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Creation of fisheries dep't pushed
A group of agricultural stakeholders has resurrected the call for the creation of a separate Department of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (DFAR), saying that Filipinos’ high protein requirement is already enough reason ...
- December 8, 2020
Deal signed to upgrade skills of farmers, fishers
A deal among the government and private groups has been signed to upgrade the skills of farmers and fishermen on farm mechanization. The agreement was forged by Philippine Society of Agricultural and Biosystems Engineers ...
- January 5, 2020
DA to implement fuel discount program for farmers, fishermen
The Department of Agriculture (DA) is set to implement the “Fuel Discount for Farmers and Fisherfolk Program,” as provided under the Special Provision No. 20 of the General Appropriations Act (GAA) for Fiscal Year 2022 or ...
- January 27, 2022
BFAR turns over boats to 'Odette'-struck fisherfolk in Leyte
A month after Typhoon Odette struck Southern Leyte, the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) has begun distributing 15 fiberglass boats to fishermen in Maasin City for them to rebuild their livelihood. BFAR 8 ...
- January 27, 2022
Finding loro: The truth about parrotfish
Over the past years, social media posts have been circulating about the need to avoid parrotfish, popularly called loro or molmol in public markets. These posts have been shared tens of thousands of times with the best of ...
- April 25, 2021
2 arrested for illegal fishing
Operatives of the Maritime CAFGU Active Auxiliary (MCAA) Zambales and Bantay-Dagat, supervised by the Naval Forces Northern Luzon (NFNL), have arrested two fishers, who were allegedly conducting illegal fishing activity ...
- March 15, 2020
Fisherman dies after large vessel rams into his boat in Negros city
A fisherman died after his fishing boat capsized after being hit by an unidentified roll-on roll-off (ro-ro) cargo vessel in the waters off Sitio Pangayuhan 1, Barangay Washington, Escalante City, Negros Occidental, on ...
- September 10, 2020
Typhoons' agri damage rises to nearly ₱8 billion
The combined damage of Typhoon Quinta and Super Typhoon Rolly to the agriculture sector rose to nearly P8 billion, affecting 89,259 farmers and fisherfolk and 162,693 hectares of agricultural areas. The latest data from ...
- November 11, 2020
Giant Opah fish caught in E. Samar after powerful Tuesday quake
Hours after a 6.6-magnitude earthquake hit Masbate and some parts of Eastern Visayas, a giant Opah fish was caught by fishermen in an island in Oras, Eastern Samar. The colorful giant fish, weighing more than 80 kilograms, ...
- August 20, 2020
USAID’s ‘Fish Tiangge’ offers online shopping for seafoods
Buying fish or seafood is possible through an online platform, another way to avoid going out of the house amid the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) community quarantine. The online platform — Fish Tiangge— was developed ...
- May 13, 2020