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    • Bangus fingerling output growth target set at 6% 

      Talavera, Sheldeen Joy (BusinessWorld, July 7, 2023, on page S1/3)
      The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) said it set a growth target for bangus (milkfish) fingerling production of 6% a year until 2027. The target implies fingerling output of about 413,000 metric tons (MT) ...
    • 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 ...
    • Crablets released as Tagum boosts soft-shell crab production, aquaculture 

      Carillo, Carmencita (BusinessWorld, January 14, 2016, on page S1/5)
      Travelers entering Tagum City from Davao City, about 45 kilometers to the southwest, are greeted by a massive bronze-colored statue of a traditional bangka boat with fisherfolk aboard: a symbol of Tagum’s commitment to ...
    • DA plans to restock lakes, rivers with fingerlings 

      Lim, Janina (BusinessWorld, April 25, 2017, on page S1/4)
      The Department of Agriculture (DA) has launched a program to stock fingerlings of indigenous and non-invasive fish species in major river basins and lakes over the next five years. The Balik Sigla sa Ilog at Lawa (BASIL) ...
    • Davao Oriental community takes up organic fish farming 

      Carillo, Carmencita A. (BusinessWorld, December 3, 2015, on page S1/5)
      Husband and wife Amancio and Naomi Dimpas of Barangay Caganganan in Banaybanay, Davao Oriental, who have been fish farming since 1987, are leading the way in organic aquaculture in their community. It was in May 2014 that ...
    • Fisherfolk aid ready - palace 

      (BusinessWorld, August 12, 2013, on page S1/12)
      Fisherfolks affected by the oil spill in Cavite late last week will be assisted by the government. BFAR (Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources) said they are already preparing fishing gears, fingerlings and other ...
    • 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 ...
    • 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 ...