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'Strict enforcement of fisheries laws key to food, economic security'
the Philippine chapter of the world's largest marine conservation group stresses on Tuesday that strict enforcement of the country's fisheries law is the key to ensuring a sustainable fisheries sector that would lead to ...
- December 11, 2015
Awareness on fish products with export potentials
The Country has high export potentials for its fish and fishery products. These potentials stemmed from the country’s vast natural resources, including the market demand and reasonable prices offered to export products. ...
- May 30, 2018
PH urged to make manufacturing sector competitive, raise agricultural productivity
To promote inclusive growth and reduce poverty, the Philippines is encouraged to carry out measures to make the manufacturing sector more competitive as well as increase the productivity of the agricultural sector. According ...
- January 6, 2015
BFAR tests show galunggong samples not injected with formalin
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 ...
- August 26, 2018
US compensation for Tubbataha Reef
On Jan. 20, 2015, the Philippine government received from the US government the full requested amount of P87,033,570.71 as compensation for the damage caused to Tubbataha Reef by the grounding of the "USS Guardian". The ...
- February 19, 2015
DA-BFAR hosts forum to strengthen fishery sector
The Department of Agriculture's Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (DA-BFAR) hosted on Saturday the First-ever industry forum for fishery-based micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSMEs) to strengthen the industry ...
- October 19, 2015
Supreme Court asked to compel gov't to protect West PH Sea environment
The Integrated Bar of the Philippines (IBP), along with fisherfolk from Palawan and Zambales, filed with the Supreme Court yesterday a petition against some members of the Cabinet and heads of several government agencies ...
- April 17, 2019
Batongbacal: Filipino scientists seeded giant clams, China stole it
A maritime affairs expert on Friday said Filipino scientists seeded giant clams in Scarborough Shoal in the late 1980s, only for Chinese fishermen to steal it decades later. Jay Batongbacal, director of the University of ...
- April 27, 2019
'Let us be friends but don't touch Pag-asa Island'
While he maintained that he will not wage war on China, President Rodrigo Duterte said he will not allow the Chinese government to seize the Pag-asa Island in the West Philippine Sea. Duterte said this during his speech ...
- April 8, 2019
BFAR blames climate change for dwindling galunggong supply
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, ...
- August 25, 2018