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DA sees potential in eel industry
The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources(BFAR) is eyeing capital from local and foreign investors for the development of the eel industry in the country. Foreign direct investment is being encouraged by the department ...
- February 25, 2015
Fisherfolk get ₱718M aid
The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) has set aside ₱718 million for the construction of 252 Community Fish Landing Centers (CFLCs) which will benefit around a third of the fisherfolk population in the ...
- February 10, 2015
DA to develop local eel industry
The Department of Agriculture (DA) and local players are eyeing to develop a more competitive eel industry in the country. The development of the eel industry comes as the Japan and South Korea markets are substituting ...
- January 20, 2015
$55M pledged for fisherfolk, poor farmers
The Department of Agriculture (DA) reported the International Fun for Agricultural Development (IFAD) of the United Nations pledges $ 55 million for two projects that will start next year that aim to help fisherfolk and ...
- December 7, 2015
Red tide in Davao Oriental, Pangasinan towns
The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) has raised red tide warnings in the coastal waters of Baliet Bay in Mati, Davao Oriental and in Bolinao and Anda towns in Pangasinan after shellfish in the area tested ...
- April 15, 2015
Benham Rise: Wealth under the sea
There is wealth out there, for the taking. But diving is daunting, starting at 15 meters deep.
In 2011, the Philippines acquired Benham Rise, a "massive" area east of Luzon. "We have access to resources in an area bigger ...
- July 29, 2015
Fish output dropped in 2014
Production output of the three most consumed fish varieties dropped in 2014, according to the latest report from the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA). The effects of typhoon Glenda were attributed as the primary factors ...
- February 25, 2015
Reef fisheries of the Spratlys, West Philippine Sea
Nañola et al. in 1997 reported 248 species from 1991 to 1996 in the Kalayaan Group of Islands (KIG). The larger species had an average standing stock or biomass of 114 metric tons per km2. But the Joint Oceanographic and ...
- September 24, 2015