Browsing The Manila Times by Subject "tilapia culture"

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    • BFAR innovates 'fishyalan' in Cagayan 

      Domingo, Leander C. (The Manila Times, September 28, 2017, on page E1)
      TUGUEGARAO, Cagayan: In an effort to offer an alternative to mall and resorts goers, the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) in Region 2 (Cagayan Valley) has opened its “fishyalan,” a unique place for visitors ...

    • BFAR pushes for organic tilapia 

      Domingo, Leander C. (The Manila Times, May 7, 2020, on page B5)
      The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR)-Region 2 (Cagayan Valley) is encouraging fish farmers in the region to raise tilapia without using artificial or chemical inputs. Rhodamel Soriano, BFAR-Region 2 project ...

    • BFAR to distribute milkfish fingerlings in La Union 

      Garcia, William Jun (The Manila Times, October 9, 2014, on page A6)
      Mayor Pablo Ortega on Tuesday led the distribution of rehabilitation milkfish fingerlings to fishermen from six villages whose fishponds dried up due to April’s intense summer heat. The milkfish fingerlings came from the ...

    • BFAR to seed Iloilo River with tilapia, bangus fry 

      Pendon, Lydia C. (The Manila Times, January 15, 2015, on page A6)
      The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) in Western Visayas has committed to dispersing high-salinity ‘tilapia’ and ‘bangus’ fingerlings for every quarter this year at the Iloilo River as a means of augmenting ...

    • DOST names 50 top pinoys of science 

      (The Manila Times, June 5, 2008, on page A1-A6)
      The Manila Times continues the presentation, in alphabetical order, of the great men and women of science, who will be recognized and awarded by President Gloria Arroyo on June 9 in Malacañang. Dr. Primavera is a scientist ...

    • Early tilapia harvest possible 

      Cariaso, Bella (The Manila Times, September 15, 2022, on page B7)
      The Department of Agriculture-National Fisheries Research and Development Institute (DA-NFRDI) has introduced technology on tilapia culture that highlights the use of quality strains and extruded floating feeds (EEF) where ...

    • Fish from Taal Lake safe to eat, says fisheries body 

      Gomez, Eireene Jairee (The Manila Times, January 21, 2020, on page A7)
      Despite the eruption of Taal Volcano, the consumption of fish from Taal Lake is safe, according to the Department of Agriculture-Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (DA- BFAR). The volcano sits on top of the lake. ...

    • Fishpond owners brace for drought 

      Garcia, William Jun (The Manila Times, February 27, 2015, on page A6)
      Six fishpond barangays here received 64,020 milkfish fingerlings from the Bureau of Fishery and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) to augment the expected losses of fishpond operators due to the projected summer dry months. Villagers ...

    • Go pushes trainings for farmers, fishers 

      (The Manila Times, April 12, 2019, on page A7)
      MONKAYO, Compostela Valley: Former special assistant to the President (SAP) Christopher Lawrence “Bong” Go has pushed for agri-entrepreneurship training and mentorship for small farmers and fisherfolk to provide them with ...

    • Kapis conservation in Iloilo pushed 

      (The Manila Times, August 8, 2000, on page 3)
      Agriculture Undersecretary for Fisheries Cesar Drilon has enjoined Ilonggos to protect the kapis shells in their coastal waters. Drilon made the appeal during a recent dialogue with fisherfolk concerning the protection of ...

    • Lawmakers feast on fish amid fishkill 

      Panti, Llanesca T. (The Manila Times, June 9, 2011, on page A3)
      Massive fishkills in Batangas and Pangasinan have prompted at least seven lawmakers to eat milkfish and tilapia of different viands before members of the media on Wednesday to prove that it is safe to eat the country's ...

    • 'Ompong' costs agriculture P16B 

      Gomez, Eireene Jairee (The Manila Times, September 20, 2018, on page A2)
      Total damage and losses to the agriculture sector caused by Typhoon “Ompong” have reached P16.76 billion, according to the Department of Agriculture (DA). The figure breached the agency’s P13.2-billion damage projection ...

    • P10-M ‘bangus,’ ‘tilapia’ lost in fishkill 

      Ganzon, Tina (The Manila Times, January 22, 2014, on page A6)
      Around 120 tons or P10.5-million worth of tilapia and bangus were lost as a fish kill hit parts of Taal Lake in Batangas province over the weekend, the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) said. BFAR (Region ...

    • Quirino applies new tilapia growing tech 

      Domingo, Leander (The Manila Times, December 5, 2019, on page B5)
      With the technology called “Semi-Intensive Culture of Tilapia in Pond,” Quirino has the potential to significantly augment its fish supply and boost its tilapia production. The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources ...

    • Speaker backs shrimp study 

      Philippine News Agency (PNA) (The Manila Times, November 1, 2005, on page A6)
      House Speaker Jose de Venecia Jr. this weekend endorsed the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources' research on vannamei white shrimps being undertaken here. De Venecia said the research by the bureau's National Integrated ...

    • Stinking death spreads out to other species in Taal fishkill 

      Capul, Claire; Odronia, Cris G.; Pilapil, Jaime (The Manila Times, June 3, 2011, on page A3)
      Even as the Department of Interior and Local Government ordered the reduction of Taal Lake's fish corrals from 14,000 to a tenable 6,000 to ease fishkill outbreaks, the oxygen level in the volcano lake is dropping to ...

    • Sustained fish output growth seen in April-June 

      Gomez, Eireene Jairee (The Manila Times, June 28, 2019, on page B5)
      The government is optimistic to sustain positive growth in the country’s fish production in the second quarter of 2019, as it shifts focus on aquaculture farming due to the expected weather disturbances during the rainy ...

    • Taal Lake fishkill seen likely owing to dry spell 

      Rayos, Joenald Medina (The Manila Times, March 12, 2010, on page A7)
      Like in other bodies of inland waters, occasional fish kill may likely occur at the famous Taal Lake this summer because of the recurrence of El Niño phenomenon and the unprecedented changing of temperature in the lake ...

    • Taal Lake recovers from fish kill - BFAR 

      Galvez, James Konstantin (The Manila Times, February 13, 2014, on page A6)
      The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) on Wednesday said it has observed significant improvement in the dissolved oxygen and water transparency of Taal Lake, nearly a month after the reported sulfur upwelling ...

    • Text inquiry service for fish prices available 

      (The Manila Times, August 4, 2004, on page B6)
      Fish farmers can now get updates on the wholesale and retail prices of milkfish and tilapia for Metro Manila through their mobile phones. Such information can be made available by sending inquiries via text message to ...