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High-value fish breeding can sustain PH aquaculture
High-value fish species such as Yellowfin tuna is a potential breeding specie that can help establish sustainable tuna aquaculture in the Philippines, a communication think-tank said. Best Alternatives, an environment ...
- August 10, 2018
Fish output slightly down to 972,910 MT in Q3 – PSA
The country's fish production slightly decreased in the third quarter of the year as output from commercial and municipal fisheries declined, the Philippines Statistics Authority (PSA) said. In its latest Fisheries Situation ...
- November 19, 2018
CCC: Preserve coastal, marine resources for goods, services
The Climate Change Commission (CCC) is urging for the preservation of the country’s coastal and marine resources to ensure the sustainable sources of goods and services amid the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) pandemic. ...
- June 6, 2020
Limited fisherfolk role in FMAs protested
International nongovernment organization Oceana urged the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) to recall an order that limits the participation of local government units, fisherfolks, and key stakeholders in ...
- April 17, 2021
$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
Group to DA: Stop plan to import fish
A fishers group called on the Department of Agriculture (DA) to scrap its plan to import fish and instead push for quick and concrete rehabilitation of the livelihood of affected local fisherfolk whose fishing gears and ...
- January 6, 2022
Fishers group rejects galunggong importation
The National fishers' group Pambansang Lakas ng Kilusang Mamalaya ng Pilipinas (Pamalakaya) urged The Department og Agriculture (DA) and Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) to junk their plan to import 45, 000 ...
- November 29, 2019
Fish from Taal Lake safe to eat, says fisheries body
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. ...
- January 21, 2020
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
Group opposes 3-month closed fishing season
A fisherfolk group is against the implementation of a closed fishing season, claiming it causes an artificial shortage that hurts both fisherfolk and consumers. The Pambansang Lakas ng Kilusang Mamamalakaya ng Pilipinas ...
- October 13, 2021