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Filipinos reject Duterte stance on sea dispute
An overwhelming majority of Filipinos reject the country’s policy of “doing nothing” against China’s intrusion in the South China Sea (West Philippine Sea), a survey by Social Weather Stations (SWS) found. The survey, ...
- November 21, 2018
Countries should unite vs sea militarization
Countries in Asia should “band together” in voicing out their concerns against China’s militarization of the West Philippine Sea (South China Sea), Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana, said Tuesday. “I think what should ...
- June 6, 2018
Fisheries bureau eyes no more areas for adequate supply
BFAR National Director Eduardo Gongona told The Manila Times the agency had submitted its proposal to the National Fisheries and Aquatic Resources Management Council (NFARMC) designating 15 major fishing grounds as FMAs. ...
- November 5, 2018
P400-M loan fund to boost fisheries
The Department of Agriculture (DA) said a total of P400 million can be loaned out for fishermen nationwide so they can buy machinery and equipment needed to boost their output and income and eventually improve the fisheries ...
- December 10, 2018
High-value fish breeding can sustain PH aquaculture
High-value fish species such as Yellowfin tuna is a potential breeding specie that can help establish sustainable tuna aquaculture in the Philippines, a communication think-tank said. Best Alternatives, an environment ...
- August 10, 2018
Most Filipinos want sea claims asserted
A significant majority of Filipinos believe that the Duterte administration should assert Philippine sovereignty over the West Philippine Sea (South China Sea) based on a 2016 international arbitration ruling, according ...
- July 13, 2018
Fish output slightly down to 972,910 MT in Q3 – PSA
The country's fish production slightly decreased in the third quarter of the year as output from commercial and municipal fisheries declined, the Philippines Statistics Authority (PSA) said. In its latest Fisheries Situation ...
- November 19, 2018
Boat captain killed in Iloilo sea violence
A fishing boat captain died, while his brother was wounded after a violent confrontation erupted between operatives of Iloilo Police with the Provincial Bantay Dagat and alleged illegal fishermen from Sagay, Negros Occidental ...
- March 2, 2018
Cagayan town crafts ordinance to protect crablets
In a move to improve the gathering, selling, and transporting of “rissing” or crablets, the local government unit in this coastal town is coming up with an ordinance to protect the aquatic specie that was crafted in ...
- August NaN, 2018
The bay, the river, the lake: abandoned and dying
Manila Bae was once the “most beautiful and safely- situated bay in the world.” The Manila South Harbor in its fringes, which spans six provinces (Bataan, Pampanga, Bulacan, Metro Manila, and Cavite), was considered the ...
- August 3, 2018