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First RP mariculture park set to open: Project to benefit fisherfolk, officials say
All is set for the launching of a mariculture park in Igang Bay off this seaside town. The first of its kind in the Philippines, the mariculture park is a joint project of the government-hosted Southeast Asian Fisheries ...
- July 3, 2001
Banker cautions Land Bank, BFAR on rent-a-cage plan
A banker formerly engaged in fish cage culture has cautioned the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) and Land Bank on its plan to lease fish cages for mariculture parks to groups of small fisherfolk. Manuel ...
- March 15, 2010
Breeding 'bangus' and micro-entrepreurs
Foodies swear that nothing beats the taste of authentic "Bonuan bangus," a milkfish variety grown only in Dagupan City - the so-called "Bangus Capital of the World" - and soon an island not far away in Pangasinan is poised ...
- August 3, 2013
Philippine shrimp industry's economic potential
The Department of Agriculture (DA) is conducting a crash program for the shrimp sector so it can start to again export this year amid a strong global demand. There is a something market demand for vannamei (white shrimp) ...
- August 5, 2013
Mindanao aquaculture research projects up
The Mindanao State University (MSU) System and the Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center Aquaculture Department (SEAFDEC AQD) have agreed to carry out aquaculture research and extension projects in Mindanao. Recognizing ...
- July 4, 1999
Global fish supply shortage feared by 2030
The world is facing a fish supply shortage of around 50 million metric tons (MMT) annually by 2030 if governments fail to develop conservation measures and improve inland fishing technologies and resources, Rohana Subasinghe ...
- April 11, 2015
Mariculture parks
Three mariculture parks are up for development in Palawan by the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) in partnership with Land Bank of the Philippines (LBP) for fish culture and other products in the open sea. ...
- May 31, 2018
Research helps bangus industry grow
In technology development, the Iloilo-based research center SEAFDEC or the Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center pioneered the artificial propagation of milkfish as far back as 1976, and collaborated with BFAR in ...
- September 2, 2010
Mariculture seen to boost fish industry
Fish production through mariculture technology has become a prospect of hundreds of stakeholders in the fishery industry in Mindanao, following the conduct of a two-day symposium on the said technology here last week. The ...
- August 30, 2010
BFAR, LBP to sign pact on seaweed production and mariculture parks
An agreement to expand production of seaweeds and the establishment of marine culture (mariculture) parks is being entered by the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) and Land Bank of the Philippines (LBP) to ...
- February 15, 2010