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    • BFAR lifts sardine fishing ban in Zamboanga waters 

      Miraflor, Madelaine B. (Manila Bulletin, March 6, 2018, on page B-9)
      Even as the government continuously implements a three-month ban on sardine fishing every year, the sardines industry in Zamboanga still ended up growing P20 billion, Agriculture Secretary Emmanuel Piñol said. The Department ...
    • NFRDI to expand collaboration with SEAFDEC/AQD through sardine project 

      Armada, Nyra (DailyGuardian, March 13, 2023, on page 6)
      The National Fisheries Research and Development Institute (NFRDI) is tapping SEAFDEC/AQD in a partnership to explore the domestication of the Bali Sardine. In a meeting held on 22 February, the NFRDI team, led by Dr. Lilian ...
    • NFRDI to expand collaboration with SEAFDEC/AQD through sardine project 

      Armada, Nyra (Panay News, March 13, 2024, on page 13)
      The National Fisheries Research and Development Institute (NFRDI) is tapping SEAFDEC/AQD in a partnership to explore the domestication of the Bali Sardine. In a meeting held on February 22, the NFRDI team, led by Dr. Lilian ...
    • Sardine fishers, factory workers back on track 

      Lacson, Nonoy E. (Daily Tribune, February 19, 2022, on page B15)
      About 34,000 fishing boats and sardine factory workers in this city are scheduled to return for work after observing a 90-day fish holiday imposed on the commercial fishing operators by the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic ...
    • Sardine fishing banned in R-9 until December 

      Rimando, Antonio P. (The Manila Times, November 18, 2019, on page A5)
      The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) will lift its three-month ban on sardine-fishing in conservation areas of the Zamboanga Peninsula on December 1, according to a top official of the agency. BFAR Region ...
    • Sardines for exports possible - UP dean 

      Jose, Kathryn (Daily Tribune, May 22, 2023, on page B10)
      A fishery expert advised fisherfolks to process oily types of sardines to reach more consumers, and the local government units to help build postharvest facilities to increase sardine exports to the United States. Encarnacion ...
    • Sustained efforts needed to manage sardine stocks in Bicol waters 

      (The Manila Times, June 25, 2021, on page B11)
      Sustainable fisheries management is needed to protect the sardine population in the inner waters of Bicol Region, which provides the second-highest production of this much-favored fish, next only to Zamboanga Peninsula. ...
    • Zamboanga fisherfolk get P50-M loan 

      Gomez, Eireene Jairee (The Manila Times, March 6, 2018, on page A7)
      The Department of Agriculture (DA) has allocated P50 million in livelihood loans to support fisherfolk and fishing industry stakeholders during the three-month closed fishing season in the Zamboanga Peninsula. The fund ...
    • Zamboanga fishermen get green light to cast nets 

      Campos, Othel V. (Manila Standard, March 2, 2018, on page A5)
      Fishermen in the Zamboanga Peninsula can start fishing for sardines this March, as the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources officially lifted the off-season period at midnight of Thursday. The three-month fishing ban ...
    • Zamboanga fishing ban boosts sardines population 

      Ocampo, Karl R. (Philippine Daily Inquirer, March 3, 2018, on page A3)
      The three-month fishing ban off Zamboanga Peninsula has greatly contributed to the increase in the population of sardines in the region, according to the Department of Agriculture. Earlier this week, the Bureau of Fisheries ...
    • Zamboanga fishing opens anew 

      Gomez, Eireene Jairee (The Manila Times, March 2, 2018, on page B5)
      Commercial fishing firms and fisherfolk can now resume their operations in the waters here as the Department of Agriculture-Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources officially opened the sardines season in the peninsula, ...