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Sardines supply in WV enough, BFAR assures
The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources in Western Visayas said the region continues to produce sufficient volume of sardines. BFAR regional director Remia Aparri said there is no need to worry about the shortage of ...
- November 29, 2018
Gov't eyeing area for tuna fishing
The national government has recommended the immediate declaration of a "special management area" along the tuna fishing areas in the Pacific Ocean as it strongly objected proposals to extend the closure of the critical ...
- December 23, 2010
Fisheries sector in WV not affected by El Niño
The fisheries sector in Western Visayas is not affected by the El Niño phenomenon causing long dry spell in some parts of the country. Director Drusila Bayate of the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) in ...
- February 22, 2010
Six more fish landing centers
The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) will build six more community fish landing centers (CFLC) in Eastern Visayas this year. The centers will be built in Maasin City in Southern Leyte, Tanauan, Abuyog and ...
- January 19, 2017
PH fisheries output hits 1.1 million MT in 2017 Q2
The country’s total volume of fisheries production reached 1.1 million metric tons during the second quarter this year, 1.36 percent lower than same period last year. Based on a report of Philippine Statistics Authority ...
- August 25, 2017
Efforts to protect Visayan Sea hailed
Agriculture Secretary Emmanuel “Manny” Piñol on Monday commended stakeholders in the just concluded seaborne law enforcement operations in the Visayan Sea. “I commend the men and women of the Department of Agriculture’s ...
- May 15, 2019
USAID to help NegOcc fishery industry
The fishery industry of Negros Occidental is seen to get a boost through the partnership of the academe and the business sector with the United States Agency for International Development (USAID). Frank Carbon, chief ...
- January 9, 2019
Ex-agri chief calls for creation of Department of Fisheries
Former Agriculture Secretary William Dar on Saturday proposed the creation of a Department of Fisheries that will be independent of the Department of Agriculture to give more attention to and support for the sustainable ...
- May 1, 2019
Fish catch in Negros dwindling - UP study
Fish catch in the waters of Negros Island is dwindling, according to a study conducted by a researcher from UP-Diliman. The study by Remelyn I. de Ramos of the Marine Sciences Institute (MSI) of UP-Diliman revealed that ...
- August 26, 2015
10 ways APEC can protect the interests of small- scale fishermen, fish farmers
High-level officials responsible for food security in member economies of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) have moved to protect the interests of small-scale fishers and fish farmers in an effort to integrate ...
- November 7, 2015