Browsing by Author "Benaning, Marvyn N."

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    • 17 indigenous fish species in Laguna Lake extinct, say fisherfolk 

      Benaning, Marvyn N. (Manila Bulletin, September 1, 2012, on page 3)
      They're gone. This was that the fisherfolk said of the 17 indigenous fish species at the Laguna de Bay that they used to catch before the Napinda Hydraulic Control Structure (NHCS) was built in 1982 and stopped the entry ...

    • ₱25-M program launched 

      Benaning, Marvyn N. (Manila Bulletin, March 18, 2011, on page 4)
      The Department of Agriculture (DA) is launching the P25-million Biotechnology Research Fellowship Program (BRFP) to develop better crops, improve livestock and generate higher fisheries output. BRFP will complement the ...

    • ₱5M earmarked for Palawan aquaculture 

      Benaning, Marvyn N. (Manila Bulletin, October 8, 2010, on page 26)
      Agriculture Secretary Proceso J. Alcala has earmarked ₱5 million for the development of Palawan's marine fisheries and aquaculture. The money will be used to expand grow-out ponds and procure additional broodstock for the ...

    • Aurora farmers, fisherfolk oppose economic zone 

      Benaning, Marvyn N. (Manila Bulletin, January 26, 2010, on page 2)
      Nearly 200 farmers, fisherfolk, and members of an indigenous group in Casiguran, Aurora yesterday expressed their opposition to the establishment of the 12,852-hectare Aurora Special Economic Zone Authority (ASEZA) in a ...

    • Banker cautions Land Bank, BFAR on rent-a-cage plan 

      Benaning, Marvyn N. (Manila Bulletin, March 15, 2010, on page 14)
      A banker formerly engaged in fish cage culture has cautioned the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) and Land Bank on its plan to lease fish cages for mariculture parks to groups of small fisherfolk. Manuel ...

    • BFAR gets tough on illegal Manila Bay fishing: 17 vessels seized, 153 fishermen arrested off Cavite 

      Benaning, Marvyn N. (Manila Bulletin, September 14, 2010, on page 5)
      The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) and the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) netted 17 vessels and 153 people engaged in illegal fishing in waters off Cavite last week. In a report to Agriculture Secretary ...

    • BFAR, Land Bank embark on rent-a-cage plan 

      Benaning, Marvyn N. (Manila Bulletin, March 12, 2010, on page 2)
      The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) and Land Banl of the Philippines (Land Bank) are embarking on a rent-a-cage program to help groups of fishermen affected by the El Niño phenomenon. Land Bank and BFAR ...

    • DA allows imports of black tiger shrimps 

      Benaning, Marvyn N. (Manila Bulletin, January 20, 2010, on page B-3)
      Government has allowed the importation of broodstock and post-larvae of black tiger shrimps. The Department of Agriculture (DA), through the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR), has issued three administrative ...

    • DA hopes to double shrimp output in 5 years 

      Benaning, Marvyn N. (Manila Bulletin, July 10, 2008, on page B-2)
      The Department of Agriculture (DA) hopes to double the country's shrimp production in five years and thus regain its status as a top exporter of Peneaus vannamei of Pacific white shrimp. Agriculture Undersecretary Jesus ...

    • DA opens Aussie-backed fish hatchery in Mindanao 

      Benaning, Marvyn N. (Manila Bulletin, February 2, 2009, on page 14)
      The Department of Agriculture (DA) has launched a marine finfish hatchery in Misamis Occidental with the assistance of the provincial and Australian governments and the Southeast Asia Fisheries Development Center (SEAFDEC). ...

    • DA plans ban on catching ‘galunggong’ in Palawan 

      Benaning, Marvyn N. (BusinessMirror, March 26, 2013, on page B3)
      The Philippines may soon be self-sufficient in round scad or galunggong, but it must be prepared to accept a ban on catching the so-called poor man’s food this year, the Department of Agriculture (DA) said on Monday. In a ...

    • DA urges use of circle hooks 

      Benaning, Marvyn N. (Manila Bulletin, February 8, 2010, on page 13)
      From hereon, Filipino tuna fishermen will only be limited to the use of circle hooks in catching their prey. The Department of Agriculture (DA) says it will intensify its campaign for the use of circle hooks in catching ...

    • DA vows to impose stricter biosecurity, quarantine rules 

      Benaning, Marvyn N. (Manila Bulletin, March 25, 2010, on page 2)
      Agriculture Secretary Bernie Fondevilla has vowed to protect the country from invasive pests and diseases carried by cheap imported food items, vegetables and plants that have been flooding the domestic market. Under the ...

    • DENR cites importance of Tubbataha Reef 

      Benaning, Marvyn N. (Manila Bulletin, April 20, 2010, on page B-3)
      Environment Secretary Horacio Ramos has claimed that the recent signing of Republic Act No. 10067, which places the 97,030-hectare Tubbataha Reef in Palawan under a permanent protection status, would improve the lives of ...

    • Farmers, fishers push Laguna rehab project 

      Benaning, Marvyn N. (Manila Bulletin, September 15, 2010, on page 8)
      Farmers, fishermen and ordinary folk in two in two districts of Laguna have urged President Benigno Simeon Aquino III to give the green light to the suspended ₱18.7-billion Laguna de Bay Rehabilitation Project. In a ...

    • Fisherfolk turn over tags to gov't for study 

      Benaning, Marvyn N. (Manila Bulletin, May 25, 2009, on page 4)
      Fishermen have started returning tags recovered from their catch to Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR), which is engaged in multilateral scientific-projects to develop regional conservation management plans ...

    • Fishing rebounds in Tayabas Bay 

      Benaning, Marvyn N. (Manila Bulletin, December 9, 2011, on page 20)
      Three years after fishermen complained of dwindling catch, Tayabas Bay now hosts schools of fish through a fish cage culture project pushed by the Department of Agriculture (DA). To arrest the depletion of marketable fish, ...

    • Gov't urged to upgrade Laguna Lake's water-holding capacity 

      Benaning, Marvyn N. (Manila Bulletin, September 16, 2010, on page B-6)
      Twenty-five experts who assessed the Laguna de Bay ecosystem have urged government to craft a program to improve the water holding capacity of Laguna de Bay to ensure its sustained fish production. These experts, led by ...

    • Laguna fishers, farmers prod DENR to proceed with lake rehab project 

      Benaning, Marvyn N. (Manila Bulletin, September 23, 2010, on page 8)
      Saying that their very lives depend on it, scores of Laguna fishermen, farmers and residents asked Environment Secretary Ramon J. P. Paje to allow the dredging of the 94,900-hectare lake to proceed immediately. The picketers, ...

    • No memo for fish imports 

      Benaning, Marvyn N. (Manila Bulletin, December 18, 2011, on page 18)
      The Department of Agriculture (DA) is not authorizing anyone to import fish for the wet markets. An official of DA has said that he has not seen any draft memo at the Office of the Secretary or at Bureau of Fisheries and ...