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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 ...
    • Fisheries bureau planning to establish mariculture park in Sultan Kudarat 

      RSS (BusinessWorld, June 14, 2010, on page S1/7)
      Plans to set up a mariculture park in Central Mindanao have gained ground for the propagation and production of high-value fish stocks, a regional fisheries official here said. Sani D. Macabalang, regional director of the ...
    • Fisheries sector hoping to match or top Q1 growth rate in 2019 

      Galang, Vincent Mariel P. (BusinessWorld, June 27, 2019, on page S1/5)
      The fisheries regulator said he hopes to match or top the sector’s first quarter growth rate of 0.97% over the course of 2019. “We would rather (keep pace) or improve… Positive at the end of 2018, and then another positive ...
    • MinDA gearing up to increase offshore milkfish farming output 

      Francisco, Carmelito Q. (BusinessWorld, March 2, 2020, on page S2/7)
      The Mindanao Development Authority (MinDA) said it will train aquaculture farmers starting this week to build up milkfish and white shrimp output, with a target of 10,000 offshore fish cages within two years. Secretary ...
    • PHL's 'banana capital' turns hand to marine resource conservation 

      Carillo, Carmencita (BusinessWorld, May 21, 2015, on page SI/5)
      Dynamite fishing used to be rampant along the waters of Panabo City in Davao del Norte province, until the fishing community got together in 1999 and formed the City Fisheries and Aquatic Resources Management Council ...
    • Saving San Pablo's Seven Lakes 

      Perez, Teresita R. (BusinessWorld, February 23, 2010, on page S1/4)
      San Pablo City in Laguna province is famous for its seven lakes. The lakes are volcanic in origin, but the folklore handed down from one generation to another identifies a fairy or diwata as the one responsible for ...