Browsing by Subject "community fishing"

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    • BFAR R3 builds 22 fishports 

      Dizon, Romeo (Manila Standard, September 17, 2016, on page C2)
      The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources in Central Luzon is constructing 22 community fishing ports worth P65 million throughout the region to help fishermen earn more for their families. The community fishing ports, ...

    • BFAR to seed Iloilo River with tilapia, bangus fry 

      Pendon, Lydia C. (The Manila Times, January 15, 2015, on page A6)
      The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) in Western Visayas has committed to dispersing high-salinity ‘tilapia’ and ‘bangus’ fingerlings for every quarter this year at the Iloilo River as a means of augmenting ...

    • 'Bobo' traps: A smart way to fish 

      Rosas, Jay (Philippine Daily Inquirer, August 9, 2015, on page A8)
      Sa lawud itagak, sa bukid pangitaon. (Drop it into the deep sea, but look for it in the mountains.) This is how 65-year-old fisherman Mamelito Quisada describes the traditional deep-sea fishing method practiced by his ...

    • Conservation efforts focus on coastlines in N. Haiti 

      Associated Press (AP) (Panay News, June 9, 2015, on page 14)
      Only little fish are pulled from the coastal waters off Haiti. Over the decades, impoverished Haiti has gained a reputation as an environmental wasteland. The country has only about 2 to 3 percent of its original forest ...

    • Eel production in Region 2 on the rise 

      Tabangin, Melissa (The Manila Times, August 17, 2015, on page A7)
      Cagayan Valley is experiencing an increase in eel production that can allow the region to ship more to the world market and increase supply to the domestic market. Meanwhile, there is an initiative in Butuan City in Agusan ...

    • Ending rogue fishing 

      Damanaki, Maria; Kawaguchi, Yoriko; Lubchenco, Jane (Philippine Daily Inquirer, October 20, 2015, on page A10)
      Seafood is by far the most highly traded commodity globally, feeding billions of people worldwide. Unfortunately, however, the industry is plagued by illegal, unreported, and unregulated fishing, which undermines conservation ...

    • Fish landing center soon in Kalibo 

      Zabal, Boy Ryan B. (Panay News, October 22, 2015, on page 6)
      A community fish landing center (CFLC) will be established here to promote inclusive growth in the fishery sector. Mayor William Lachica said the municipal government and the barangay council of Mabilo identified the site ...

    • Fisheries 5-year plan due 

      Saulon, Victor (BusinessWorld, January 8, 2016, on page 4/S1)
      The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) is launching next month a five-year plan that will promote "optional development and long-term sustainability" of the benefits derived from the country's marine resources. ...

    • Fishing limit spawns fears 

      Estacio, Danny J. (Manila Bulletin, September 9, 2015, on page 8)
      Fisher folk here has expressed fear that the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources' (BFAR's) implementation of a three-kilos-per-day catch ceiling will significantly hurt the livelihood of the local community. "Mang ...

    • Harvesting the full potential of seaweed, bangus in Davao 

      Dela Peña, Zinnia B. (The Philippine Star, July 23, 2017, on page B4)
      The Department of Agriculture’s Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) will underscore its marketing chain projects for Davao Region’s seaweed and milkfish industries at the 24th Agrilink, Foodlink and Aqualink ...

    • PHL's 'banana capital' turns hand to marine resource conservation 

      Carillo, Carmencita (BusinessWorld, May 21, 2015, on page SI/5)
      Dynamite fishing used to be rampant along the waters of Panabo City in Davao del Norte province, until the fishing community got together in 1999 and formed the City Fisheries and Aquatic Resources Management Council ...

    • 'Still rising': Municipal fishing keeps Guimaras production stable 

      (Panay News, August 8, 2017, on page 5)
      The fisheries production of Guimaras has been rising for the past three years, The Philippine Statistic Authority (PSA) records showed. The upsurge was attributed to the rising trend in the municipal fishing, contributing ...