Browsing BusinessWorld by Place "Pacific Ocean"

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    • Fisheries department pushed 

      Sarmiento, Romer S. (BusinessWorld, September 30, 2010, on page S1/6)
      Tuna industry leaders in the South Cotabato-Cotabato-Sultan Kudarat-Sarangani-General Santos City (Socsksargen) region have urged the current 15th Congress to craft a law elevating to department status the Bureau of Fisheries ...

    • 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 ...

    • Higher tuna catch expected in Q4 

      (BusinessWorld, October 16, 2012, on page S1/6)
      The Philippines should see a higher tuna catch starting next month after the country deployed 36 high-seas fishing vessels to the Pacific, a Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) official said. BFAR Director ...

    • Local tuna industry reeling from ban; jobless workers on rise 

      Sarmiento, Romer S. (BusinessWorld, January 26, 2010, on page S1/3)
      Players in the local tuna industry are now feeling the pinch of the closure of the high seas in portions of the Pacific Ocean, with one fishing company officially informing the Department of Labor and Employment (DoLE) of ...

    • Task force formed to assist local tuna industry workers 

      (BusinessWorld, February 23, 2010, on page S2/5)
      The Department of Labor and Employment (DoLE) has created Task Force GENSAN to facilitate the timely delivery of services and interventions for workers in the local tuna industry which was affected by a two-year ban against ...