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Fishing ban in Visayan Sea seen to boost fish production
The three-month fishing ban in the Visayan Sea which will start on November 15 is expected to boost production by 20 percent in one of the country’s richest fishing grounds. Remia Aparri, regional director of the Bureau ...
- November 5, 2018
3-month fishing ban on Visayan Sea ends in Feb.
The closed season in the Visayan Sea for sardines, herrings and mackerels that started on Nov. 15, 2018 would end next month. “Prohibiting fishers from catching them will increase the population of these species. It is ...
- January 6, 2019
Blue swimming crab hatchery in Concepcion
The establishment of a hatchery for blue swimming crabs at the Northern Iloilo Polytechnic State College (NIPSC) campus in Concepcion, Iloilo is seen to increase the marine species’ production. Provincial Agriculturist ...
- June 12, 2018
Agriculture cited for protecting Visayan seas
The Banate Bay Resource Management Council, Inc. (BBRMCI), overseer of Panay Island's largest fishing ground called Banate Bay, and the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) have cited the Department of Agriculture ...
- January 18, 2010
Biz groups urge APEC economies to invest in cold-chain systems
Developing countries of the 21-member Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) should invest in cold-chain systems for food products to reduce waste and improve food security, the APEC Business Advisory Council (ABAC) said. ...
- October 6, 2015
City gov't mulls alternative livelihood for Iloilo fisherfolk
The city government is mulling to extend an alternative livelihood to fisherfolk in the city as Mayor Jose Espinosa III on Monday underscored that the development of the highly-urbanized city must benefit everyone. The ...
- August 22, 2018
₱10M aid for Guimaras fisherfolk
Fisherfolk in Guimaras will receive with more than P10 million in assistance from the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) office for Western Visayas in May. BFAR Regional Director Remia A. Aparri said the ...
- March 24, 2017
Seafdec's Panay Gulf Dev't Prog stretches kapis breeding project
The Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center's-Aquaculture Department (Seafdec-AQD) is aggressively pursuing a collaborative effort with the Iloilo first district's Panay Gulf Development Program (PGDP) to revive the ...
- November 18, 1999
Efforts to protect Visayan Sea hailed
Agriculture Secretary Emmanuel “Manny” Piñol on Monday commended stakeholders in the just concluded seaborne law enforcement operations in the Visayan Sea. “I commend the men and women of the Department of Agriculture’s ...
- May 15, 2019
Speaker backs shrimp study
House Speaker Jose de Venecia Jr. this weekend endorsed the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources' research on vannamei white shrimps being undertaken here. De Venecia said the research by the bureau's National Integrated ...
- November 1, 2005