Browsing Panay News by Subject "El Nino phenomena"
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'Agriculture, fisheries sector to recover in Q4'
(Panay News,August 22, 2016 , on page B1-B14)Department of Agriculture (DA) secretary Manny Piñol expects the agriculture and fisheries sector to rebound and register positive growth in the last quarter of 2016, as the government provides more support to boost the ... -
Antique still red tide-free
(Panay News,December 10, 2015 , on page 5)Fish caught in Antique's waters are safe for human consumption, an official assured on Wednesday. Allette Gayatin, Office of the Provincial Agriculture Fisheries division head, said there is no red tide in Antique unlike ... -
BFAR bares El Niño action plan
(Panay News,February 23, 2010 , on page B7)The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) here bared measures to be undertaken soonest to mitigate the effects of El Niño on fisheries and other marine resources in Aklan. The action plan is centered on assisting ... -
Board hearing to fish for El Niño measures
(Panay News,September 3, 2015 , on page 22)The provincial government of Negros Occidental is bracing for the El Niño phenomenon that is expected to hit the country in the last quarter of this year and the first quarter of 2016. Sangguniang Panlalawigan will have a ... -
Boracay's coral-eating starfish a dead issue
(Panay News,September 7, 1999 , on page 2-6)Like the reported coliform contamination of Boracay waters, the reported presence of coral eating starfishes in the island's seas is a phenomenon which shortly existed last year and already long gone. This Aklan governor ... -
Climate change takes toll in Davao Gulf: High temperature prompts fish catch decline
(Panay News,July 1, 2018 , on page 13)The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) in Region 11 raised concerns on the decreasing fish catch in the Davao Gulf. The decline in the number of catch was seen even BFAR’s implementation of the annual closed ... -
DA to farmers: use gov't loans
(Panay News,May 20, 2017 , on page 12-17)The Department of Agriculture (DA) urged farmers and fisherfolk in Negros Island Region (NIR) to utilize various credit assistance programs like loans from the agency to achieve agricultural productivity. Joyce Wendam, ... -
El Niño blamed for low fish catch
(Panay News,April 23, 2016 , on page 13)Fisherfolk in Negros Occidental were experiencing a decrease in catch. They were blaming the El Niño phenomenon. The extreme heat brought by El Niño has resulted in the 70-percent drop in their average catch, according ... -
El Niño may hurt fisheries sector, too
(Panay News,September 27, 2015 , on page 4)The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) Region 6 is working out an El Niño mitigation plan to lessen the dry spell's impact on the fisheries sector. "We are currently planning for one. We will also meet with ... -
Fisheries sector not affected by El Niño
(Panay News,February 23, 2010 , on page 2)The fisheries sector in Western Visayas is not affected by the El Niño phenomenon, said Director Drusila Bayate of the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources 6 (BFAR-6). But despite this, BFAR-6 has been preparing ... -
Innovation needed to revive fisheries sector, says DOF
(Panay News,July 28, 2018 , on page B1)Innovative ways of aquafarming is needed to ensure adequate supply of fish for Filipino consumers and to prevent fish prices from exacerbating inflation. In an economic bulletin released Thursday, the Department of Finance ... -
[ Salt farm ]
(Panay News,May 31, 2015 , on page 8)Salt farm workers in Cavite fill up a pond with saltwater that produces rock salt when left to dry under the sun. Salt producers take advantage of the hot dry spell stemming from the El Niño phenomenon. -
Salt-making alternative to Antique's fisherfolk
(Panay News,December 11, 2015 , on page 6)Aside from setting into sea at the onset of the El Niño phenomenon, more Antiqueño fisherfolk are engaging in solar salt-making as their alternative livelihood. Allette Gayatin, Antique Office of the Provincial Agriculture ... -
Survival rate of mangrove crab
(Panay News,July 15, 2016 , on page 16)A relatively new technology is now in place which aims to increase the survival rate of mangrove crab in the hatchery. Originally engaged in producing and culturing high-value marine aquatic species, the Palawan Aquaculture ... -
Trip to Balinsasayao Twin Lake, an environmental advocacy
(Panay News,February 1, 2020 , on page B2)Several locations in our country have been named natural parks and ecotourism sites to promote the conservation of the natural environment, economic prosperity for the majority of stakeholders and community development. ... -
Weak El Niño good for fisherfolk, says BFAR
(Panay News,April 7, 2019 , on page B1-B8)The weak El Niño is good for fishermen even as it scorched the country’s farms, the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) said. BFAR director Eduardo Gongona said there are fewer tropical cyclones expected because ...