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    • 10 held for selling giant pearls 

      Galupo, Rey; Ong, Ghio (The Philippine Star, March 15, 2017, on page 16)
      National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) agents arrested 10 persons for illegally possessing and selling giant pearls in Ermita, Manila Monday afternoon. In a press conference yesterday, the NBI’s Environmental Crimes Division ...
    • 11 sacks of corals seized in Lucena 

      Estacio, Danny J. (Manila Bulletin, October 25, 2016, on page 8)
      Eleven sacks of assorted corals taken from reefs were confiscated by elements of the 403rd Philippine Maritime Group (403PMG) and the local "Bantay Dagat" in Purok 1 Ilaya, Barangay Dalahican, here, last weekend. Tanggol ...
    • 180-kilo bluefin tuna sells for $37,000 in Japan 

      Agence France-Presse (AFP) (Manila Standard, January 6, 2015, on page B3)
      A giant bluefin tuna sold for more than $37,000 in the first auction of the year at a Tokyo fish market on Monday, as Japan faces growing pressure to cut back on consumption of the threatened fish. The 180.4-kilogram ...
    • 2 P'sinan areas cleared of red tide 

      Visperas, Eva (The Philippine Star, January 25, 2015, on page A-25)
      The coastal waters in this city and in Barangay Wawa in Bani town were declared free of algae that causes the red tide toxin, the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) said yesterday. In an advisory dated Jan. ...
    • 200-Kilogram Bluefin Tuna Fetches $117,000 at Tsukiji Market 

      (Manila Bulletin, January 7, 2016, on page B11)
      Kiyoshi Kimura (Center), president of sushi restaurant chain store operator Kiyomura Co., poses for the media with a 200-Kilogram bluefin tuna sold for the amount of 14 million yen (US$117,000), more than three times the ...
    • 3 farm-to-market roads completed in Lake Sebu 

      (BusinessWorld, February 12, 2020, on page S1/10)
      Three farm-to-market roads and two bridges have been completed in the town of Lake Sebu, which is seen to primarily benefit farmers in the village of Ned. “With these projects, transport of goods and other farm products ...
    • 30 fish vendors get fish cladding tables 

      De Los Santos, Maricyn A. (The Daily Guardian, March 27, 2018, on page 13)
      Thirty fish vendors from three public markets in Iloilo City received fish cladding tables from the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR)-6, Mar. 26, 2018. The BFAR-6 turned over the livelihood assistance to ...
    • 360 kilos of blasted fish seized in Real 

      Unite, Betheena Kae (Manila Bulletin, November 17, 2017, on page 14)
      More or less 360 kilos of blasted fish were confiscated in a joint anti-illegal fishing operation in Real, Quezon province last Tuesday, the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) said. The seized kilos of fish were approximately ...
    • 386-kilogram tuna 

      (Manila Bulletin, March 26, 2015, on page 8)
      A 386-kilogram bluefin tuna was unloaded at Katsuura in western Japan, making it the city's fishing port since they began keeping records in 1985. Katsuura is known for having one of the largest catch of tunas in the ...
    • 4,200 turtles seized in warehouse 

      Anda, Redempto; Antonio, Rafael (Philippine Daily Inquirer, June 21, 2015, on page A12)
      Authorities in Palawan confiscated on Thursday a shipment of 4,200 critically endangered forest turtles that are believed to be destined for the Chinese black market with an estimated value of around P18 million. The ...
    • 405-kg bluefin tuna sold in Tsukiji for $798 per kg 

      Associated Press (AP) (Philippine Daily Inquirer, January 6, 2018, on page A7)
      A 405-kilogram bluefin tuna has sold for $320,000 in what may really be Tsukiji market’s last auction at its current site in downtown Tokyo. The winning bid for the prized but threatened species at the predawn auction was ...
    • 5-year ludong fish ban pushed 

      Ebreo, Ben Moses (Manila Standard, March 21, 2017, on page C1)
      The imminent extinction of the rare “ludong” fish species, also known as the lobed river mullet, depends on the proactive moves of local government units hosting the fish’s habitats and their support of the fishery sector ...
    • ₱5.8-B farm, fishery products sold through DA’s ‘Kadiwa’ 

      De Vera-Ruiz, Ellalyn (Manila Bulletin, June 7, 2020, on page 3)
      About P5.8 billion worth of farm and fishery products were sold through the Department of Agriculture’s (DA) Kadiwa ni Ani at Kita marketing platforms, which had so far benefited around 1.3 million households nationwide. ...
    • 6th Philippine Shrimp Congress slated in Bacolod City 

      Philippine News Agency (PNA) (Visayan Daily Headlines, May 19, 2008, on page 3-6)
      The 6th Philippine Shrimp Congress is scheduled to be held in Bacolod City on May 29-30, 2008 at the newly renovated Bacolod Pavilion Resort Hotel. The Congress is organized by the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources ...
    • Abalone breeding program to address market shortage 

      PN (Panay News, July 16, 2007, on page B1-B3)
      Agriculture Secretary Arthur Yap on Friday launched here a five-year program spearheaded by the Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center (SEAFDEC) and Bureau of Fisheries and Agriculture Research (BFAR) to address the ...
    • Abalone: Galician marine aquaculture (GMA) 

      (BusinessWorld, February 23, 2017, on page S2/9)
      It is very unlikely that you can call Spain an abalone producing country, and that was why I did not pass up visiting the booth of Galician Marine Aquaculture or GMA. GMA was founded in the 2003 not as a company but as a ...
    • After lockdown, fish kill hits Laguna de Bay 

      Cinco, Maricar (Philippine Daily Inquirer, June 10, 2020, on page A8)
      Communities on Talim Island in Laguna de Bay lived through the quarantine on surplus fish, after movement restrictions disrupted supply delivery from the island to fish ports and public markets in Metro Manila and nearby ...
    • After rice, galunggong 

      (Malaya, August 23, 2018, on page B4)
      Two everyday Filipino fare are most important to local residents today -- rice and galunggong (round scad or hard-tail mackerel). These two items already comprise a simple meal the most Filipinos can afford. Still, many ...
    • Agri dep’t opens TienDA farmers’ market in Taguig 

      Ignacio, Reicelene Joy (BusinessWorld, October 15, 2018, on page S2/7)
      The Department of Agriculture (DA) said it opened a direct-from-farmers store in Taguig City as part of continuing measures to offer low-cost farm products to the public. The store, under the DA’s “TienDA Malasakit” brand, ...
    • Agri exports: scorecard of presidents 

      Dy, Rolando (Philippine Daily Inquirer, May 2, 2016, on page B2)
      The poor performance of Philippine agriculture exports is a sad narrative. Expanding exports are key to agricultural growth and diversification. Data from the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations ...