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    • DA acts on fish production decline 

      Romero, Maria (Daily Tribune, August 9, 2022, on page A6)
      Local producers said Monday that the resumption of importation of processed animal proteins (PAP) and other ingredients used in aquaculture feeds will help offset the decline in fish production and help slash the market ...

    • Seaweed farmers apply eco-friendly tech on farms 

      Recuerdo, Elmer (Daily Tribune, August 20, 2022, on page B15)
      Eight months after typhoon “Odette” washed out their homes and livelihood, seaweed farmers in Dawahon island in Bato, Leyte and slowly getting back on their feet as the propagules that were given to them earlier have ...

    • Fish sustains life for Navotas family 

      Balagtas, Cherk (Daily Tribune, September 11, 2022, on page A6)
      Money is easy to get by at the Navotas Fish Port Complex, a popular pier that is considered an entrepot for marine products to the National Capital Region. Among the most lucrative local port, it has nurtured generations ...

    • SSS urges farmers, fisherfolks: pay contributions 

      Sausa, Radee (Daily Tribune, September 21, 2022, on page B12)
      The Social Security System wants farmers, fisherfolk, and other self-employed persons in the informal economy to register with SSS and pay contributions under a new and more flexible schedule. “They are among the most ...

    • Alligator guards body of woman killed 

      Agence France-Presse (AFP) (Daily Tribune, July 7, 2023, on page B18)
      An American woman was killed by an alligator while walking her dog near a lagoon bordering a golf course, police said, adding the animal guarded her body and kept rescuers back.

    • Bulk-buying of sardines mulled 

      Romero, Maria (Daily Tribune, September 20, 2022, on page B12)
      Cannery owners are mulling bulk-buying sardines from municipal fishers to sustain their livelihood and keep the cheap prices of the canned goods, a social product that has helped keep Filipino families afloat, especially ...

    • Fishermen decry San Miguel's reclamation project 

      Balagtas, Cherk (Daily Tribune, September 17, 2022, on page A8)
      A fishermen’s group yesterday scored San Miguel Corporation for its alleged arbitrary removal of mussel farms and fish pens in Navotas City to pave the way for its reclamation project. The Pambansang Lakas ng Kilusang ...

    • High fuel prices spark fishing halt 

      Lacson, Nonoy E. (Daily Tribune, September 13, 2022, on page B16)
      About 50 percent of commercial fishing companies here have stopped fishing tamban — the variety of fish used in the production of canned sardines — due to the high cost of fuel and the implemented ban to fish inside municipal ...

    • Rohingya refugee boat sinks, 12 missing 

      Agence France-Presse (AFP) (Daily Tribune, October 5, 2022, on page B14)
      At least a dozen people were missing off the Bangladesh coast on Tuesday after a boat carrying Rohingya refugees sank in rough weather, the South Asian country’s coast guard said. The fishing trawler left at dawn and was ...

    • Additional DA funding sought 

      Oliquino, Edjen (Daily Tribune, October 5, 2022, on page A3)
      A neophyte lawmaker has appealed to the House of Representatives to allocate an additional P521 million for the Department of Agriculture aside from the its P163.75 billion proposed budget for next year. A known advocate ...

    • Sea disputes remain Phl concern - Faustino 

      Kabagani, Lade (Daily Tribune, October 1, 2022, on page A6)
      The Philippines maintained its stance to resolve the disputes over the West Philippine Sea and the South China Sea through peaceful dialogue and diplomacy. “Our next steps concerning the WPS and the SCS, Philippines ...

    • Don't be a (s)cad 

      (Daily Tribune, September 9, 2022, on page A5)
      The day we started importing galunggong (round scad) was the day the country should have reckoned with its vision. The Philippines in 2018 began importing galunggong — long considered to be “the poor man’s fish” for its ...

    • 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 ...

    • Davao farmers, fisherfolk boosted 

      (Daily Tribune, September 17, 2022, on page B16)
      At least 500 corn farmers and fisherfolk here benefited from a PHP3,000 fuel subsidy extended by the Department of Agriculture in Davao Region. The DA-11 said that farmers and fisherfolk received the subsidy during Thursday’s ...

    • Tilapia fingerlings seeded into Angono shores 

      Alcober, Neil (Daily Tribune, September 16, 2022, on page A8)
      More than 50,000 fingerlings of tilapia fish were seeded in the lake covering the coast of Angono town in Rizal province. Just recently, the local government, through its municipal veterinary office and with the help of ...

    • Multi-species marine hatchery eyed 

      Philippine News Agency (PNA) (Daily Tribune, May 18, 2023, on page B16)
      The municipality of EB Magalona, dubbed the "Blue Crab Capital of Negros Occidental," is proposing the establishment of a multi-species marine hatchery to ensure the sustainability and growth of its aquaculture products.

    • Marian devotees bless the West Philippine Sea 

      Silvestre, Jojo G. (Daily Tribune, December 11, 2022, on page 1)
      Our common goal is to evangelize, to make the approved messages of the Blessed Mother known to many others and to promote the power of the Holy Rosary, confession, and the strict devotion to the Holy Eucharist and The ...

    • AFP wary vs 'swarming' Chinese vessels 

      Kabagani, Lade Jean (Daily Tribune, December 10, 2022, on page 3)
      The Armed Forces of the Philippines’ Western Command disclosed on Friday that it is already taking action following the “swarming” of Chinese vessels in the West Philippine Sea. Authorities confirmed that the vessels, ...

    • Fish output up 0.4% in Q3 

      Piatos, Tiziana Celine (Daily Tribune, December 6, 2022, on page B12)
      The country’s fish production increased to 1,003.10 thousand metric tons in the third quarter of 2022, the Philippine Statistics Authority said. In its quarterly Fisheries Situation Report, PSA noted “minimal increases” ...

    • Aquatic animals dispersed 

      Reyes, Jonas (Daily Tribune, December 6, 2022, on page B16)
      The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Recources-Regional Fisheries Office 1, through the Provincial Fishery Office of Ilococ Sur; recently dispersed 20,000 elver eels and 10,000 freshwater pawns in Abra River. According to ...