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Fisheries industry expected to grow 5%
The fisheries sector is seen to grow by at least 5% this year amid increased presence of pelagic fish on the eastern side of the country as a result of El Niño. The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) is ...
- January 20, 2010
RP no longer world's 'fish power' due to climate change
The Philippine has lost its once lofty status as a major source of fish catch owing to destructive fishing methods and climate change, with the world's fish catch even teetering on the brink of collapse. Sen. Edgardo Angara ...
- April 6, 2010
Ban on tuna fishing in the Pacific: Boon or bane?
Conservation measures are generally instituted to prevent the collapse of fish stocks due to overfishing. These can be in the form of closing an area for any fishing activity, limiting the amount of fish that can be caught ...
- April 4, 2010
Lesley Mobo back to catching fish: ‘This was the life we knew’
Lesley Mobo’s return flight to the United Kingdom had been cancelled one time too many, such that he decided to stay with his mother in their barrio in Aklan. The change in pace—from fast and frenetic to slow and languid—wasn’t ...
- April 24, 2010
Laguna de Bay: A vision for the future
Strategically located in the country’s center of urban and industrial development, Laguna de Bay (LdB) is the largest inland body of water in the Philippines and the second largest lake in Southeast Asia. It has a surface ...
- August 31, 2010
Red Cross releases 13 million fingerlings in Central Mindanao
The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has released 13 million fish fingerlings into the marsh areas in Central Mindanao to help people affected by the recent conflict between government troops and Moro Islamic ...
- August 28, 2010
Burnham lake clean-up drive starts with fishing
Residents turned up with fishing rods at the Burnham lake on Sunday to take part in what Baguio oldtimer Virgilio Cruz described as “our first time to fish in these waters legally." Over 200 people signed up to fish for ...
- October 12, 2010
Philippines, Brunei explore partnership on sardine processing
The government of the Philippines and of Brunei are working on a tie-up that will see Brunei availing of Philippine expertise in sardine processing and the latter riding on the former's halal brand to penetrate the lucrative ...
- February 10, 2010