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Inside the quarantine facility for shrimp with a PCR testing lab to keep out viruses
Long before COVID-19 imposed mandatory quarantine and reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) testing on travellers, a small building in a seaside town has been serving to regularly quarantine and test ...
- July 25, 2020
Landbank releases P3.02B in loans to help farmers and fishers boost productivity
In pursuit of its mandate to support the country’s agriculture sector, the Land Bank of the Philippines (LANDBANK), in partnership with the Department of Agriculture (DA), continues to provide affordable financial assistance ...
- July 15, 2020
BFAR, USAID host workshop to battle illegal fishing
The U.S. and Philippine governments launched on Wednesday, September 2, a workshop attended by 135 participants to measure and understand the negative impacts of illegal, unreported, and unregulated (IUU) fishing in the ...
- September 4, 2020
City drops oil spill suit
Early this week, Iloilo City Mayor Jerry P. Treñas announced that “I am satisfied” with the AC Energy Philippines (ACEPh) response to the oil spill that occurred off the shores of Bo. Obrero following an explosion that ...
- July 23, 2020
Study: Helping young fish see at night makes them grow faster
In Asian countries including the Philippines, the culture of pompano has been conducted in open sea cages, brackishwater cages and in ponds. However, a few challenges, such as the high cost of production, still hamper the ...
- March 7, 2020
PDLs showcase creativity in cooking sardines
The Metro Bacolod District Jail (MBDJ)-female dormitory in Barangay Handumanan here thought of a unique way to showcase the creativity of Persons Deprived of Liberty (PDLs) through a cooking contest. Dubbed “Tuloy Po Kayo,” ...
- June 5, 2020
Wounded dolphin rescued in Sipalay
Fishermen rescued a wounded dolphin after it got stranded off the waters of Barangay Maricalum, Sipalay City, Negros Occidental on Monday. Commander Jansen Benjamin, head of Philippine Coast Guard (PCG)-Negros Occidental, ...
- July 29, 2020
Agri-wastes eyed as cheap, eco-friendly source of fish feed
Affordable and sustainable feed ingredients for fish farmers are in the works as researchers continue to develop fish diet formulations using discarded agricultural wastes and byproducts. Dr. Frolan Aya, a scientist at the ...
- September 30, 2020
Agri losses due to Taal eruption now at P3 billion
The cost of crops and livestock lost in the eruption of the Taal Volcano has jumped to P3.06 billion, the Department of Agriculture said Friday, as various groups sought to bring relief to survivors. Some 6,000 tilapia ...
- January 18, 2020
New species of soil-cleaning worm named after Iloilo
A new species of mudworm, known to clean the soil in fishponds, was recently identified and named after Iloilo, the province where its eggs were collected and hatched. Now called Marphysa iloiloensis, eggs of this mudworm, ...
- January 27, 2020