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    • DA maintains agri growth target 

      Valencia, Czeriza (The Philippine Star, October 5, 2012, on page B-6)
      Agriculture Secretary Alcala believes the agriculture sector would be able to meets its growth target of four to five percent for 2012 because of strong tice and corn production and the expected recovery of the fisheries ...
    • Fisheries output slightly down in 2017 

      Simeon, Louise Maureen (The Philippine Star, February 4, 2018, on page B4)
      The country’s fisheries production slightly declined last year due to lower output in most sub-sectors. Based on the latest data from the Philippine Statistics Authority, production reached 4.31 million metric tons (MT), ...
    • Imported galunggong arrives near closed fishing season end 

      Rivera, Danessa; Bayoran, Gilbert (The Philippine Star, January 27, 2023, on page 1-5)
      Over half of the approved 25,000 metric tons (MT) of imported fish – all galunggong – has arrived ahead of the lifting of the three-month closed fishing season in Palawan, the Bureau of FishSen. eries and Aquatic Resources ...
    • Management framework for sardines needed 

      Talavera, Catherine (The Philippine Star, March 11, 2018, on page B5)
      The Philippine government needs to craft a national management framework to address the overfishing of sardines, a number of local fisheries experts said. University of the Philippines- Visayas scientist Wilfredo Campos ...
    • Masterplan for sardine industry hits snag 

      Simeon, Louise Maureen (The Philippine Star, January 21, 2018, on page B4)
      The development of a sound sardine management plan may take a while as the government shifted its focus on tuna. The development of a sound sardine management plan may take a while as the government shifted its focus on ...
    • Phl well positioned as major sardines supplier 

      Mercurio, Richmond S. (The Philippine Star, October 12, 2015, on page C-2)
      The Philippines is well positioned to be a major sardines provider in the entire Southeast Asian region through the Zamboanga Peninsula or Region 9 with the upcoming Asean integration, the Department of Trade and Industry ...
    • Zamboanga puts up 1st seaweed gene bank, nursery 

      Growth with Equity in Mindanao (GEM) Program (The Philippine Star, April 1, 2007, on page B-5)
      Seaweed farmers in Western Mindanao will soon have a regular source of quality seedlings because of the establishment of a seaweed gene bank and nursery at the Rio Hondo campus of the Zamboanga State College of Marine ...
    • Zamboanga stakes claim as RP’s top seaweed producer 

      (The Philippine Star, March 23, 2008, on page C-6-C-7)
      In the face of declining seaweed harvests in the country’s traditional major seaweed production centers, the regional office of the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) in Region IX has taken bold steps to ...