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    • Fisheries output up 5.6% by volume in second quarter 

      Jocson, Luisa Maria Jacinta (BusinessWorld, September 9, 2022, on page S1/2)
      The Philippine Statistics Authority said fisheries production in the second quarter rose 5.6% year on year to 1.21 million metric tons (MT), driven by the aquaculture, commercial, and marine municipal fisheries segments. ...

    • Fisheries sector hoping to match or top Q1 growth rate in 2019 

      Galang, Vincent Mariel P. (BusinessWorld, June 27, 2019, on page S1/5)
      The fisheries regulator said he hopes to match or top the sector’s first quarter growth rate of 0.97% over the course of 2019. “We would rather (keep pace) or improve… Positive at the end of 2018, and then another positive ...

    • Fisheries sector recovery to depend on adapting to new markets — think tank 

      Ochave, Revin Mikhael D. (BusinessWorld, July 16, 2020, on page S1/6)
      The fisheries sector should be alert to changing consumer preferences and pursue more value-adding activities to work around the potential weak links exposed by the pandemic, such as the breakdown in logistics arrangements ...

    • Fishermen object to proposed offshore mining in Pangasinan 

      Ochave, Revin Mickhael D. (BusinessWorld, September 14, 2021, on page S1/10)
      Fishermen expressed opposition to the proposed offshore mining in Lingayen Gulf that will cover five coastal towns in Pangasinan, citing its potential effects to livelihood. Bobby Roldan, Pambansang Lakas ng Kilusang ...

    • Fishers appeal tuna ban 

      Sarmiento, A. S. (BusinessWorld, February 16, 2010, on page S1/6)
      The tuna fishers' federation here has appealed to an international body to exempt small-and medium-sized purse seine vessels from the fishing ban in portions of the Pacific Ocean, noting that the number of workers displaced ...

    • Fishers group appeals to local governments to defy order to dismantle fishing structures in Cavite 

      Ochave, Revin Mikhael D. (BusinessWorld, September 21, 2021, on page S1/12)
      A fishers group appealed on Monday to local governments in Cavite to defy the dismantling of alleged illegal fishing structures in Manila Bay led by the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR). Fernando L. ...

    • Fishers group pushes gov't to improve efforts in stopping foreign fishing vessels 

      Ochave, Revin Mickhael D. (BusinessWorld, May 25, 2021, on page S1/11)
      The national government should increase its efforts against foreign fishing vessels within Philippine waters as mandated by local and international laws following China’s declaration of an annual fishing ban in the South ...

    • Fishers to raise DENR dismantling order in global food system 

      Ochave, Revin Mickhael D. (BusinessWorld, September 24, 2021, on page S1/10)
      Fishefolk and civil society organizations seek to raise the dismantling order of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) at the Global People’s Summit on Food Systems. Ronnel Arambulo, Pambansang Lakas ...

    • Fishers' group says 15,000 people to lose livelihood from dismantling order in Manila Bay 

      Ochave, Revin Mickhael D. (BusinessWorld, August 27, 2021, on page S1/10)
      The scheduled dismantling of allegedly illegal fishing structures in Manila Bay poses a threat to the livelihood of fisherfolks across four coastal towns in Cavite, according to fisher's group Pambansang Lakas ng Kilusang ...

    • Fishers' group to wage boycott campaign vs imported fish 

      Ochave, Revin Mickhael D. (BusinessWorld, October 6, 2021, on page S1/10)
      Fishers’ group Pambansang Lakas ng Kilusang Mamamalakaya ng Pilipinas (PAMALAKAYA) is preparing a nationwide boycott campaign against the government’s plan to import fish. “It would be a campaign to boycott the imported ...

    • Fishers’ group frowns at coconut palms planted along Manila Baywalk 

      Yang, Angelica Y. (BusinessWorld, June 17, 2021, on page S1/12)
      The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) led the planting of coconut trees along Roxas Boulevard on Wednesday as part of the Manila Bay beautification project, an initiative that was frowned upon by a ...

    • Fisherwomen in northwest Spain's Galicia passing on traditions to new generation 

      Reuters (BusinessWorld, December 6, 2021, on page S1/5)
      Just before dawn breaks over the Noia estuary in Spain’s Galicia region, hundreds of women descend by torchlight into the waist-deep waters to gather cockles and clams from the riverbed using techniques that have been ...

    • Fishing and the future of the West Philippine Sea 

      (BusinessWorld, April 19, 2017, on page S1/8)
      In a Special Study for the Stratbase ADR Institute (ADRi), marine geneticist Dr. Ma. Carmen Lagman explains that the Philippines should capitalize on the environmental and economic value of the West Philippine Sea, as well ...

    • Fishing association opposes plan to import 60,000 MT 

      Ochave, Revin Mickhael D. (BusinessWorld, August 30, 2021, on page S1/5)
      The government's plan to import 60,000 metric tons (MT) of fish to augment supply during the closed fishing season has met with opposition from the association of small fishermen. The chairman of the Pambansang Lakas ng ...

    • Fishing firm formed 

      (BusinessWorld, February 1, 2013, on page S1/7)
      Alliance Select Foods International, Inc. and CHL Construction & Development Enterprises, Inc. to form a fishing company to boost Alliance Select's tuna supply, the company said in a disclosure yesterday. " We are pleased ...

    • Fishing for abandoned nets in Greece 

      (BusinessWorld, May 31, 2019, on page S2/6)
      Greek and Dutch divers have removed two tons of discarded plastic fishing nets from the seabed in northern Greece, where they posed a risk to local marine life, including a rare endangered species of Mediterranean seahorse. ...

    • Fishing for your food at New York's wild new seafood restaurant 

      Bloomberg (BusinessWorld, October 11, 2018, on page S2/10)
      The Manhattan location, the family’s first outside Japan, required an entirely new piscine supply chain. Aside from the Maine lobsters, all the inventory is trucked in from farms: salmon from New York and striped bass from ...

    • Fishing ground to open in newly declared sea territory 

      Pacardo, Louie O. (BusinessWorld, May 30, 2013, on page S1/12)
      The government will open a new fishing ground for small fishermen east of the country that has been declared part of Philippine territory, an official said yesterday. Payao is a locally made fish-attracting device. Mr. ...

    • Fishing organizations ask gov't for better data to justify imports 

      Jocson, Luisa Maria Jacinta (BusinessWorld, January 25, 2022, on page S1/2)
      The fishing industry said the government needs to supply better data that justifies the need for fish imports, after questioning the current rationale for buying fish overseas. “We are not against imports, but it should ...

    • Fishing season for galunggong reopens in Palawan 

      (BusinessWorld, February 3, 2021, on page S1/10)
      The three-month closed fishing season for roundscad, locally known as galunggong, in northeast Palawan has been lifted, the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) announced Tuesday. BFAR said the resumption of ...