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Program launched to strengthen Philippine fisheries, coastal area
Bloomberg Philanthropies yesterday announced its ground-breaking Vibrant Oceans Initiative, a five-year commitment of US$53 million to reserve declining fish supplies and keep oceans thriving in the Philippines and two ...
- February 5, 2014
China's fishery law focus of Asean gab
The new fishing regulations in the South China Sea being implemented by Hainan, China’s southernmost province, was one of the topics that was discussed on Thursday during the Association of Southeast Nations Foreign Ministers ...
- January 17, 2014
BFAR prepares Mindanao food processors for ASEAN integration
The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) stressed the need to train small and medium entrepreneurs (SMEs) on the proper processing, packaging and labeling requirements for halal fish and fishery products to ...
- April 24, 2014
Fishery deal a chance to solve sea row–Angara
Pursuing joint fishery agreements with China is a “window of opportunity” for peacefully resolving the Philippines’ dispute with its increasingly powerful neighbor over territories in the West Philippine Sea. This is part ...
- January 12, 2014
Seafood and aquaculture exports
The Philippine marine and coastal waters are huge. The country has the second longest coastline in the tropical world, and fourth in the world (World Factbook). Is it doing very well in seafood and aquaculture exports? In ...
- April 29, 2014
US has not paid tubbataha fine
Almost a year after an American warship ran aground on an atoll of the Tubbataha Reefs in the Sulu Sea, the US government has yet to pay the fine imposed by the Philippines for the damage to the environment. The Department ...
- January 3, 2014
BFAR boosts rehab program
The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) has expanded its rehabilitation program to provide post-harvest equipment to fisherfolk affected by typhoon Yolanda (international name: Haiyan). "We are happy to know ...
- March 27, 2014
Damage to fisheries, farm sectors hits ₱31.1B
The Damage that the farming and fisheries sector sustained in the aftermath of supertyphoon "Yolanda" has reached P31.1 billion and the Department of Agriculture plans to spend a third of that amount for recovery efforts. ...
- January 9, 2014
DFA photos shows Sino building up reef on PH waters
China's reclamation of land on Mabini Reef (Johnson South Reef) in the West Philippine Sea is a progressive undertaking and is likely for military use, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said yesterday. Military ...
- May 16, 2014
Fishers, plea for help heard in South Korea
When typhoon survivor Sonny Ciriaco told the Inquirer that fishermen like him would rather have new boats than food and housing aid, he did not know that his appeal would be heard some 3,000 kilometers away. Ciriaco, in ...
- January 18, 2014