Browsing BusinessWorld by Subject "Marine aquaculture"

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    • BFAR and Landbank partner for program to aid fisherfolk 

      (BusinessWorld, March 11, 2010, on page S1/6)
      The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) and state-owned Land Bank of the Philippines have partnered to come up with a livelihood program meant to help fisherfolk. The Agriculture department said in a statement ...

    • BFAR plans more floating fish cages in mariculture parks 

      Meniano, Sarwell Q. (BusinessWorld, September 23, 2010, on page S1/6)
      The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) will expand marine agriculture (mariculture) zones in Eastern Visayas by setting up floating fish cages in Leyte’s open seas. The Fisheries bureau will also redevelop ...

    • Bicol gets P76-M fishery, farm project 

      (BusinessWorld, September 28, 2010, on page S1/3)
      Bicol Region has received P76 million worth of fishery infrastructure and farm projects, the Agriculture department said in a statement yesterday. Agriculture secretary Proceso J. Alcala inaugurated four fishery facilities ...

    • Fisheries bureau partly lifts ban on collecting seaweed 

      Ignacio, Reicelene Joy N. (BusinessWorld, October 8, 2018, on page S2/6)
      Fisheries Administrative Order (FAO) 250-2 will allow individual fishermen to collect, sell, trade, and transport Sargassum, a type of brown seaweed, subject to seasonal restrictions and permit requirements. The newly-published ...

    • Fisheries industry expected to grow 5% 

      Morales, Neil Jerome C. (BusinessWorld, January 20, 2010, on page S1/6)
      The fisheries sector is seen to grow by at least 5% this year amid increased presence of pelagic fish on the eastern side of the country as a result of El Niño. The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) is ...

    • Landbank signs agreement with BFAR 

      (BusinessWorld, March 19, 2010, on page S2/8)
      The Land Bank of the Philippines (Landbank) recently signed a memorandum of agreement with the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) for the promotion of mariculture parks in the country. This tie-up is congruent ...

    • Lobster farms eyed in Samal 

      (BusinessWorld, August 5, 2002, on page 20)
      After the success of its mariculture park, the Island Garden City of Samal (Igacos) will embark on developing lobster farms in Bakak town for its food security marine culture development program. "This is our next innovation," ...

    • Mariculture park awardee on urban gov't innovation 

      Francisco, C. Q. (BusinessWorld, January 24, 2003, on page 28)
      The Mariculture Park of the Island Garden City of Samal (Igacos) was named as one of the three awardees of the Urban Good Governance Innovation Facility in Asia. At the same time, The Urban Governance Initiative (TUGI) of ...

    • Seafood and aquaculture exports 

      Dy, Rolando T. (BusinessWorld, April 29, 2014, on page S1/4)
      The Philippine marine and coastal waters are huge. The country has the second longest coastline in the tropical world, and fourth in the world (World Factbook). Is it doing very well in seafood and aquaculture exports? In ...

    • Tagum eyes crab-growing project 

      Padillo, Maya M. (BusinessWorld, April 24, 2014, on page S1/7)
      The local government is eyeing the revival of intensive crab growing under private investors with the construction of a multi-species hatchery. The hatchery had been proposed as early as a decade ago by previous city ...