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    • Agri-fishery info system to benefit local farmers 

      PN; Philippine Information Agency (PIA) (Panay News, October 10, 2020, on page 5-14)
      The institutionalization of the Provincial Agri-fishery Information System (PAIS) is expected to benefit local farmers in marketing their agricultural products. According to Gov. Arthur Defensor Jr., PAIS is one of the ...
    • Aquaculture projects gain support from SEAFDEC member countries 

      (Panay News, April 20, 2018, on page B1, B2)
      Siem Reap, Cambodia – All of the 11 member countries of Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center (SEAFDEC) showed its support in promoting sustainable aquaculture projects of the Philippines’ AQD (Aquaculture Department). ...
    • B.F.A.R. Listing 

      Crismundo, Mike (Manila Bulletin, August 15, 2013, on page 15)
      The Region-13 office of the bureau of fisheries and Aquatic resources (BFAR-13) will launch the two-day municipal fisherfolk registration (fishR). program here next week. The fishR will make use of the database of fishermen ...
    • BFAR calls for fisherfolk listing 

      Indino, Phoebe Jen (Manila Bulletin, August 24, 2013, on page 15)
      To give face to the legitimate fishermen in the country, the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) is pushing for the extensive implementation of the municipal fisherfolk registration or FishR. During the recent ...
    • BFAR eyes more community fish landing centers 

      Valencia, Czeriza (The Philippine Star, May 9, 2015, on page B-3)
      The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) plans to build 252 community fish landing centers in strategic fishing communities to reduce post-harvest losses, Agriculture Secretary Proceso Alcala said recently. The ...
    • BFAR launces R-10 FishR Project 

      Imam, Camcer Ordoñez (Manila Bulletin, August 23, 2013, on page 17)
      The national program for Municipal Fisherfolk Registration (FishR) has been launched in Northern Mindanao or Region-10 at a hotel and a convention center here Wednesday, kicking off activities for the extensive implementation ...
    • BFAR to finish fisherfolk database 

      Meniano, Sarwell Q. (BusinessWorld, August 15, 2013, on page S1/2)
      The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) aims to complete this year a nationwide database for subsidy beneficiaries in the fisheries sector. BFAR Director Asis G. Perez said the database will be the basis for ...
    • DA launching farmer, fisherman database program 

      Talavera, Catherine (The Philippine Star, January 15, 2019, on page B4)
      The Department of Agriculture (DA) is launching the National Farmers and Fishermen Database (NFFD) this quarter to better identify beneficiaries of its credit programs, its top official said yesterday. In a Facebook post, ...
    • Fish Ark PH: Keeping hope afloat for conservation of native freshwater fishes 

      Darvin, Loureeda C. (Panay News, March 3, 2013, on page D7)
      Through Fish Ark Philippines, UPLB has succeeded in the induced spawning and larval rearing of the silver therapon or "ayungin". That fish need a boat to survive seems counterintuitive but Fish Ark Philippines aims to be ...
    • Fish farmers to SEAFDEC/AQD: Develop indigenous low-cost feed 

      (Panay News, March 24, 2018, on page B3)
      Iloilo City - Heeding to the long standing call of fish farmers, SEAFDEC/AQD is now putting the development of alternative feed using local ingredients in its priority list of activities. Feed cost is a major component in ...
    • fisherfolk registartion Up In CL 

      Regala, Franco G. (Manila Bulletin, September 17, 2013, on page 16)
      With the aim of developing a standardized registry system for municipal fisherfolk, The bureau of fisheries and aquatic Resources BFAR) launched in Central Luzon its simplified National Program for Municipal Fisherfolk ...
    • Fishing vessels registration incentive for LGUs 

      Philippine News Agency (PNA) (Manila Bulletin, May 24, 2015, on page 20)
      The first 100 coastal local government units (LGUs) that could complete the registration of fishing vessels and gears available in their locality are entitled to million worth of projects from the Bureau of Fisheries and ...
    • 'FishR' to hasten help to fisherfolks 

      De Los Santos, Maricyn A. (The Daily Guardian, February 19, 2014, on page 2-7)
      The Department of Agriculture-Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (DA-BFAR) eyes to register more or less 100,000 fisherfolks in Western Visayas under the National Program for Municipal Fisherfolk Registration (FishR). ...
    • Food wrappers top list of collected garbage 

      Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR)-Region VI (The Daily Guardian, October 26, 2018, on page 15)
      Collected food wrappers numbering to 7,047 topped the list of collected garbage during the International Coastal Clean-up (ICC), which cleaned the 5-kilometer stretch of coastal areas of Brgy. Sto. Niño Sur in Arevalo ...
    • Iloilo hosts FishR regional launch 

      Yap, Tara (Manila Bulletin, February 21, 2014, on page 16)
      To improve the livelihood of fishermen in the Western Visayas region they must be included in the National Program for Municipal Fisherfolk Registration (FishR). This was emphasized by Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic ...
    • Is climate change killing American starfish? 

      Agence France-Presse (AFP) (BusinessWorld, October 2, 2015, on page S3/5)
      In recent years, millions of the starfish, also called sea stars, have had their legs curl up and pull away from their bodies, breaking the animals to pieces before they turn to mush, often in a matter of days. Scientists ...
    • MSI beyond 40 — Charting new waters 

      Menez, Marie Antonette J. (The Philippine Star, April 17, 2014, on page B-7)
      The UP Marine Science Institute recently celebrated its 40th anniversary with the theme "MSI beyond 40 - Charting new waters." The weeklong celebration was an auspicious occasion to look back at the challenges, lessons ...
    • New feed ingredient database aims to help lower cost of aquafeeds 

      (Panay News, June 30, 2018, on page B11-B3)
      Three decades’ worth of research on fish feed ingredients in Southeast Asia will be hosted in an online database that aims to help reduce the aquaculture industry’s reliance on fish-derived meals and oils, as well as ...
    • Registration program for fishermen launched 

      Escopel, Raymart (Panay News, February 21, 2014, on page B1-B9)
      The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) headed by Director Asis G. Perez launched the National Program for Municipal Fisherfolk Registration (FishR) in Western Visayas on February 18. According to Director ...
    • Resolution No. 2020-306: Resolution Embodying Provincial Ordinance No. 2020-233, An Ordinance Establishing the Iloilo Provincial Agri-Fishery Resource System (PAIS-FARMS), A Computer and Internet Tool to Help the Farmers, Fisherfolks and Agribusinessmen of the Province of Iloilo and Province Funds Thereof 

      Palabrica, Matt P. (Daily Guardian, May 27, 2020, on page 8)
      WHEREAS, the 12th Sangguniang Panlalawigan ng Iloilo passed Resolution No. 2016-413, dated October 4, 2016, entitled: Resolution Adopting the Municipal Agriculture Information System (MAIS) Project of Mina, Iloilo as the ...