Coastal local government units (LGUs) in Western Visayas are being urged to join the search for “Malinis at Masaganang Karagatan” (MMK) of the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR). Specifically, it aims to ...

The Department of Agriculture on Tuesday said it would launch a new marketing initiative to "eliminate cartels and other unnecessary layers in the food value chain" by directly linking farmers and fishermen with consumers. ...

The Department of Agriculture – Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (DA-BFAR6) turned over equipment to 15 coastal towns in Antique recently. BFAR-6 regional director Remia Aparri said the equipment hope to boost the ...

Considered as one of the most expensive freshwater fishes in the country, ayungin or silver perch is a small fish that is classified as among the near-threatened species in the Philippines. It is indigenous to Laguna de ...

The Department of Agriculture’s Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) will underscore its marketing chain projects for Davao Region’s seaweed and milkfish industries at the 24th Agrilink, Foodlink and Aqualink ...

Russia is an “exciting” market for shrimp products, according to the Department of Agriculture. Agriculture Secretary Emmanuel Piñol made the statement during the Opening of the National Shrimp Congress held at the ...

Bleaching has damaged the world's northernmost coral reef in Japan, a researcher said Tuesday, the latest example of a global phenomenon scientists have attributed to high ocean temperatures. About 30 percent of the coral ...

The Iloilo city government through the City Agriculture Office has the installation of garbage boom in bodies of water here to track the barangays which are sources of garbage found in Iloilo River. Garbage boom is a ...

A P4-MILLION seaweed processing plant is set to rise in Brgy. Concordia, Nueva Valencia, Guimaras in August 2017. A first in Western Visayas, the facility targets to process into powder at least one ton of fresh seaweeds ...

The province of Iloilo is planning to replicate the technology of Negros Occidental in the conservation of blue crabs. Provincial Administrator Raul Banias said he already met with Provincial Agriculture Office head Ildefonso ...