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Seafdec pushes aquaculture biotechnology in Asean
Dr. Joebert D. Toledo, the Filipino scientist who heads the Aquaculture Department (AQD) of the Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Council (Seafdec), was candid enough. Genetic manipulation, he said, is not yet acceptable ...
- February 14, 2012
Villar, BFAR establish urban aquaponics facility in Las Piñas
Sen. Cynthia Villar, chairman of the Senate Committee on Agriculture and Food, together with the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR), has set up an aquaponics facility to benefit a community in Las Piñas, where ...
- June 22, 2020
Authorities apprehend 3 illegal fishing vessels in Manila Bay
Three fishing vessels allegedly engaged in illegal fishing activities were apprehended during a joint seaborne operation by the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) Central Office-Fisheries Protection and Law ...
- March 24, 2021
‘Catch the wind’: Navy taps Subic boat maker to meet essential requirement of modernization program
As the military implements the second of its three-phased multibillion-peso modernization program, a local shipbuilder has offered to help the Navy by supplying it with locally built modern small and big warships. Propmech, ...
- January 23, 2021
PHL won't accept WTO fisheries deal without an 'IUUF' provision
Manila maintains its stance to refuse supporting any fisheries subsidies deal at the World Trade Organization (WTO) that excludes a provision on “illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing, or IUUF, infringements” in ...
- December 27, 2020
BFAR hoists 'red tide' warning in 15 areas
The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) has hoisted the “red tide” warning anew in 10 areas, raising to 15 the total number of localities whose waters were found to be positive of paralytic shellfish poison ...
- October 7, 2020
Malampaya-supported sea rangers continue protection of vital ecosystem
Deputized volunteer sea rangers, or Bantay Dagat, continue to protect the natural coastal resources along the coasts of Northern Palawan, Oriental Mindoro and Batangas City despite the difficult circumstances brought by ...
- June 7, 2020
Fishery officials call on youth to seriously consider ‘promising’ career in aquaculture
An international research center is urging more youth to engage themselves in the aquaculture business amid the threat posed by the African swine fever (ASF) to meat supplies in the country. Dan Baliao, chief of the Southeast ...
- April 1, 2021
‘Seafood Kadiwa Ni Ani at Kita on Wheels’ visits CSF barangays
Barangay residents in this capital city have benefited when the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources’ (BFAR) “Seafood Kadiwa Ni Ani at Kita on Wheels” paid them a visit this week. Agriculture Secretary William Dar ...
- April 15, 2020
BFAR bares plan to build 300 milkfish fry satellite hatcheries in next 5 years
The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) said it plans to build about 300 satellite hatcheries nationwide in the next five years in its bid to boost local milkfish production. In a news statement issued on ...
- July 29, 2020