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Fish kill triggers moratorium
The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources has imposed a moratorium on the release of fingerlings and fry in Taal Lake in a bid to prevent fish kill incidents. It also warned fish cage owners in two Pangasinan towns not ...
- June 16, 2011
PH protests China's new 'provocative acts' in SCS
The Philippines filed a protest against “unlawful” and “provocative acts” by Chinese state vessels in the West Philippine Sea, including the issuance of 200 radio challenges. “The DFA protested the unlawful issuance of ...
- October 21, 2021
Gov't urged to save its seas from overfishing
At least 13 fishing grounds in the Philippines have been heavily fished and the declining stocks will force local fishermen to go beyond the country's boundaries toward the Malaysian and Indonesian seas to look for catch, ...
- June 8, 2013
Forum tackles endangered tawilis
The University of Santo Tomas recently staged the Tawilis Summit 2019 in a bid to shed light on the most recent scientific information on Sardinella tawilis which was declared endangered species. Tawilis, a freshwater ...
- March 15, 2019
Govt eyes roadmap for PH eel industry
The government is looking at formulating an eel commodity roadmap to take advantage of the rising global demand for eels, Agriculture Secretary Proceso Alcala said Tuesday.
“Eels, or igat as they are more known locally, ...
- February 25, 2015
Fisherfolk want moratorium on boat, fish registration
The militant fisherfolk group Pambansang Lakas ng Kilusang Mamamalakaya ng Pilipinas on Monday called for a temporary suspension of some of the provisions on the amended Fisheries Code of 1998 or Republic Act 10654, ...
- February 7, 2017
‘Importing galunggong will not lower fish prices’
Importing P1.4 billion worth of fish, specifically galunggong (round scad), won’t bring down rising fish prices, Rep. Jose Atienza of Buhay party said on Thursday. “This is a band-aid solution and a poor government ...
- August 24, 2018
China marks all over SCS': Online news service bares Chinese massive claims on disputed areas
China has registered trademarks over hundreds of land features scattered throughout the South China Sea, a move opposed by other claimants to the disputed waters, BenarNews, a Washington-based online news service, reported ...
- April 16, 2021
OMGG! PH seen buying back its own fish catch
A fisheries official said Thursday that a government plan to import galunggong (round scad) could be a case of the country buying back its own fish. “What we will import could come from us too, since the [fish] may have ...
- August 24, 2018
Dried sharks confiscated
Customs authorities have seized some P10 million worth of shipment of various dried marine products declared as endangered species by the government at the Sub-Port Manila North Harbor on board MV Princes of the South last ...
- October 26, 2012