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    • BFAR blames climate change for dwindling galunggong supply 

      GMA News (Panay News, August 25, 2018, on page C2)
      The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources is pinning the blame on climate change for the seasonal dwindling of supply of the staple fish galunggong or round scad in the country.“Unang una, climate change. ‘Pag umuulan, ...
    • BFAR tests show galunggong samples not injected with formalin 

      GMA News (Panay News, August 26, 2018, on page B3)
      The Department of Agriculture-Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (DA-BFAR) said Friday that the collected samples of galunggong from three public markets tested negative for formalin. No formalin was injected in the ...
    • Conservation of fishery resources 

      PN (Panay News, November 3, 2015, on page 10)
      During the National Summit on Participatory Governance Towards Sustainable Fisheries, Agriculture secretary Proceso Alcala said that the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources budget increased from P3.3 billion in 2010 ...
    • Fishers group urges boycott of imported galunggong 

      Cervantes, Ding (Philippine Star, August 28, 2018, on page 6)
      A group of fishermen yesterday vowed to campaign for a nationwide boycott of imported galunggong (round scad), insisting that while the imports are expected to cost less than local harvest, they are a health hazard. “We ...
    • Galunggong prices decline 

      GMA News (Panay News, February 23, 2021, on page 13)
      The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) said on Saturday that prices of round scad or galunggong have started to go down following the lifting of closed fishing season in various parts of the country. “‘Yung ...
    • Galunggong prices down due to formalin scare 

      GMA News (Panay News, September 9, 2018, on page B2)
      Galunggong prices declined in recent weeks as consumers steered clear of the fish due to formalin scare. In a report on GMA News' "24 Oras," fish vendor Arlene Carabuena said that from P180 per kilogram in the last week ...
    • 'Importing galunggong will disadvantage 1.5M fisherfolk' 

      GMA News (Panay News, September 2, 2018, on page B2)
      The Department of Agriculture’s (DA) plan to import round scad, or galunggong every year will disadvantage some one and a half million small fisherfolk in the country, Sen. Cynthia Villar said. Villar, who chairs the Senate ...
    • Round scad broodstock collected at Hamtic, Antique 

      (Panay News, May 25, 2023, on page 13)
      The marine fish research team of Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center’s Aquaculture Department (SEAFDEC/AQD) continued collecting round scad (locally known as galunggong or tamudyos) at Hamtic, Antique on May 10 ...
    • 'Self- Sufficient' WV not importing 'galunggong' - BFAR-6 

      Tayona, Glenda (Panay News, September 2, 2018, on page 1-15)
      Western Visayas is not importing galunggong, or round scad, the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources Region 6 said amid fears of formalin-laced supply of the fish species from abroad entering the Philippines. The ...
    • What about galunggong? 

      Buenaflor, Luis M. Jr. (Panay News, September 5, 2018, on page 8-15)
      What's all these preoccupation and fixation with galunggong? Just check out all the news stories and headlines coming from the mainstream media both television and print; it seems there is a national disaster in the level ...