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Passage of DFAR urged
Agricultural stakeholders are urging Congress for the early passage of the creation of Department of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources ( DFAR). At present, there are 19 proposed measures pending at the House of Representatives ...
- December 11, 2020
Farmers, fisherfolk oppose EO 171 extension
Fifteen farmers and fisherfolk organizations released a joint statement Wednesday, Nov. 30, 2022, expressing their opposition to the extension of Executive Order (EO) 171, saying the reduced import tariff did not benefit ...
- December 1, 2022
Seafdec-AQD urges biosecurity for shrimp farms
In a recent biosecurity forum, Dr. Joebert Toledo, Chief of the Aquaculture Department (AQD) of the Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center (SEAFDEC), has offered to provide shrimp farmers free diagnostic services as ...
- June 16, 2007
SEAFDEC conducts training on seaweed biotech
It is no secret among seaweed industry insiders that the biggest problem facing the industry is the scarcity of good quality seed stock. Like rice farmers, seaweed farmers set aside a bit of their harvest to use as seeds ...
- April 5, 2007
750 more fishers from Zambales get government fuel discount
Another group of fisherfolk in Central Luzon has benefited from the government’s fuel subsidy program that aims to ease the impact of rising oil prices on the local fishing industry. Wilfredo Cruz, director of the Department ...
- June 15, 2022
Gov't asked to control prices of galunggong
The Pambansang Lakas ng Kilusang Mamamalakaya ng Pilipinas (Pamalakaya) has called on the government to control the prices of galunggong or round scad, which now costs P250 per kilo. The group cited the need for government ...
- January 22, 2022
Sarangani Bay marks Ocean Month
As part of the celebration of the “Month of the Ocean” this May, the Protected Area Management Office - Sarangani Bay Protected Seascape (Pamo-SBPS) together with the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) Region ...
- May 10, 2021
Group: Stop fish importation
A group of fishermen belonging to the Pambansang Lakas ng Kilusang Mamamalakaya ng Pilipinas (PAMALAKAYA) has urged the goverment to stop importing fish including galunggong (round scad), mackerel and sardines from China. ...
- June 16, 2022
Drilon speaks on "Women in Fisheries'
The University of Philippines in the Visayas has invited Undersecretary for Fisheries and Legislative Relations Cesar Drilon to be the keynote speaker in a conference-workshop on March 15-16, 2000 at the Four Seasons Hotel ...
- March 14, 2000
DoTr, DA, DoE forge agri-fishery agreement
The Department of Transportation (DOTr), Department of Agriculture (DA), and the Department of Energy (DOE) signed a tripartite Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) to strengthen and expand the implementation of the existing ...
- March 15, 2021