Search
Now showing items 11-20 of 23
$200-M WB funding eyed for fisheries
The Department of Agriculture (DA) is seeking World Bank funding for its $200-million Fisheries and Coastal Resiliency (FishCoRe) project that aims to improve the country’s fishery production. In a statement on Monday, ...
- June 2, 2020
PH, PNG sign new pact for fisheries development
The Philippines and Papua New Guinea (PNG) have forged an agreement to strengthen cooperation in fisheries development. The memorandum of understanding (MoU) was signed by Agriculture Secretary Emmanuel Piñol and Papua New ...
- January 28, 2019
Oceana supports BFAR in pushing sustainable management of fisheries
National and local government units (LGUs) have committed to do their part to strengthen sustainable fisheries management in the Philippines. “We’re starting 2021 with renewed hope for our oceans and our artisanal fisherfolk ...
- February 6, 2021
Sustained fish output growth seen in April-June
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 ...
- June 28, 2019
P3-B fish-cage program exclusive, risky - group
The P3-billion fish-cage installment program of the Department of Agriculture (DA) may benefit only the big-fish corporations and endanger the marine and aquatic environment, the Pambansang Lakas ng Kilusang Mamamalakaya ...
- June 10, 2019
Manila, Seoul ink pact on fisheries cooperation
The Philippines and South Korea have signed an agreement that aims to enhance their collaboration in aquaculture and fisheries, and promote fisheries trade and investment.
- November 28, 2019
BFAR: Fisheries sector to post 2019 recovery
The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) expects the country’s fisheries sector to rebound beginning next year on the back of intensified government support for fisherfolk suffering from a lack of post-harvest ...
- December 26, 2018
Farm damage from 2 storms hit P565M
The two tropical storms that soaked Metro Manila and the rest of Luzon damaged P565 million worth of crops, the Department of Agriculture (DA) said on Monday. The DA’s Disaster Risk Reduction Management Council (DRRMC) ...
- July 24, 2018
DA pushes to digitize agri-fishery sector
The Department of Agriculture (DA) is upgrading its data management as part of its efforts to digitize the country’s agriculture sector, its chief said on Monday. To do this, Agriculture Secretary William Dar said in a ...
- June 4, 2020
Fish output to grow 2% in Q1 2019 – BFAR
The country’s fish production will likely expand by more than 2 percent in the first quarter of 2019, the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) said. In an interview with The Manila Times, BFAR Director Eduardo ...
- January 29, 2019