Browsing Manila Bulletin by Author "Benaning, Marvyn"

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    • Alcala swears in fisheries chief 

      Benaning, Marvyn (Manila Bulletin, June 30, 2012, on page 5)
      Dr. Felix Ayson is the new chief of the Aquaculture Department of the Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center (SEAFDEC-AQD) in Tigbauan, Iloilo. The belated report said Dr. Ayson was sworn into office by Agriculture ...

    • BAR, Worldfish Center Boost Aquaculture 

      Benaning, Marvyn (Manila Bulletin, February 22, 2012, on page 3)
      The Bureau of Agriculture Research (BAR) and the WorldFish center are collaborating on a project to enhance the capacity of stakeholders to commercialize aquaculture technology. BAR and the Los Baños-based WorldFish Center ...

    • BFAR: Overstocking caused fish kill 

      Benaning, Marvyn (Manila Bulletin, June 2, 2011, on page 3)
      Overstocking of fish in cages caused the fish kill in Taal and Pangasinan. This was the gist of the report made by the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) on the loss of 700 metric tons (MT) of tilapia in Taal ...

    • Fish output 

      Benaning, Marvyn (Manila Bulletin, December 18, 2011, on page 18)
      The campaign to improve fish output can be done on land, based on the strides made by Finfish Hatcheries, Inc. (FHI) in Sarangani and the technologies developed by the Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center (SEAFDEC) ...

    • Palawan gets ₱549M from DA 

      Benaning, Marvyn (Manila Bulletin, January 23, 2012, on page 14)
      The Department of Agriculture (DA) is pouring in P549 million for irrigation, farm machinery, and fisheries projects in Palawan. Alcala stressed that among the projects crafted for Palawan are the P498-million bato-Iraan ...

    • Quarrying blamed for lake fishkill 

      Benaning, Marvyn (Manila Bulletin, May 3, 2012, on page 2)
      The Pambansang Lakas ng Kilusang Mamamalakaya ng Pilipinas (Pamamalakaya) is blaming the recurrent fish kills in Lake Bito, Leyte, on the quarrying of black sand. Pamalakaya and the Tacloban-based Eastern Visayas Ecumenical ...

    • SEAFDEC props up small fisherfolk 

      Benaning, Marvyn (Tempo, January 16, 2012, on page 8)
      The Filipino chief of a regional fisheries center is batting for more community-based hatcheries to ensure food security in the country and Southeast Asia. Dr. Joebert D. Toledo, chief of the Southeast Asian Fisheries ...

    • Seized fish donated to jails, hospitals 

      Benaning, Marvyn (Manila Bulletin, May 19, 2010, on page 8)
      The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) has distributed a ton of seized fish to various institutions and government agencies, including government hospitals and jails in Baler, Aurora. BFAR director Malcolm ...

    • Tobacco dust good for aquaculture 

      Benaning, Marvyn (Manila Bulletin, January 19, 2012, on page 2)
      National Tobacco Administration (NTA) Chief Edgardo D. Zaragoza yesterday said research undertaken by the agency showed that tobacco dust battles not only head lice but also decimates snails that inhabit fishponds and fish ...