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Empowering folks who fish
Fish is one of the staple food sources of our countrymen. Small scale capture fisherfolk (people who fish in the open) or aquaculture groups produce a large portion of local fish sources. Unfortunately, many of them face ...
- December 22, 2022
Red tide contamination in Capiz spreads
Red tide contamination in the province of Capiz has spread after shellfish samples from the waters of President Roxas and Sapian Bay in Sapian and Ivisan towns tested positive for the toxin. Red tide was first detected in ...
- October 8, 2022
Whale shark rescued after beig trapped in fish cage
A whale shark locally known as “butanding” was released to the waters after it was trapped in a fish cage in Barangay Banago here yesterday. Commander Joe Luviz Mercurio, head of Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) northern Negros ...
- November 17, 2022
SEAFDEC'S gab aims to strengthen aquaculture, combat illegal fishing
Around 60 participants from 11 member-countries of the Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center (SEAFDEC) gathered in Iloilo City for the 45th Meeting of SEAFDEC’s Program Committee (PCM). Hosted by the SEAFDEC Aquaculture ...
- December 6, 2022
Red tide persists in Capiz's seawater
The Paralytic Shellfish Poison (PSP) or red tide toxic is still present in the seawaters of Capiz province. Based on the recent Shellfish Bulletin No. 23 of the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR), the seawaters ...
- December 5, 2022
Newly-discovered dolphin in Bicol hints at biodiversity under threat
The first-ever sighting of an Irrawaddy dolphin off the shore of Calabanga, Camarines Sur, has left scientists of the University of the Philippines excited but concerned over the possibility of as-yet undiscovered marine ...
- September 30, 2022
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
UPV-CFOS seaweed team to help Iloilo seaweed farmers
Prof. Encarnacion Emilia S. Yap, dean of the College of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences, UP Visayas (UPV-CFOS), expressed her willingness to assist the seaweed sector in Iloilo province. Yap, the project leader of the UPV-CFOS ...
- June 28, 2022
Fisheries stakeholders push for institutionalization of Bantay Dagat volunteers
Stakeholders in the fisheries sector pushed for the institutionalization of the Bantay Dagat to effectively protect the municipal waters of coastal municipalities from further abuse and destruction. In a webinar on ...
- June 9, 2022