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Oceana opposes plan to import more galunggong
Oceana Philippines is opposing the proposal of the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources to allow more fish imports, particularly roundscad or galunggong, into the country. Bringing in more fish could affect the ...
- January 27, 2019
Plant mangroves, not cancerous fake sand
Plant mangroves on the entire 190-kilometer coastline of Manila Bay. That will rehab the murky waters not cancerous artificial white sand on a half-kilometer seafront along Roxas Boulevard, Manila. Alibis for the government’s ...
- September 11, 2020
Fish kill
Fish kill has been reported in the coastal village of Hoskyn in Jordan town as the provincial government here appealed for assistance from the owner of the sunken M/V Sportivo. Local authorities believed the oil spill from ...
- January 24, 2014
Fishing association opposes plan to import 60,000 MT
The government's plan to import 60,000 metric tons (MT) of fish to augment supply during the closed fishing season has met with opposition from the association of small fishermen. The chairman of the Pambansang Lakas ng ...
- August 30, 2021
PH turn Scarborough into a 'no- fishing zone'
PRESIDENT Rodrigo Duterte will soon issue an executive order making the lagoon portion of Scarborough Shoal a “marine sanctuary and no-fishing zone,” which is now being guarded by Chinese Coast Guard ships, officials said ...
- November 22, 2016
DA budgets P700 million for fish landings
The Department of Agriculture (DA) has allocated over P700 million to establish new community fish landing centers (CFLCs) nationwide in order to improve the socioeconomic conditions of fishing communities. In a statement ...
- February 10, 2015
DA-PRDP to develop seaweeds industry in Guimaras
Aside from its world-renowned sweet mangoes, the provincial of Guimaras is geared to develop its seaweeds industry through the collaboration between the Department of Agriculture-Philippine Rural Development Project (PRDP), ...
- February 6, 2015
Fisherfolk now earn little from less catch-Oceana
Filipino fishermen are catching less and less from depleted oceans compared with previous decades as a result of overfishing, illegal activities, and going for juvenile catch. In the process, the fisherfolk are earning ...
- August 19, 2015
Noy: World is watching China sea row
President Aquino told an Asian-Pacific summit yesterday that "the world is watching" whether China would behave as a responsible power in the simmering standoff over maritime territory. Aquino kept up a drumbeat of growing ...
- November 23, 2015
Fishermen and Duterte
The Pambansang Pamalakaya ng Pilipinas has found a reason to be excited recent pronouncements and actions by President Rodrigo Duterte on the issue of the fishing, especially in traditional Filipino fishing grounds such ...
- May 30, 2016