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'Agri-nipa-aquaculture' technology developed
Here's a new technology that can prove viable and profitable for people in coastal areas. Called "Agri-nipa-aquaculture technology," it combines nipa (and palm) and agricultural crops with fish production, variations of ...
- November 17, 2002
BFAR launches Coral Garden
In order to conserve the dwindling coral reefs in the country, the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources along with other national government agencies had launched the first Coral Garden here. According to Malcolm ...
- May 24, 2002
SEAFDEC set to launch 1st Mariculture park
The Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center/Aquaculture Department (SEAFDEC/AQD) is all set to launch the first Mariculture Park in the country on July 5, 2001 at Igang Bay, Nueva Valencia, Guimaras. The project is ...
- June 5, 2001
SEAFDEC sets up tidal flats
Tidal flats with existing mangroves are ideal places for raising mudcrab (alimango). Fisheries scientists cite two advantages for producing these highly priced crustaceans in tidal flats, which are low-lying coastal areas ...
- May 23, 2000
Panay LGU officials agree to conserve, rehabilitate mangroves and restore greenbelts
The Agriculture, Environment and Planning Officers of 15 towns and cities in Panay and Guimaras provinces have resolved to conserve and rehabilitate mangroves in their respective areas by establishing nurseries, planting ...
- September 5, 2005
SEAFDEC way of reaching out to the masses
Under the leadership of Dr. Rolando R. Platon, more towns in Western Visayas and other parts of the country are recipients of technologies centered on propagation of inland fish production. Tilapia culture in small freshwater ...
- August 31, 2000
Beguiling Basilan
On board SuperFerry 6 en route to Zamboanga City last December, I discovered that one of my cabin mates was a Marine corporal bound for Jolo. When he learned that I was going to Basilan, where he had been previously stationed ...
- February 27, 2000
Department for fisheries proposed at Congress
Six members of the House of Representatives are sponsoring a bill that will create a department that will be responsible for developing and securing the country's fishery and aquatic resources. Rogelio Amatorio, a fisherfolk ...
- December 20, 2007
Region 8 emerging as mariculture center
The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) said that it was aiming to develop Region 8 as the country's mariculture center with some 12,000 to 15,000 jobs expected to be created in every mariculture park built. ...
- October 14, 2005
Fisheries expert bucks BFAR conversion into staff bureau
The fisheries sector will once again join the non-performing assets of the government if the Department of Agriculture will include the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) in its rationalization or "rat" plan, ...
- September 10, 2006