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Coral Triangle stakeholders vow to patronize only legal operations
Fishing operators and buyers who attended the first ever business summit to address overexploitation and overfishing in the Coral Triangle have promised not to source their products from illegal, unregulated and unreported ...
- January 22, 2010
Yap cites need to protect Coral Triangle
The partnership between the government and the private sector and the pursuit of innovations in climate change adaptations is meant to protect the Coral Triangle and ensure its diversity and sustainability for some 350 ...
- February 11, 2010
RP asked to back ban on bluefin tuna
An official of the World Wild Fund for Nature (WWF) yesterday urged the Philippines to support a proposed ban on the fishing and trade of the Atlantic bluefin tuna. "If we don't support the international trade ban, we might ...
- March 19, 2010
'Bangus' shortage feared due to El Niño
Nacionalista Party vice presidential candidate Loren Legarda Saturday feared of bangus (milk fish) shortage due to El Nino. Legarda raised the alarm for government's local fisheries units to monitor the water situation ...
- March 1, 2010
Smart targets 1.5 M trees planted by 2010
SMART Communications, Inc. (Smart) is close to hitting its target of planting over 1.5 million seedlings and mangrove propagules under a three-year tree planting agreement inked in 2008 with parent company Philippine Long ...
- August 26, 2010
Alliance Tuna in JV to import smoked salmon
Listed tuna manufacturer Alliance Tuna International Inc. (Alliance Tuna) and its subsidiary, Prime Foods New Zealand (PFNZ), have formed a joint-venture local firm to import and process smoked salmon. The processing ...
- March 22, 2010
DA to give loans to farmers and fishermen affected by El Niño
The Department of Agriculture said it is now ready to give loans to farmers affected by climate change following the approval by its Agricultural Credit Policy Council (ACPC) of the resolution spelling out the guidelines ...
- August 26, 2010
DOF freezes P19B Laguna de Bay dredging project
Finance Secretary Cesar Purisima has ordered a freeze of the P19-billion dredging project in Laguna de Bay, a government-to-government undertaking with Belgium. "I have instructed the Department of Environment and Natural ...
- September 8, 2010
DENR creates task force to monitor coral bleaching
Environment Secretary Ramon Paje has ordered the Protected Areas and Wildlife Bureau (PAWB) to create a task force that will monitor and document coral bleaching in the country. Paje also directed his regional officials ...
- September 13, 2010
Landbank, BFAR tie up for mariculture parks
The Land Bank of the Philippines (Landbank) recently signed a memorandum of agreement with the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) for the promotion of mariculture parks in the country. This tie up its congruent ...
- March 22, 2010