculture Secretary Emmanuel Piñol yesterday confirmed test results showing that there was no formalin present in galunggong (round scad) but remained firm that his department will proceed with its plan to import the ...
- August 25, 2018
PH tries to turn tide on fish loss
One of the biggest threats to the sustainability of marine life is plastic pollution and the Philippines is now the third highest contributor to plastic pollution in the world's oceans, according to Greenpeace Philippines. ...
- November 30, 2018
Toward a 'bluer normal'
Impacted by the 2019 coronavirus disease (Covid-19), fishermen can play a crucial role in coastal and marine biodiversity protection and conservation. But they will need all the assistance that they could get. As the ...
- August 16, 2020
BFAR: Fisheries sector to post 2019 recovery
The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) expects the country’s fisheries sector to rebound beginning next year on the back of intensified government support for fisherfolk suffering from a lack of post-harvest ...
- December 26, 2018
‘Remember Recto Bank sinking’
A year after the ramming and sinking of a Filipino fishing boat by a Chinese vessel in Recto Bank, former foreign affairs chief Albert del Rosario is urging Filipinos not to forget the incident or surrender to China’s ...
- June 10, 2020
DA to propose letting commercial boats inside 15-kilometer limit
The Department of Agriculture (DA) and the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) said they will propose adjustments to improve fishing yields, including permitting commercial boats to operate in municipal fishing ...
- July 16, 2018