Browsing by Subject "fishery statistics"

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    • Agri output fall 1.27% in Q2 

      Macapagal, Jed (Malaya, August 8, 2019, on page A1)
      The fisheries subsector improved by 1.9 percent during the period and contributed 17.41 percent to the total agricultural output. Increases in production were recorded for yellowfin tuna, round-scad, tiger prawn and tilapia. ...

    • Agri output rebounds 

      Macapagal, Jed (Malaya, May 16, 2017, on page A1-A4)
      Agriculture output grew 5.28 percent in the first quarter compared with a year ago, rebounding from a contraction in the previous quarter largely due to good weather, the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) said yesterday. ...

    • Agriculture production grew just 0.56% in 2018 

      Campos, Othel V. (Manila Standard, January 24, 2019, on page B1)
      Agriculture and fishery production, which accounts for less than a fifth of the gross domestic product, grew by 0.56 percent in 2018, slower than the 4-percent expansion in 2017, data from the Philippine Statistics Authority ...

    • Agriculture production rose by 3.95% in 2017 

      dela Cruz, Roderick (Manila Standard, January 20, 2018, on page B1)
      Agriculture production rose 2.2 percent in the fourth quarter, bringing the full-year growth to 3.95 percent on record rice production, data from the Philippine Statistics Authority show. The 2017 growth of 3.95 percent ...

    • Amid COVID-19 pandemic, group calls for protection of sardines in PH 

      Miraflor, Madelaine B. (Manila Bulletin, April 29, 2020, on page B-3)
      Oceana, the largest international non-government organization focused on marine conservation, has called on the Philippine government to establish management mechanisms on the fishing of sardines, which has already become ...

    • Aquaculture regional technical gab held 

      Joven, May (Panay News, August 5, 2000, on page 4-8)
      Participants from 11 Southeast Asian countries gathered for a consultative meeting here in Iloilo the other day as part of their preparation for the forthcoming ASEAN-SEAFDEC Millenium Conference on November this year in ...

    • Ban on tuna fishing in the Pacific: Boon or bane? 

      (Philippine Daily Inquirer, April 4, 2010, on page A14)
      Conservation measures are generally instituted to prevent the collapse of fish stocks due to overfishing. These can be in the form of closing an area for any fishing activity, limiting the amount of fish that can be caught ...

    • Bangus production expected to recover this year 

      Buco, B.V. Jr. (BusinessWorld, March 23, 2010, on page S1/6)
      Despite the threat posed by the raging dry spell caused by El Niño, bangus -- or milkfish -- output for this year is expected to grow by 4.6%-5.4%, a reversal from the 0.93% decline reported last year, officials of the ...

    • BFAR 7 addresses low production, imposes fishing ban for 3 months 

      Fuentes, Kaiser Jan (SunStar Philippines, November 20, 2023, on page 3)
      To addresses the alarming decline in fish production in the region, the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources in Central Visayas (BFAR 7) has initiated a three-month fishing ban on specific species in various locations ...

    • BFAR assures WV has sufficient fishery production 

      Philippine News Agency (PNA) (The News Today, April 24, 2008, on page 4)
      Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) Regional Dir. Drussellah Ong has assured that Western Visayas has sufficient fishery production to meet the daily consumption requirements of the people here. Ms. Ong said ...

    • BFAR charting shrimp roadmap 

      Guillermo, Jomari D. (BusinessWorld, August 20, 2013, on page S1/3)
      To increase local shrimp production and exports, the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) is now creating a shrimp roadmap, which will be completed this month, an official said yesterday. “Secretary Alcala has ...

    • BFAR lifts sardine fishing ban in Visayan Sea 

      Gomez, Eireene Jairee (The Manila Times, February 18, 2021, on page A7)
      The Department of Agriculture’s Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (DA-BFAR) has lifted the three-month fishing ban in the Visayan Sea effective Tuesday. Under the Fisheries Administrative Order 167-3, series of ...

    • BFAR putting up 50 municipal ports 

      Domingo, Ronnel W. (Philippine Daily Inquirer, July 1, 2013, on page B2)
      The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources has set a target of putting up over the next three years at least 50 municipal port projects all over the country. BFAR Director Asis G. Perez said in an interview that the ...

    • BFAR readies plans to raise fish production 

      Lagare, Jordeene B. (Philippine Daily Inquirer, August 20, 2022, on page A11)
      The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) has outlined various plans for the country’s fisheries sector as a group of fishers is asking the government to immediately address the declining fisheries output. In a ...

    • DA chief wants stronger measures for fisheries sector 

      Philippine News Agency (PNA) (Panay News, September 29, 2019, on page B2-B6)
      The Department of Agriculture (DA) secretary William Dar on Friday underscored the need for stronger measures on the conservation and management of the fisheries sector. One of the measures is the continuous implementation ...

    • DA to allow imports of galunggong for direct sale to market 

      Mogato, Anna Gabriela A. (BusinessWorld, August 13, 2018, on page S2/6)
      The Department of Agriculture (DA) and the fisheries industry agreed on Friday to allow the importation of round scad, or galunggong, as the closed fishing season nears. Agriculture secretary Emmanuel F. Piñol told reporters ...

    • DA: Cold facilities needed for PH to be top fish player 

      Gomez, Eireene Jairee (The Manila Times, May 25, 2018, on page B2)
      The Philippines needs more ice plants and cold storage facilities to realize its potential as a major supplier of fish, almost half of which the country loses annually, the Department of Agriculture (DA) said on Thursday. ...

    • Fish output dropped in 2014 

      (Malaya, February 25, 2015, on page A4)
      Production output of the three most consumed fish varieties dropped in 2014, according to the latest report from the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA). The effects of typhoon Glenda were attributed as the primary factors ...

    • Fish output up 0.4% in Q3 

      Piatos, Tiziana Celine (Daily Tribune, December 6, 2022, on page B12)
      The country’s fish production increased to 1,003.10 thousand metric tons in the third quarter of 2022, the Philippine Statistics Authority said. In its quarterly Fisheries Situation Report, PSA noted “minimal increases” ...

    • Fish production rises 3.1% in second quarter 

      Ochave, Revin Mickhael D. (BusinessWorld, August 17, 2020, on page S1/9)
      Fisheries output rose 3.1% year on year to 1.18 million metric tons (MT) in the second quarter led by commercial fisheries and aquaculture producers, the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) said. In its fisheries situation ...