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    • Japan seafood exporters get emergency relief 

      Associated Press (AP) (The Manila Times, September 6, 2023, on page B4)
      Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida announced on Monday a 20.7-billion yen ($141-million) emergency fund to help exporters hit by China's ban on Japanese seafood over the release of treated radioactive wastewater from ...

    • US, Vietnam warn vs use of force 

      Agence France-Presse (AFP) (The Manila Times, September 12, 2023, on page A1)
      The United States and Vietnam warned on Monday against the “threat or use of force” in the disputed South China Sea, days after the latest clash involving Chinese vessels. President Joe Biden and Vietnam’s Communist Party ...

    • BFAR: P100M alotted for salt production 

      Cariaso, Bella (The Manila Times, August 30, 2022, on page A1)
      The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) claimed that it allotted P100 million for salt production last year. "Last year, BFAR has set in motion a P100-million Development of the Salt Industry Project (DSIP) ...

    • Cadiz mayor closes 'death' reef 

      Adiong, Eugene Y. (The Manila Times, August 31, 2022, on page A10)
      Cadiz City Mayor Salvador Escalante has ordered the temporary closure of the Kabilang-Bilangan Reef in Barangay Sicaba on Monday, August 29, after strong currents claimed the lives of four persons including two minors on ...

    • Officials ban swimming in General Santos beach 

      Sumangil, Franz R. (The Manila Times, August 29, 2022, on page A7)
      Authorities have warned residents against swimming at a popular public beach resort in General Santos City because of "exceedingly high levels of coliform" found along the shorelines of the city. Coliform bacteria is "a ...

    • BARMM tops regions in Q2 fisheries output 

      Jannaral, Julmunir I. (The Manila Times, August 29, 2022, on page A7)
      The Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) ranked first among the country's top five fish-producing regions in the second quarter of 2022. Based on the Philippine Statistic Authority's Fisheries Situation ...

    • PH imports 93% salt needs - Agri group 

      Cariaso, Bella (The Manila Times, August 27, 2022, on page A2)
      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 ...

    • Saving Philippine coral reefs 

      (The Manila Times, September 23, 2023, on page A4)
      As defined and differentiated, coral is a live animal while a reef is a physical structure. Reefs are the habitat of corals which have been erected through the secretions of coral polyps over many generations. Reef-building ...

    • LGUs affected by oil spill to file class suit 

      Laurente, Ire Joe (The Manila Times, August 27, 2023, on page A7)
      The office of Oriental Mindoro First District Rep. Arnan Panaligan is coordinating with the local government of Pola and other municipalities for the filing of a class suit against the owners of the oil tanker that sank ...

    • Police arrest seven persons for illegal fishing in Bataan 

      Esconde, Ernie (The Manila Times, August 26, 2023, on page A8)
      Fisherfolk and environmental groups have recently lauded President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. for directing the Department of Agriculture and Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources to work closely with the Office of the ...

    • Seaweeds top second quarter fishery output 

      Miguel, Janine Alexis (The Manila Times, August 28, 2023, on page B2)
      Seaweeds accounted for the biggest share of the total production of the country's fishery sector in the second quarter of the current year, data from the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) showed. Seaweed production in ...

    • HDPE fish cages pushed in Region 2 

      Domingo, Leander (The Manila Times, August 31, 2023, on page B5)
      In an effort to boost fisheries production in Region 2 (Cagayan Valley), the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) in the region and the local government unit of Allacapan in Cagayan province is promoting the ...

    • Unauthorized fishing 

      Acosta, Persida (The Manila Times, August 31, 2023, on page A7)
      Dear PAO, My husband's ony source of income or livelihood is fishing. When I asked him, he said that he does not have any permit or license to do so since it is just an additional expense for him. Is he allowed to engage ...

    • Reclamation protection vs tsunamis - PRA exec 

      Baroña, Franco Jose (The Manila Times, August 28, 2023, on page A2)
      Land reclamations in coastal areas can act as protection against storm surges and tsunamis and will likely prevent flooding, a Philippine Reclamation Authority (PRA) official said. PRA Assistant General Manager Joseph ...

    • Partnership to develop vaccine for tilapia virus 

      (The Manila Times, October 5, 2023, on page B5)
      The Department of Agriculture-National Fisheries Research and Development Institute (DA-NFRDI) and the Chung Yuan Christian University (CYCU) have signed an agreement for a two-year partnership to develop an oral subunit ...

    • IOPC pays Mindoro oil spill victims 

      Laurente, Ire Joe (The Manila Times, October 4, 2023, on page A8)
      The provincial government of Oriental Mindoro has announced the initial release of the compensation for fishermen who were affected by an oil spill after a tanker sank in February this year. Oriental Mindoro Gov. Humerlito ...

    • Red sea reefs offer last refuge for corals 

      Agence France-Presse (AFP) (The Manila Times, October 11, 2022, on page A6)
      Beneath the waters off Egypt’s Red Sea coast a kaleidoscopic ecosystem teems with life that could become the world’s “last coral refuge” as global heating eradicates reefs elsewhere, researchers say. Most shallow water ...

    • Shrimp farm taps solar energy 

      Cariaso, Bella (The Manila Times, October 27, 2022, on page B5)
      The San Andres Aqua Culture Corp. (Sanacor) has tapped renewable energy to operate its shrimp farms in Sarangani. Engineer Shawna Mei Velasco said that Sanacor’s solar photovoltaics (PV) system was installed in 2019 and ...

    • Filipinos still hesitant to fish at WPS 

      Cardinoza, Gabriel L. (The Manila Times, October 12, 2022, on page A7)
      Despite the presence of the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) in the area, fisherfolk from this Western Pangasinan town remain hesitant to fish at the Scarborough Shoal in the West Philippine Sea (WPS). Erick Naboa, president ...

    • Pygmy whale found dead in Cagayan 

      Visaya, Vince Jacob (The Manila Times, October 15, 2022, on page A8)
      A stranded adult male pygmy sperm whale (Kogia breviceps) was found dead along the coast of Magatan village in Sanchez Mira, Cagayan, at about 6:30 in the morning on Wednesday, October 12, by a fisherman, the Bureau of ...