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Incentives would improve MPA protection efforts, experts say
The safeguarding of Philippine marine protected areas (MPAs) would improve if local communities were given incentives to protect these areas, several marine experts said on Monday. Human activities such as fishing were ...
- June 29, 2019
Shellfish from 7 coast in WV still unsafe to eat
A shellfish fan? don't eat the ones harvested from seven coastal areas in Western Visayas. They are still positive for paralytic shellfish poison beyond the regulatory limit, according to the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic ...
- December 28, 2015
Gov’t lauds advances to lower cost of fish farming
A Philippine government committee commended developments in aquaculture research that lowered the cost of aqua feeds for milkfish and tilapia by 30 percent. In a recent meeting, the Southeast Asian Fisheries Development ...
- November 6, 2019
Illegal fishers use 'spotters' to elude arrest - Banias
Illegal fishers have found a way to avoid arrest. They use “spotters”, according to Provincial Administrator Raul Banias. These spotters monitor the Provincial Bantay Dagat Task Force’s movements. Through mobile phone text ...
- August 27, 2018
Fish landing centers in 11 coastal towns
Community fish landing centers will be built in 11 coastal municipalities in the next two years. Buruanga, Malay, Nabas, Tangalan, Ibajay, Makato, Numancia, Kalibo, New Washington, Batan, and Altavas have been identified ...
- September 15, 2016
Conservation of fishery resources
During the National Summit on Participatory Governance Towards Sustainable Fisheries, Agriculture secretary Proceso Alcala said that the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources budget increased from P3.3 billion in 2010 ...
- November 3, 2015
Rediscovering the wild but useful seagrass
Locally-known as ragiwdiw and bankuan in Bicol, the seagrass (Rynchospora corymbosa) is a perennial plant species which grows abundantly in the flood-prone areas of the region. While it is considered as useless by some, ...
- May 9, 2019
PH shrimp industry banks on gov’t support to sustain growth
Filipino shrimp producers are banking on government support to sustain the industry’s growth in recent years. Industry players have gathered for the three-day 12th Philippine National Shrimp Congress at the SMX Convention ...
- November 22, 2019
Fish mortality in Region 10 not caused by environmental conditions or infectious agents - SEAFDEC pathologist
Iloilo City – SEAFDEC/AQD fish pathologist was sought by Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) Region 10 to determine the cause of mortality of the milkfish stocked in Mariculture Park in Balingasag, Cagayan de Oro.
- April 23, 2018
'Higher fines to save marine resources'
According to Director Asis Perez, it was a decade ago yet when experts warned that the country's seas were suffering from overfishing. The amended Republic Act 10654 (Philippine Fisheries Code of 1998) exacts heavy fines ...
- October 6, 2016