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World cannot afford farming subsidies
Agricultural subsidies around the world are a waste of hundreds of billions of dollars and unaffordable in the wake of the global financial crisis, New Zealand's prime minister said Friday. Speaking at a business forum in ...
- September 8, 2012
SEAFDEC welcomes as new Chief
The Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center/ Aquaculture Department (SEAFDEC/AQD) based in Tigbauan, Iloilo recently welcomed its new director in the person of Dr. Felix G. Ayson. A career fisheries scientist specializing ...
- July 25, 2012
Red ride afflicts Zamboanga, Masbate waters
The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) waned the public that shellfish from coastal waters of the provinces of Zamboanga and Masbate continued to test positive to red tide toxin.
- October 4, 2012
DA allots P1.9B for fisheries
The Department of Agriculture has allocated P 1.9 billion this year to implement in integrated, pro-poor and community-based fisheries and aquaculture program. Agriculture Secretary Proceso J. Alcala said the program aims ...
- January 10, 2012
95 of 376 pass fisheries technologist licensure exam
The Professional Regulation Commission (PRC) announced yesterday that 95 out of 376 examinees passed the Fisheries Technologist Licensure Examination given by the Board of Fisheries in Manila, Davao and Iloilo last Oct. ...
- October 21, 2012
SEAFDEC raises fish growth rates
The Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center - Aquaculture Department (SEAFDEC/AQD) has succeeded in raising the growth rates of 10 marine fish species to help bail out the fisheries sector from its current slump. ...
- February 1, 2012
Iloilo to host 4th Visayan Sea Summit February 17
Iloilo province will host the 4th Governor's meeting on the Visayan Sea Protection and Coastal Law Enforcement Program or the Visayan Sea Summit this coming Friday, February 17, 2012. The meeting to be held in Hotel del ...
- February 15, 2012
Higher tuna catch expected in Q4
The Philippines should see a higher tuna catch starting next month after the country deployed 36 high-seas fishing vessels to the Pacific, a Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) official said. BFAR Director ...
- October 16, 2012
Freedom of navigation in the West Philippine Sea: (Statement of the Departmeny of Affairs)
We note, with guarded optimism, China's recent statement "that the freedom and safety of navigation in the South China Sea is assured." The freedom of navigation is a customary right under international law, specifically ...
- September 10, 2012
BFAR to tackle total ban vs. 'hulbot-hulbot'
The total ban on "Hublot-Hublot" ( fishing vessel using Danish Seine fishing gear) is among the issues to be discussed by Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) Director Atty. Asis G. Perez during the 4th Visayan ...
- February 16, 2012