Browsing Manila Bulletin by Subject "FAO Code of Conduct for Responsible Fisheries"

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    • DA allows imports of black tiger shrimps 

      Benaning, Marvyn N. (Manila Bulletin, January 20, 2010, on page B-3)
      Government has allowed the importation of broodstock and post-larvae of black tiger shrimps. The Department of Agriculture (DA), through the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR), has issued three administrative ...

    • Fishermen Ask For Ban Exemption 

      Yap, Tara (Manila Bulletin, January 16, 2014, on page 13)
      Citing the ill-effects of super typhoon Yolanda, small scale fishermen in northern Iloilo province are asking Government not to implement the total banning of hulbot-hulbot for the next three years. The Carlesanon Small ...

    • PH eyes more rice fish imports 

      Miraflor, Madelaine B. (Manila Bulletin, August 28, 2018, on page 1-4)
      Agriculture Secretary Emmanuel Piñol said on Monday he has proposed the importation of an additional 132,000 tons (T) of rice by the private sector to address “very limited” supplies of the staple food in the country’s ...

    • Plan for eel industry development crafted 

      Lazaro, Freddie (Manila Bulletin, December 1, 2017, on page 11)
      A doable plan for the development of the eel industry in the country formulated following a meeting of the technical experts from the bureau of fisheries and other concerned agencies held here recently. National Eel Focal ...

    • Probe on banned 'suahe' shrimp sought 

      Rosario, Ben R. (Manila Bulletin, June 20, 2005, on page 12)
      Party-list lawmakers have asked the House of Representatives to conduct a probe into the proliferation in the local market of banned Pacific or western white shrimps, popularly known as "suahe." Warning that the unabated ...

    • Scientists, fish farmers set plan to save shrimp industry 

      (Manila Bulletin, August 17, 2002, on page F-3)
      A good number of aquaculture scientists and researchers and fish farmers from various parts of the country met in this city recently and adopted measures to facilitate the recovery of the moribund shrimp industry. The ...

    • 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 ...

    • Several fishing vessels caught using destructive fishing gears in PH seas 

      Miraflor, Madelaine B. (Manila Bulletin, January 10, 2021, on page B-4)
      Several commercial fishing vessels have been caught using destructive fishing gear called Danish Seine, locally known as buli-buli or hulbot-bulbot, within Philippine seas despite the ban that was put in place in 2018. The ...