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Farmers urged to grow giant gourami
Agriculture Secretary Proceso Alcala urged fish farmers to venture into growing giant gourami (Ospronemus gouramy) as an alternative to bangus, tilapia, and catfish in inland water bodies such as fishponds, lakes, and even ...
- April 16, 2011
Fish kill reported in Ilocos
A new fish kill happened last week, on Mestizo River in Barangay Callaguip, Caoayan, Ilocos Sur, fisheries officials reported yesterday. Bureau of Fishery and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) Officer Benny Saraos who is based in ...
- June 22, 2011
BFAR: Overstocking caused fish kill
Overstocking of fish in cages caused the fish kill in Taal and Pangasinan. This was the gist of the report made by the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) on the loss of 700 metric tons (MT) of tilapia in Taal ...
- June 2, 2011
Fish kill rooted in volcanism
Taal Lake, a caldera, has an ecology that is closely linked to its cradling Taal volcano, one of the 16 volcanoes of the world that erupts every 10 years. We've been studying this lake since 1989. I propose a paradigm to ...
- July 24, 2011
Council okays fish kill probe
Fourth District Board Member Nestor Tolentino blamed indiscriminate fishing and dumping of wastes for the tons of dead fish seen floating along Pampanga River two weeks ago. Tolentino said the Sangguniang Panlalawigan is ...
- May 13, 2011
Fishing rebounds in Tayabas Bay
Three years after fishermen complained of dwindling catch, Tayabas Bay now hosts schools of fish through a fish cage culture project pushed by the Department of Agriculture (DA). To arrest the depletion of marketable fish, ...
- December 9, 2011
Fish farming lucrative in Cordillera
Aquaculture such as fish farming is viable, sustainable and now a profitable business here in Cordillera which is now also being patronized by rice, corn and vegetable farmers as an alternative source of their income to ...
- October 11, 2011
Fish output
The campaign to improve fish output can be done on land, based on the strides made by Finfish Hatcheries, Inc. (FHI) in Sarangani and the technologies developed by the Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center (SEAFDEC) ...
- December 18, 2011
Mangrove reforestation eyed for all coastal towns in Iloilo province
Iloilo Governor Arthur Defensor Sr. has pledged to undertake massive mangrove reforestation in all coastal municipalities in the province. Defensor made tthis declaration during the launch of the Artificial Reefs for ...
- October 4, 2011
No memo for fish imports
The Department of Agriculture (DA) is not authorizing anyone to import fish for the wet markets. An official of DA has said that he has not seen any draft memo at the Office of the Secretary or at Bureau of Fisheries and ...
- December 18, 2011