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Fish landing center soon in Kalibo
A community fish landing center (CFLC) will be established here to promote inclusive growth in the fishery sector. Mayor William Lachica said the municipal government and the barangay council of Mabilo identified the site ...
- October 22, 2015
SEAFDEC boosts aquaculture technology
To help marginal fisherfolks uplift their economic status, the Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center (SEAFDEC) focuses its current thrusts on aquaculture technology. Moreover, a technology and verification extension ...
- July 10, 2000
Viability of producing functional food
The production or processing of functional food is becoming one of the fast growing segments of the country’s food industry. Functional food contains both essential nutrients and health promoting non-nutrients. However, ...
- July 27, 2018
Rediscovering the wild but useful seagrass
Locally-known as ragiwdiw and bankuan in Bicol, the seagrass (Rynchospora corymbosa) is a perennial plant species which grows abundantly in the flood-prone areas of the region. While it is considered as useless by some, ...
- May 9, 2019
RP prawn gets market break
The Southeast Fisheries Corporation (SFC) is now giving Filipino prawn growers and sellers of marine products, a venue on which such raw materials can find their way to large markets throughout the world. Sung Ho Yu, SFC ...
- January 16, 2001
Seafdec livelihood tie-ups commended
"This is the kind of project that directly benefits folks," says Department of Agriculture (DA) Undersecretary for Fisheries Cesar Drilon of the recent tie-up of the Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center (SEAFDEC), ...
- May 11, 1999
Illegal fishing
Illegal fishing is rampant in Western Visayas, according to the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources. What should be done? The country already has a strengthened law against illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) ...
- August 6, 2016
What you need to know about red tide
A fisherman in New Washington dared the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) personnel in the province: he will eat talaba, or oysters, in front of them to prove that those harvested from the town are not ...
- December 13, 2015
Miriam first to taste from SEAFDEC tilapia
Sen. Meriam Santiago was among the first to dine and taste from the first harvest of SEAFDEC-CPEU-BFAR (Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center-Central Panay Economic Unification, Inc.-Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic ...
- October 7, 1999
Oyster farming pushed
The city government wants to develop oyster farming. The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) recently discussed this with city officials. Also presents were representatives from the Gerry Roxas Foundation – ...
- August 3, 2022