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FAO to help in campaign vs illegal fishing
Delegates of the United Nations Food and Agriculture (UN FAO) arrived on Monday to assist the Philippines in its effort to combat illegal fishing, the Department of Agriculture (DA) said. DA Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic ...
- August 16, 2022
BFAR mulls moratorium on crackdown vs imported fish
The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) on Wednesday said it was considering imposing a moratorium on the crackdown of imported frozen fish in wet markets amid criticisms that it was anti-poor. In a radio ...
- December 1, 2022
BFAR reports fish kill in Batangas
The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) on Wednesday reported fish kill at fishponds in Agoncillo, Batangas affecting at least 29 tons of tilapia amounting to P3.2 million. BFAR 4-A Director Sammy Malvas said ...
- August 11, 2022
Canned sardines shortage looms
The Philippine Chamber of Agriculture and Food Inc. on Wednesday warned of a looming shortage of canned sardines because of a three-month fishing ban starting in November. The group's president Danilo Fausto said that the ...
- October 6, 2022
Imported galunggong floods markets
The Association of Fish Traders of the Philippines Inc. confirmed on Saturday the proliferation of imported frozen galunggong or round scad in the wet markets in Metro Manila. In a radio interview, the group's president, ...
- September 18, 2022
PH imports 93% salt needs - Agri group
An agricultural group on Friday said that the country imports 93 percent of its salt requirements of 550,000 metric tons from China and Australia with the "dead local salt industry." In a radio interview, Philippine Chamber ...
- August 27, 2022
BFAR exec denies shortage of sardines
The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) on Monday denied a shortage in the supply of tamban or sardines amid reports of unavailability in the wet market of the fish. In a radio interview, BFAR spokesman Nasario ...
- September 6, 2022
13.8MT of imported fish arrive
The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) on Thursday said 13,857 metric tons (MT) of imported fish have arrived in the country as the fishing ban in Palawan will end on Jan. 31, 2023. The Department of Agriculture ...
- January 27, 2023