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Alcala to revitalize PH fisheries
Agriculture Secretary Proceso J. Alcala has vowed to revitalize the fishing industry and reverse the current condition of dwindling catch and vanishing fish population. Central to this task is the scientific research needed ...
- January 2, 2012
Prospects for aquaculture getting better
The recent entry of Alsons Aquaculture Corp. (AAC) into the milkfish market in China represents an achievement for aquaculture and may perk up interest in managed fisheries amid reports about declining fish populations in ...
- January 25, 2012
LLDA funds sought for fish kill recovery
Fishermen suffering from huge losses due to last week’s fish kill in the Laguna de Bay are asking local government units (LGUs) for assistance in securing funds provided to lakeside localities by the Laguna Lake Development ...
- June 5, 2012
Program to boost catfish industry
The Philippine Council for Agriculture, Aquatic and Natural Resources Research and Development (PCAARRD) has formulated a program aimed at conserving and increasing the production of the native catfish. The fish locally ...
- September 4, 2012
Aquaculture-wave of the future
In the Philippines, Agriculture Secretary Proceso J. Alcala and his deputy-Director Asis Perez of the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources or BFAR-are collaborating with Dr. Jpebert D. Toledo who heads the Southeast ...
- February 23, 2012
Dead tilapia found in Laguna de Bay
The agriculture office in Calamba, Laguna province, on Friday ordered fish pen operators in their coastal area to bury the tons of dead tilapia plucked out from Laguna de Bay.
This was while they were waiting for the ...
- May 26, 2012
Tilapia fingerlings
The provincial government is boosting the province's fishing industry by promoting tilapia as a famous local product to enhance the livelihood opportunities for the fisherfolk in municipalities and cities of Pangasinan. ...
- October 30, 2012
Catfish industry
An officer of the City Agriculture Office welcomed the full recovery of the catfish industry in Barangay Los Amigos, Davao City a few years after several fishponds in the area were destroyed due to a flash flood in 2009. ...
- October 7, 2012
The government and state universities and colleges promote 'Philippine aquasilviculture'
The government is launching a project that will promote aquasilviculture and, at the same time, rehabilitate Mangrove areas. Aquasilviculture (from the Greek word “aqua,” meaning water, and “silvos,” meaning tree), involves ...
- January 5, 2012
World to rely on aquaculture
Dr. Joebert D. Toldeo says the world is relying more and more on aquaculture rather that capture fisheries to feed a population that has grown to 7 billion. Toledo, chief of the Southeast Asian Fisheries Development ...
- January 8, 2012