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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
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
Seafdec pushes aquaculture biotechnology in Asean
Dr. Joebert D. Toledo, the Filipino scientist who heads the Aquaculture Department (AQD) of the Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Council (Seafdec), was candid enough. Genetic manipulation, he said, is not yet acceptable ...
- February 14, 2012
Northern Samar farmers, fishermen get insurance
Officials of the Northern Samar provincial government and the Philippine Crop Insurance Corp (PCIC) have signed an agreement providing insurance to 5,000 farmers and fishermen. Northern Samar Governor Raul R. Daza said the ...
- October 8, 2012
New SEAFDEC chief still unknown
Government still has to formalize its choice on who should head the Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center-Aquaculture Department (SEAFDECAQD) in Tigbauan, Iloilo. A treaty agency, SEAFDEC-AQD has been the leading ...
- April 7, 2012
DA maintains agri growth target
Agriculture Secretary Alcala believes the agriculture sector would be able to meets its growth target of four to five percent for 2012 because of strong tice and corn production and the expected recovery of the fisheries ...
- October 5, 2012
American Samoa begins exporting tuna
American Samoa's governor says the territory will begin exporting canned tuna products to a foreign country for the first time. The territory's tuna products have always been marketed for the United States. Gov. Togiola ...
- September 15, 2012