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Aquafeed project shows promise to improve income of farmers
To help lower the price of fish amidst volatile food prices across the country, an international aquaculture research center is coming up with a new fish feed formulation that is cost-efficient and eco-friendly. Using ...
- June 9, 2021
First National FARMC Congress identifies gaps, ways forward on fisheries management in PH
In celebration of the National Fisherfolk Day, fisherfolk from across the country joined stakeholders in the fishing industry for the National Fisheries and Aquatic Resources Management Councils (FARMC) Congress, which was ...
- June 3, 2021
Southern towns push for 'uniform' coastal policies in Panay Gulf
The municipal agriculturists of Miagao, Oton, Tigbauan, Guimbal and San Joaquin called for a uniform and synchronized implementation of policies in the coastal waters of Panay Gulf. The agriculturists requested for the ...
- October 15, 2019
PRRM: Chinese 'overfishing' cause of declining fish harvests
The Philippine Rural Reconstruction Movement has claimed that the “overfishing” of the Chinese vessels in the West Philippine Sea (WPS) is the cause of declining fish harvests. In a statement, PRRM president Edicio dela ...
- February 28, 2022
CFOS-IFPT organizes training for Iloilo fishers on product packaging, labelling and entrepreneurship
The Institute of Fish Processing Technology, College of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences, (CFOS-IFPT) UP Visayas organized the “Training-workshop on Packaging and Labeling of Priority Products and Introduction to Basic ...
- September 21, 2022
Efforts to protect Visayan Sea hailed
Agriculture Secretary Emmanuel “Manny” Piñol on Monday commended stakeholders in the just concluded seaborne law enforcement operations in the Visayan Sea. “I commend the men and women of the Department of Agriculture’s ...
- May 15, 2019
The importance of aquaculture
As an archipelago, the Philippines is considered to have one of the highest per capita fish consumption in the world. Fish has always been an integral part of the traditional diet for Filipinos, as cited in a study by Dr. ...
- May 29, 2019
SEAFDEC cited for lowering cost of fish farming
A Philippine government committee commended developments in aquaculture research that lowered the cost of aquafeeds for milkfish and tilapia by 30 percent. In a recent meeting, the Southeast Asian Fisheries Development ...
- October 31, 2019
Endangered dolphin found dead in Pulupandan
The Earth Island Institute Philippines raised their alarm on the possible extinction of Irrawaddy dolphins in Negros, after a dolphin calf was found dead in the coastal waters of Pulupandan, Negros Occidental on Sept 25, ...
- October 1, 2020
Advocate lauds countryside fish port projects
Environmental advocate Oceana lauded plans of the government to prioritize the construction of fish ports in 11 coastal provinces and the rehabilitation of 20 identified municipal fish ports, aimed at decreasing post-harvest ...
- May 22, 2023