Browsing BusinessWorld by Subject "pelagic fish"

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    • Badjao group by Davao River learns new way to fish 

      Carillo, Carmencita (BusinessWorld, January 21, 2016, on page S1/5)
      An outrigger boat loaded with fresh sapsap (slipmouth fish) and talakitok (bigeye trevally) is hauled to shore at the St. John community in Barangay Bucana, and residents gather around for a look at their communal catch ...

    • BFAR angling for P6.6-B budget, off-books fishers 

      Carillo, Carmencita A.; Conserva, Louine Hope (BusinessWorld, October 29, 2015, on page S1/5)
      The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) seeks a P6.6-billion budget in 2016, the bulk of which would be spent on programs to combat illegal, unreported, and uncontrolled fishing (IUUF), as supported by the ...

    • BFAR plans fishing ban in Palawan, Zambales 

      Carillo, Carmencita A. (BusinessWorld, September 7, 2015, on page S1/3)
      A closed fishing season will be implemented in Palawan and Zambales by December this year following a similar program was first undertaken in the Zamboanga Peninsula and the Davao Gulf. Undersecretary Asis G. Perez, national ...

    • Davao Gulf closed fishing season ends 

      Carillo, Carmencita A. (BusinessWorld, September 1, 2015, on page S1/4)
      The Davao Gulf will again be open for commercial fishing for nine months starting Sept. 1 with the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) expecting an improved catch after implementing a three-month closed season. ...

    • Davao plans for stronger fishery law enforcement 

      Padillo, Maya M. (BusinessWorld, December 1, 2015, on page S1/4)
      The City Agriculturist Office (CAO) is seeking a P3-million budget to strengthen the implementation of national and local fishery laws intended to protect marine and coastal resources. The project will involve closer ...

    • Fish tagging program starts 

      (BusinessWorld, January 16, 2008, on page S1/3)
      Up to 2,400 species of small pelagic fishes like galunggong, tunsoy, tawiles,hasa-hasa, and matangbaka in the waters of Palawan and Manila Bay are targeted for tagging and coding under a joint research program that will ...

    • 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 ...

    • No violators so far in Davao Gulf closed fishing season 

      Padillo, Maya (BusinessWorld, July 22, 2018, on page S2/7)
      The fourth year of implementing the closed fishing season in the Davao Gulf commenced with no violators apprehended since June 1, according to the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources-Davao Region office (BFAR-11). ...

    • Samal coral reefs under threat from crown-of-thorns starfish 

      Carillo, Carmencita A. (BusinessWorld, October 9, 2015, on page 4/S3)
      It starts out looking like a normal five-pointed star, but the crown-of-thorns starfish (Acanthaster planci) eventually develops more arms, swells up to one meter in diameter, grows thorns, and preys on corals. This ...

    • Sardine industry banking on warmer seas to increase catch 

      Wee, Darwin T. (BusinessWorld, February 2, 2010, on page S1/3)
      While most businesses in the agriculture sector are bracing for the negative impact of El Niño this year, the Fishery bureau and the sardine industry are banking on the warmer seas in the western Pacific Ocean to bring in ...