Browsing The Daily Guardian by Subject "fishery economics"
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Amended fisheries law to curb illegal foreign vessels
(The Daily Guardian,October 1, 2015 , on page 2)The amended fisheries code also seeks to protect the Philippines' marine territory from illegal fishing activities of foreign vessels. Agriculture Undersecretary Segfredo Serrano said, "the law is for our own good as we ... -
BFAR-6 to establish 51 fish landing centers
(The Daily Guardian,February 21, 2017 , on page 2)The establishment of 51 community fish landing centers (CFLCs) in Western Visayas is the priority of the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR-6) in 2017. The centers will be distributed in the provinces of Aklan, ... -
BFAR: 'galunggong' supply in Western Visayas is sufficient
(The Daily Guardian,September 4, 2018 , on page 3-14)The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR)-6 assured that supply of galunggong or round scad in the region is sufficient. BFAR-6 Regional Director Remia Aparri there is no need to import galunggong because of ... -
DA to help farmers, fisherfolk tap low-cost loans
(The Daily Guardian,April 26, 2018 , on page S1/5)The Department of Agriculture (DA) is planning to move away from a subsidy system as more easy-access financing becomes available, with the department planning to help farmers and fisherfolk tap low-cost loan facilities. ... -
El Niño could reduce fish supply
(The Daily Guardian,September 30, 2015 , on page 2-7)Prolonged drought due to El Niño will reduce fish yield in Western Visayas, according to the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR-6). Remia Aparri, BFAR regional director, said they have yet to forecast the ... -
Fish catch in Negros dwindling - UP study
(The Daily Guardian,August 26, 2015 , on page 6)Fish catch in the waters of Negros Island is dwindling, according to a study conducted by a researcher from UP-Diliman. The study by Remelyn I. de Ramos of the Marine Sciences Institute (MSI) of UP-Diliman revealed that ... -
Fish holiday to impact WV's yield
(The Daily Guardian,September 24, 2015 , on page 1-7)More or less 30 percent of Western Visayas fisheries production will be affected by the fish holiday mounted by commercial fishers, September 22-24. Remia Aparri, director of Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources ... -
Fish Holiday: supply stable but prices up
(The Daily Guardian,September 23, 2015 , on page 1-7)Fish vendors said supply remained stable despite the fish holiday by commercial fishing firms from September 22 to 24. Vendors at La Paz market in Iloilo City said they prepared ahead of the fish holiday to keep up with ... -
Fish sufficiency through aquaculture
(The Daily Guardian,September 14, 2015 , on page B1)With 8,000 metric tons in fish production per quarter, Negros Occidental maintained its sufficiency in marine and aquaculture products, government statistics indicated. Though it was reported recently that fish production ... -
Guimaras fish production endures 15.17% cut back
(The Daily Guardian,November 27, 2018 , on page 10-12)Data released by the Philippine Statistics Authority revealed that fish production in Guimaras province for the second quarter of 2018 decreased by 15.17 percent with an estimated output of 2,102.33 metric tons, lower than ... -
Guimaras fisheries production on uptick
(The Daily Guardian,August 7, 2017 , on page B1-B7)Guimaras’ fisheries production continued to rise in the past three years, according to the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) – Guimaras Office. PSA-Guimaras attributed the continuous upward trend in the province’s ... -
Heavy rains wreck havoc to Negros' agro-fishery
(The Daily Guardian,January 18, 2018 , on page 6-7)The onslaught of heavy rains caused massive flooding in some areas of Negros Occidental, damaging an estimated P6.5 million worth of agro-fishery products. A partial report from the Office of the Provincial Agriculturist ... -
Iloilo prov'l board bats for creation of DOFAR
(The Daily Guardian,October 17, 2018 , on page 11)The Sangguniang Panlalawigan of Iloilo has approved Resolution No. 2018-574 which “strongly supports the legislative measures” now pending in Congress for the creation of the Department of Ocean, Fisheries and Aquatic ... -
Losses to 'Yolanda' in agri-fishery, infra P8.8 B
(The Daily Guardian,January 6, 2014 , on page B2)Some P8.865 billion worth of infrastructure projects and agricultural and fishery products have been destroyed and damaged by super typhoon "Yolanda" that hit Capiz and Visayas region in Nov. 8 last year. Final report from ... -
'Manipulators' control the prices of bangrus
(The Daily Guardian,October 3, 2018 , on page 7)Manipulators are controlling prices of bangrus or bangus (milkfish) in the market, according to a fisheries group leader. According to Philippine Alliance of Fisheries Producers Inc President Joseph Martin Borromeo, they ... -
Manufacturers of canned sardines want SRP imposed on 'tamban'
(The Daily Guardian,April 3, 2019 , on page 14)Manufacturers are asking the government to set a suggested retail price on tamban to help moderate the prices of canned sardines. Bombit Buencamino, executive director of the Canned Sardines Manufacturers Association of ... -
Marine product exports still reeling from 'Yolanda'
(The Daily Guardian,April 21, 2014 , on page 1-2)Marine product exports from northern Iloilo remain tepid five months after Typhoon Yolanda despite assurances from the local and national governments that rehabilitation efforts are in effect. The 2014 first quarter report ... -
NEDA: Visayan Sea depletion alarming
(The Daily Guardian,August 8, 2013 , on page 1-6)The depletion of marine resources in the Visayan Sea has prompted the imposition of a close season to fishing to allow fish and other marine life to spawn. Ro-Ann Bacal, National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) ... -
PH agriculture, fisheries grows
(The Daily Guardian,February 2, 2015 , on page 1-7)The country's agriculture and fisheries sector grew in 2014, according to an official of the Department of Agriculture. DA's Assistant Secretary for Field Operations Edilberto De Luna said that based on reports from the ... -
Phl Q1 agriculture output up 5.28% year-on-year
(The Daily Guardian,May 16, 2017 , on page B1)Philippine agricultural output grew by 5.28 percent in the first quarter compared with a year earlier, rebounding from a contraction in the previous quarter largely due to good weather, the statistics office said on Monday. ...