Browsing by Place "Zamboanga"

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    • 10 graduates from WV topnotchers in fisheries board exam 

      (Panay News, November 9, 2023, on page 3-15)
      Graduates from Western Visayas have occupied the most spots in the Top 10 in the recently released results of the October 2023 Fisheries Technologist Licensure Examinations (FTLE). The Professional Regulation Commission ...

    • 3rd Sardines Congress tackles sustainability 

      (BusinessWorld, October 4, 2018, on page S1/9)
      The 3rd National Sardines Industry Congress opened yesterday, Oct. 3, in Zamboanga City, dubbed as the Sardines Capital of the Philippines. The three-day event is focusing on the sustainable use of the fish resource, which ...

    • 6 agencies ink pact to boost dev't of seaweed industry 

      Fernandez, Rudy A. (The Philippine Star, September 14, 2007, on page C3)
      A Southeast Asian center based here and five government and private institutions and agencies have joined hands to help arrest the decline of the local seaweed industry. A memorandum of understanding (MOU) along this line ...

    • BFAR backs closed fishing season for tawilis 

      Ignacio, Reicelene Joy N. (BusinessWorld, January 25, 2019, on page S1/4)
      The harvesting of tawilis, a freshwater sardine, should be reduced if possible by means of a closed fishing season and eliminating illegal fishing methods, according to the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR). ...

    • BFAR distributes 42 motorboats 

      Philippine News Agency (PNA) (Manila Bulletin, October 7, 2018, on page 17)
      The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) on Friday distributed 42 units of motorboats worth P1.7 million in this city. At least 20 units of 18-footer Fiberglass Reinforced Plastic (FRP) motorboats were given ...

    • BFAR lifts fishing ban in Zamboanga Peninsula 

      Lagare, Jordeene B. (The Manila Times, March 2, 2021, on page B2)
      The Department of Agriculture’s Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (DA-BFAR) on Monday lifted the 10th closed fishing season for sardines in Region 9 (Zamboanga Peninsula). For a decade now, the closed fishing season ...

    • BFAR, CSAP work to ensure sardines supply 

      Rivera, Danessa (The Philippine Star, October 26, 2022, on page B8)
      The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) has forged a partnership with the Canned Sardines Association of the Philippines (CSAP) to meet the supply of sardines for canneries during the closed fishing season. ...

    • BFAR: No sardine supply shortage 

      Pareño, Roel (The Philippine Star, October 1, 2022, on page 8)
      The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) has dismissed claims of a shortage in the supply of sardines in Western Mindanao. “We have sufficient supply as far as our region is concerned. We have nothing to be ...

    • Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources, Shellfish Bulletin No. 21, Series of 2022, 21 October 2022 

      Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) (The Philippine Star, October 23, 2022, on page B3)
      Shellfishes collected and tested from coastal waters of Milagros; Sapian Bay (Ivisan and Sapian), coastal waters of Roxas City, Panay, PresidentRoxas, and Pilar in Capiz; coastal waters of Dauis and Tagbiliran City in ...

    • Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources, Shellfish Bulletin No. 21, Series of 2022, 21 October 2022 

      Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) (Philippine Daily Inquirer, October 23, 2022, on page A4)
      Shellfishes collected and tested from coastal waters of Milagros; Sapian Bay (Ivisan and Sapian), coastal waters of Roxas City, Panay, PresidentRoxas, and Pilar in Capiz; coastal waters of Dauis and Tagbiliran City in ...

    • Canned sardines shortage looms 

      Gomez, Eireene Jairee (The Manila Times, September 20, 2022, on page B2)
      Fisherfolk leaders and sardine cannery owners are asking the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) to convene a meeting with them and include coastal local government units (LGUs) to discuss the looming shortage ...

    • China fishing rule defied 

      Reyes, Victor (Malaya, January 17, 2014, on page B1-B6)
      Defense Secretary Voltaire Gazmin yesterday said the Philippines will not recognize a fishing ban reportedly imposed by China in the disputed Spratly Islands in the West Philippine Sea (South China Sea). " We will not ...

    • CL provinces red tide-free 

      Regala, Franco G. (Manila Bulletin, February 1, 2013, on page 13)
      The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) announced yesterday that the provinces of Bataan, Zambales, and Bulacan in Central Luzon, have maintained a healthy coastal area for shellfish and other palatable treasures ...

    • Crops, cultured seaweeds worth over P100M lost to Zamboanga floods 

      Alipala, Julie; Mangosing, Frances (Philippine Daily Inquirer, January 20, 2023, on page A8)
      At least P106.4-million worth of agricultural products, including cultured seaweeds, were lost to the widespread flooding spawned by a low pressure area in this city last week, affecting the livelihood of more than 3,000 ...

    • Da puts up rice fish markets in Zamboanga, Bohol 

      Simeon, Louise Maureen (The News Today, August 26, 2018, on page B3)
      The Department of Agriculture has opened a rice market in Zamboanga and fish market in Bohol as part of efforts to slowly bring down prices of basic commodities in these areas. Agriculture Secretary Emmanuel Piñol said ...

    • DENR allots ₱90-M for Zambo mangrove, beach forest rehab 

      Lacson, Nonoy (Manila Bulletin, April 28, 2015, on page 13)
      The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) has allotted P90 million to the Community Environment and Natural Resources Office (CENRO) in this city to undertake a “rigid rehabilitation and reforestation” of ...

    • Despite La Niña, fish ports' unloading volume up 

      Lagare, Jordeene B. (Philippine Daily Inquirer, June 25, 2022, on page B2)
      The volume of fish unloaded at regional ports rose by 4.4 percent amid the La Niña phenomenon, the Philippine Fisheries Development Authority (PFDA) said. Total fish unloading volume or the volume of fish shipped to different ...

    • Disease-afflicted PH seaweed farms see hope with help of scientists 

      Pagador, Juliana Rose (Panay News, October 31, 2020, on page 17-15)
      Seaweed farming, a multi-million dollar export industry in the Philippines, is at the centerpiece of a worldwide effort by scientists to better address the outbreak of diseases and pests that are plaguing the farms. With ...

    • Endangered helmet shells, log seized 

      Antonio, Raymund F. (Manila Bulletin, June 23, 2013, on page 2)
      Endangered helmet shells, also known as "Budyong" from Jolo, Sulu, and illegally cut logs aboard a motor launch in Palawan were confiscated by the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) in separate maritime operations. PCG personnel ...

    • Establishment of seaweeds gene bank here proposed 

      Aguiba, Melody M. (Manila Bulletin, April 29, 2007, on page B-4)
      A seaweed gene bank will be put up by the Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center (SEAFDEC) to complement its biotechnology facility that will aid in boosting the country's production of seaweeds which earns $70 million ...