The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources Region 6 (BFAR-6) defended its decision to construct a government-funded feed mill plant inside the Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center (SEAFDEC) in Tigbauan, Iloilo, citing the organization’s research and technological expertise in fisheries development. “They are a research institution. We are scaling up the technology and for innovation, we need to reach and we see that there is already a facility and it’s just a matter of scaling up,” said BFAR-6 Director Remia Aparri in an interview with the Daily Guardian on Tuesday. The project, which started in 2023 under a PHP 30-million budget, aims to produce low-cost feeds for local aquafarme

Castor, R. Z. (2025, January 22). BFAR justifies feed mill plant on private property. Daily Guardian, pp. 1, 11.