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36 fiberglass boats for La Union fishers
Six coastal towns in the Second District of La Union province have received the first 36 fiberglass-reinforced plastic boats from the Department of Agriculture-Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources upon the request of ...
- December 13, 2018
Rice eel exports reach P517m
Rice eel exports reached P517 million in the first half, as farmers in Cagayan Valley devised a way to turn the "pest" into an export-quality fish commodity, the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources said Thursday. ...
- August 9, 2013
Govt eyes roadmap for PH eel industry
The government is looking at formulating an eel commodity roadmap to take advantage of the rising global demand for eels, Agriculture Secretary Proceso Alcala said Tuesday.
“Eels, or igat as they are more known locally, ...
- February 25, 2015
Fisherfolk want moratorium on boat, fish registration
The militant fisherfolk group Pambansang Lakas ng Kilusang Mamamalakaya ng Pilipinas on Monday called for a temporary suspension of some of the provisions on the amended Fisheries Code of 1998 or Republic Act 10654, ...
- February 7, 2017
‘Importing galunggong will not lower fish prices’
Importing P1.4 billion worth of fish, specifically galunggong (round scad), won’t bring down rising fish prices, Rep. Jose Atienza of Buhay party said on Thursday. “This is a band-aid solution and a poor government ...
- August 24, 2018
DA-BFAR to help backyard hog raisers in QC
The Department of Agriculture-Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) has offered an alternative livelihood to backyard hog raisers in Quezon City affected by the African swine fever (ASF) outbreak. “This is to ...
- February 20, 2021
China marks all over SCS': Online news service bares Chinese massive claims on disputed areas
China has registered trademarks over hundreds of land features scattered throughout the South China Sea, a move opposed by other claimants to the disputed waters, BenarNews, a Washington-based online news service, reported ...
- April 16, 2021
OMGG! PH seen buying back its own fish catch
A fisheries official said Thursday that a government plan to import galunggong (round scad) could be a case of the country buying back its own fish. “What we will import could come from us too, since the [fish] may have ...
- August 24, 2018
BFAR says Masbate waters red tide-free
The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources on Wednesday lifted its red tide alert on the coastal waters of Milagros in Masbate but warned that shellfish collected in Bataan are still not safe for consumption. In its ...
- February 19, 2015
Gentle piranha found in Pasig
Las Farolas, which turned a year old in April, is also the sanctuary of a friendly variety of piranha called the Red Pacu or Red Belly Pacu, an omnivorous South American freshwater fish. Pacu (scientific name Colossoma ...
- May 28, 2014