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Opportunities aquaculture at agrilink expo
Farmers and investors in fisheries should find time to visit the Agrilink trade show that will be staged at the World Trade Center in Pasay City on October 4 to 6. The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) will ...
- August 11, 2018
Your fish is your future
Lying within the global center of marine biodiversity, the Philippines is one of the world’s top fish producing countries, and millions of Filipinos derive their livelihood from fishing. However, these rich and precious ...
- June 5, 2019
Genetic engineering for salmon and fish
Since 1996 close to two billion hectares have been planted globally to GMO crops. However, to date no genetically engineered economic animal, whether poultry, livestock nor fish has been approved for release and ...
- November 29, 2015
One of rarest sharks caught
One of the extremely rare species of deepwater sharks was accidentally captured by a fisherman in Albay, early morning on Wednesday. Edgar Chavez, a fisherman from Barangay Marigondon, Pioduran, Albay, caught the megamouth ...
- January 30, 2015
46 fall in illegal fishing crackdown in Cavite
Fory-six fishermen onboard two fishing boats were rounded up in a recent illegal fishing crackdown in Cavite, the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) said Friday. The fishermen were caught fishing off Puerto Azul, Ternate, Cavite ...
- November 3, 2018
Fish groomed for Bangus Festival die
Seventy-three milkfish or bangus that were to vie for the longest and heaviest fish in the Bangus Festival here were found dead in the fishpond Wednesday, suspected victims of rising water temperatures. Maliah Flores of ...
- April 11, 2019
US-BFAR partner to improve fish production in the Visayas
The United States government and the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) have jointly launched “Fish Right,” a P1.3 billion five-year sustainable fisheries project aimed to increase fish biomass and strengthen ...
- November 21, 2018
Bohol hosts farmers forum
Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) announced that affordable fish was being sold at Tagbilaran’s Agriculture Promotions Center. The market opened Wednesday and buyers have until end of day Friday to buy ...
- September 21, 2018
3-month fishing ban begins
The three-month ban on fishing of three species along the Visayan Sea begins on Nov. 15. The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) is enforcing the ban for fishermen to harvest and trade herrings, mackerels and ...
- November 15, 2017
'Duong' causes Taal fishkill
Fishkill in Taal Lake is a predictive phenomenon. It happens every year during the months of January and February. Provincial Environment Specialist Joe Torreja, in an exclusive interview yesterday, said that recent reports ...
- January 30, 2014