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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
Blue mussels reach Pangasinan coast
The blue mussels along the Brazilian and Colombian coasts of South America traversing the Panama Canal have reached coastal waters here by way of the tropical Eastern Pacific. Dr. Michael Rice, a professor of the Department ...
- December 31, 2015
BFAR director proposes galunggong buffer stock
A buffer stock system is needed to ease supply disruptions in the market for round scad, or galunggong, which will require cold storage sufficient for at least six months of reserves, a fisheries official said. Bureau of ...
- September 13, 2018
BFAR urge to assess damage on Taal Lake
National fishers' group Pambansang Lakas ng Kilusang Mamamalakaya ng Pilipinas (Pamalakaya) urged the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) on Friday to conduct immediate assessment of the damage on fisheries ...
- July 4, 2021
Prices of fish stable: BFAR
The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources on Friday assured that prices of fish in local markets remain stable despite the threat of the El Niño weather phenomenon. Atty. Demosthenes Escoto, BFAR director, said their ...
- May 7, 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
SEAFDEC concludes 4-day meeting on sustainable fishing
The Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center (SEAFDEC) concluded the four-day 56th Council meeting on May 9, 2024, with a focus on combating illegal, unreported, and unregulated (IUU) fishing and ensuring the sustainable ...
- May 11, 2024
More prawn hatcheries set up
SEAFDEC operates three experimental small-tank hatchery systems and one large tank hatchery system to mass-produce fry in research stations in Iloilo and Aklan. With continuing research since 1977, the aquaculture department ...
- April 7, 1983
SEAFDEC sees aquaculture opportunities amid El Niño
While extreme heat and below-normal rainfall prevail over the El Niño phenomenon, the Southeast Asian Fisheries and Development Center (Seafdec) Aquaculture Department (AQD) says these environmental changes also present ...
- May 6, 2024