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27th anniversary special supplement
Be trained and learn new aquaculture technologies! Our Training Program offers a year-round commodity-based production technologies and community-based fisheries management courses, either in-house, on-farm or on-line.
- April 21, 2008
Major challenge: boat operators: no money for modern hulls.
The lack of financial resources to secure technologically-improved hull materials is a major challenge to boat operators and associations of Iloilo and Guimaras that have been told to change their wooden-hulled boats to ...
- August 30, 2019
River dredging 'still a go' despite criticisms
The planned dredging of rivers in E.B. Magalona, Negros Occidental is pushing through this month despite objections from local environmentalists. Mayor Marvin Malacon repudiated the claims of the Green Alert Environmental ...
- February 13, 2021
New SEAFDEC facilities in Iloilo to boost aquaculture
The Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center (SEAFDEC) Aquaculture Department (AQD) in Barangay Buyuan, Tigbauan town recently inaugurated new multi-species hatcheries and broodstock tanks. These tanks are large ...
- December 13, 2021
Slow oil spill response hit
Gov. Samuel Gumarin is fast losing his patience.Cargo ship M/V Sportivo that sank between the strait separating this island province and Iloilo City has yet to be refloated nearly a month since it went down. The oil spill ...
- February 9, 2014
Whale shark found in Bacolod likely hunting food
A whale shark (butanding) found in Barangay Banago was believed to have been hunting for food. The butanding, approximately five meters long, was found by local fishermen on Saturday, said Ensign Kimberly Albia, deputy ...
- September 23, 2021
Nat'l fisheries output down slightly in 2017
Total fisheries production went down by 1.04 percent in 2017 compared to the previous year's level, the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) reported. PSA noted output reductions in commercial by 6.89 percent and municipal ...
- February 11, 2018
How are whale sharks in Oslob?
A team to be led by the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) Region 7 has been created to check on the condition of the whale sharks in Oslob, Cebu amid allegations their welfare have been compromised due to ...
- April 10, 2015
Mussels washing up in San Enrique safe to eat?
Are the mussels (tahong) washing up on the beaches of San Enrique, Negros Occidental safe for human consumption? They are, according to the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) in Negros Occidental. BFAR-Negros ...
- July 16, 2022
'Chinese ships entering PH waters an issue for Duterte'
Presidential Spokesman Salvador Panelo said the unannounced passage of Chinese warships in the Philippine waters was an “issue” for President Rodrigo Duterte. He added that foreign vessels passing through Manila’s waters ...
- August 21, 2019