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'Importing galunggong will disadvantage 1.5M fisherfolk'
The Department of Agriculture’s (DA) plan to import round scad, or galunggong every year will disadvantage some one and a half million small fisherfolk in the country, Sen. Cynthia Villar said. Villar, who chairs the Senate ...
- September 2, 2018
Shellfish ban still up in several Visayas areas
The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) said shellfish collected in several areas around Visayas are still not safe for human consumption. All types of shellfish, as well as alamang, from these areas “are not ...
- December 22, 2016
Galunggong prices down due to formalin scare
Galunggong prices declined in recent weeks as consumers steered clear of the fish due to formalin scare. In a report on GMA News' "24 Oras," fish vendor Arlene Carabuena said that from P180 per kilogram in the last week ...
- September 9, 2018
BFAR agrees to look into giving fishermen fuel subsidy
The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) has agreed to look into the possibility of giving fuel subsidy to fishermen to allow them to expand their fishing activities in the West Philippine Sea. In an interview ...
- October 26, 2021
Incentives would improve MPA protection efforts, experts say
The safeguarding of Philippine marine protected areas (MPAs) would improve if local communities were given incentives to protect these areas, several marine experts said on Monday. Human activities such as fishing were ...
- June 29, 2019
Agriculture Department expands sardine fishing ban
Agriculture Secretary Proceso Alcala announced Wednesday that the government is expanding its three-month sardine fishing ban. It will now include the Visayan Sea in addition to the Zamboanga waters. Alcala said during the ...
- October 19, 2012
Weak El Niño good for fisherfolk, says BFAR
The weak El Niño is good for fishermen even as it scorched the country’s farms, the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) said. BFAR director Eduardo Gongona said there are fewer tropical cyclones expected because ...
- April 7, 2019
PRRM: Chinese 'overfishing' cause of declining fish harvests
The Philippine Rural Reconstruction Movement has claimed that the “overfishing” of the Chinese vessels in the West Philippine Sea (WPS) is the cause of declining fish harvests. In a statement, PRRM president Edicio dela ...
- February 28, 2022
China to put up automated under water base in manila trench
China is considering putting up an automated underwater base in Manila Trench for "scientific purposes," an article from the South China Morning Post said. According to Maki Pulido's report on "State of the Nation Address ...
- December 1, 2018
BFAR assures public: measures in place vs tilapia virus threat
The Philippine fisheries bureau on Saturday assured the public that appropriate risk management measures are ready to stop the possible entry into the country of a lake virus attacking tilapia fish in several countries. ...
- June 20, 2017