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Fishing areas
An international fishery body overseeing the tuna fishing areas within the Pacific Ocean is planning to adopt stricter regulatory measures in a bid to resolve the continuing depletion of tuna stocks in the area. Glenn ...
- September 12, 2012
Interests converge vs marine pollution
Public awareness about the seas in the Philippines may be unparalleled. This, according to the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) which cites the work of the Coastal Conservation and Education Foundation (CCEF) in ...
- October 12, 2012
Gov't confident on 4% to 5% farm growth
The Philippines expects to meet farm growth target for this year on the back of strong production from corn, rice and fisheries subsectors, the Department of Agriculture (DA) said on Thursday. Meanwhile, the DA chief also ...
- October 5, 2012
Alcala swears in fisheries chief
Dr. Felix Ayson is the new chief of the Aquaculture Department of the Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center (SEAFDEC-AQD) in Tigbauan, Iloilo. The belated report said Dr. Ayson was sworn into office by Agriculture ...
- June 30, 2012
BAR, Worldfish Center Boost Aquaculture
The Bureau of Agriculture Research (BAR) and the WorldFish center are collaborating on a project to enhance the capacity of stakeholders to commercialize aquaculture technology. BAR and the Los Baños-based WorldFish Center ...
- February 22, 2012
DA launches large agriculture projects in Palawan
As part of the government's food self-sufficiency initiative, the Department of Agriculture (DA) has earmarked some P594 million for irrigation projects, farm machinery and fisheries inputs in Palawan. The projects include ...
- January 23, 2012
Defining juvenile tuna-why size really matters
The use of fish aggregating devices (FADs) – man-made structures placed at sea as anchored or floating devices designed to attract schools of fish – has been a hotly debated topic because of their tendency to catch higher ...
- September 9, 2012
Agriculture Department expands sardine fishing ban
Agriculture Secretary Proceso Alcala announced Wednesday that the government is expanding its three-month sardine fishing ban. It will now include the Visayan Sea in addition to the Zamboanga waters. Alcala said during the ...
- October 19, 2012
Overfishing threatens tuna supply
Senator Loren Legarda on Friday expressed alarm over the declining tuna stocks worldwide due to overfishing. Noting the Red List of Threatened Species of the International Union for Conservation of Nature, which revealed ...
- September 15, 2012
FTA to improve PH tuna access to EU
An FTA would help Philippine canned tuna exports to Europe better access, Trade Undersecretary Adrian S. Cristobal Jr. said. Cristobal said in an interview at the sidelines of the One Country, One Voice PH-EU Consultations ...
- September 21, 2012