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Consortium in Davao region to boost small-scale fisheries
The creation of the National Consortium for Small-Scale Fisheries Research and Development, with the participation of Southern Philippines Agribusiness and Marine and Aquatic School of Technology (SPAMAST) and University ...
- November 11, 2023
House bill seeks monthly fuel subsidy for municipal fisherfolk
Municipal fisherfolk will receive a monthly fuel subsidy of not less than PHP1,000 under House Bill No. 8007 or the “Pantawid Pambangka Act of 2023”. The Department of Agriculture (DA) will administer the monthly subsidy ...
- May 15, 2023
BFAR 7 empowers women fisherfolk through lambaklad poject
The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) 7 celebrated Women’s Month in March by highlighting the efforts of empowered women fisherfolk in Borbon, Cebu and Siaton, Negros Oriental. In these communities, women ...
- April 12, 2023
BFAR assures steady supply, prices of fish
The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) assured consumers steady supply and stable prices of fish in local markets amid the looming El Niño phenomenon. BFAR National Director Demosthenes Escoto said the supply ...
- May 6, 2023
NE fishers get 100K fingerlings
Fisherfolk from Nueva Ecija province who were affected by Super Typhoon Karding (Typhoon Noru) in September last year on Tuesday received some 100,000 catfish (hito) fingerlings from the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic ...
- May 12, 2023
‘Shrimp industry plays vital role in PH’s pursuit of food security’
“The Philippine shrimp industry plays a vital role in the country's pursuit of food security, livelihood generation, and foreign exchange earnings.” This was the message of Senator Cynthia Villar, chairperson of the Senate ...
- September 21, 2023
DILG supports LGUs in protecting municipal waters in WPS: Año
The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) urged local government units (LGUs) to improve their management of municipal waters and even assured them of its support in protecting municipal waters and local ...
- September 6, 2021
Group: BFAR 2023 budget for fuel aid to fishers insufficient
The Pambansang Lakas ng Kilusang Mamamalakaya ng Pilipinas (PAMALAKAYA) on Wednesday said that the P489.6-million “Fuel Assistance to Fisherfolk” on the proposed 2023 budget of the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources ...
- September 2, 2022
BFAR releases 30K fingerlings in IP fishing grounds in Pampanga
The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources in Central Luzon (BFAR-3) has released some 30,000 tilapia fingerlings along Camachile River in the mountainous part of Floridablanca town, this province. The move is part of ...
- December 30, 2022
84% of oil spill affected shoreline 'cleaned'
Over 84 percent of the coastline affected by the oil spill in the waters off Oriental Mindoro due to a sunken oil tanker has already been cleaned up. In a report to President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr., Defense Secretary ...
- May 15, 2023