Browsing Daily Tribune by Subject "fisheries"

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    • Agri problems systemic, says Marcos 

      Piatos, Tiziana Celine (Daily Tribune, October 26, 2023, on page A1-A2)
      President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. on Wednesday underscored the need to address the systemic issues plaguing Philippine agriculture for years due to the longstanding neglect of the sector. In his speech at the 70th anniversary ...

    • BFAR, USAID conduct dialogues 

      Reyes, Jonas (Daily Tribune, February 19, 2023, on page B14)
      The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources and the United States Agency for International Development — through its Fish Right Program — conducted a dialogue with Central Luzon fisherfolk regarding illegal fishing in ...

    • 'Build roads, stop fish smuggling' 

      Romero, Maria (Daily Tribune, December 19, 2022, on page B10)
      A network of agriculture groups said the government must ramp up efforts to scrutinize smugglers and importers diverting fish products to the wet market that violates existing regulations. In a press statement early this ...

    • Creation of fisheries department pushed 

      Romero, Maria (Daily Tribune, June 28, 2022, on page A6)
      Industry stakeholders are asking President Ferdinand “Bongbong” R. Marcos Jr. to urgently certify the bill creating the Department of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (DFAR) to maximize the fish industry’s potential to solve ...

    • Fiji graves sink, fisheries shrink 

      Agence France-Presse (AFP) (Daily Tribune, January 13, 2023, on page B14)
      The sea has already swallowed the village graveyard in Togoru, Fiji, and long-time resident Lavenia McGoon is dreading the day it claims her house. She piles old rubber car tires under the coconut trees that line the ...

    • Fish price shocks feared 

      Romero, Maria (Daily Tribune, June 9, 2023, on page A1-A2)
      The price of fish in the local market may soar to record highs once a government-issued regulatory measure said to be detrimental to the commercial fishing community is reinstated. Fisheries Administrative Order 266 issues ...

    • Fisheries plan should be 'science-based' 

      Romero, Maria (Daily Tribune, September 23, 2022, on page A2)
      The Marcos administration must implement “sustainable and science-based plans” in Fisheries Management Areas to boost local production and eliminate the country’s fish import dependence, an advocacy group said. “We are ...

    • Phl lauds WTO's fishery sector initiatives 

      Ayeng, Raffy (Daily Tribune, June 18, 2022, on page B11)
      The Philippines has commended the World Trade Organization (WTO) in its mandate to address harmful fishery subsidies and vowed to defend the country’s interest for domestic fisherfolk and farmers. During the 12th Ministerial ...

    • 'Quinta' aftermath: Deaths, fishkill 

      Locus, Sundy Mae T.; Romero, Maria; Wakefield, Francis T. (Daily Tribune, October 29, 2020, on page B16)
      Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) Region 5, meanwhile, reported an initial 20 metric tons of tilapia valued at P2.1 million were lost. BFAR-5’s Regional Fisheries Laboratory conducted water sampling in six ...

    • Southern Negros fishery receive boost 

      Philippine News Agency (PNA) (Daily Tribune, February 6, 2023, on page B16)
      The Fish Right Program of the United States Agency for International Development disclosed recently that it aims to reverse the depleted fishery resources in southern Negros as partners and stakeholders are already empowered ...