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    • Proceedings of National Seaweed Planning Workshop now available at SEAFDEC AQD 

      (News Express, April 22, 2002, on page 4)
      Here is good news to the seaweed industry associations, academic, and research organizations conducting seaweed research and development and other interested parties. The proceedings for the National Seaweed Planning ...

    • SEAFDEC AQD host AQ Biotech National Planning Workshop 

      (News Express, April 25, 2002, on page 1-4)
      The National Planning Workshop for Aquaculture Biotechnology was held April 12 at the headquarters of the Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center - Aquaculture Department (SEAFDEC AQD) in this town. The one-day workshop ...

    • Palace: No slowdown in Manila Bay crackdown 

      Mendez, Christina (The Philippine Star, March 22, 2019, on page 14)
      Malacañang will not let up in its crackdown on business establishments in the Manila Bay area that do not comply with environmental laws, presidential spokesman Salvador Panelo said yesterday. Duterte issued Administrative ...

    • Help drought-affected fisherfolk, gov't asked 

      Cervantes, Ding (The Philippine Star, March 19, 2019, on page 12)
      Fishermen affected by the dry spell should be provided assistance by the government, a fisherfolk group said. The Pambansang Lakas ng Kilusang Mamamalakaya ng Pilipinas (Pamalakaya) urged the Department of Agriculture and ...

    • [ Dried seahorse ] 

      Gumban, Edd (The Philippine Star, March 19, 2019, on page 1)
      Dried seahorse are inspected by members of the National Bureau of Investigation and Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources during raid on a drug store in Binondo, Manila yesterday.

    • [ The Department of Agriculture (DA) celebrates its 118th Anniversary ] 

      (Malaya, June 23, 2016, on page A11)
      The Department of Agriculture (DA) celebrates its 118th Anniversary with its vital role in nation building more marked than ever. Mandated to promote agricultural and fisheries development and growth, the DA has been at ...

    • BFAR to give 900 motorized boats to Antique fisherfolk 

      PN; Philippine News Agency (PNA) (Panay News, March 14, 2019, on page 9)
      The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) will distribute 900 fiberglass boats to marginalized fishermen in Antique. “We are just waiting for the final schedule for the distribution of the boats,” Office of ...

    • China's Spratlys baseline plan exceeds nine-dash line 

      Cayabyab, Marc Jayson; Felipe, Cecille Suerte; Lee-Brago, Pia (The Philippine Star, March 26, 2019, on page 6)
      China’s plan to draw straight baselines around the Spratly Islands and declare much of South China Sea as part of its internal water closed to foreign planes and ships would further escalate tensions in the region, according ...

    • BFAR sets up breeding center for Phl's most expensive fish 

      Martin, Victor (The Philippine Star, March 24, 2019, on page B4)
      A P10 million research and breeding center for the country’s most expensive fish ludong will be built in Cagayan Valley, the Bureau of Fishery and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) said. The research facility broke ground at the ...

    • President Marcos invited Cabinet Members, other top government officials expected SEAFDEC Sec. - Gen., several foreign dignitaries coming 

      (The Visayan Tribune, April 26, 1975, on page 1)
      The formal inauguration of the Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center (SEAFDEC), multi-million peso research complex will be held today, April 26, at its principal site along the shore of Tigbauan, this province, ...

    • The grate and mighty province of Iloilo 

      Sumaray, Teddy S. (The Visayan Tribune, April 26, 1975, on page 1-6)
      Iloilo is one of the four provinces comprising Panay in Western Visayas. By area, it is one of the smaller provinces in the country. And yet, the importance of Iloilo to the national life goes beyond its territorial area ...

    • SEAFDEC: A boon to the fishing industry 

      Sobrevaga, Bel S. (The Visayan Tribune, April 26, 1975, on page 5)
      SEAFDEC, or Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center, was established on the basis of the proposal submitted by the Philippine Government and approved at the Fourth Meeting of the SEAFDEC Council held in Manila on ...

    • Workshop generates research proposals 

      Fernandez, Lyncen M. (The Daily Guardian, October 20, 2007, on page 7)
      The National Institute of Biotechnology and Molecular Biology (NIBMB) of UP Visayas conducted a "National Symposium on Fisheries and Aquatic Biotechnology" in collaboration with the Southeast Asian Fisheries Development ...

    • SEAFDEC to hold aquaculture business gab 

      (The Visayan Daily Star, September 24, 2007, on page 17)
      The Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center Aquaculture Department will hold an Agree-Build-Organize-Transfer Aquaculture Business Forum on October 16 and 17 at the Philippine Social Science Center in Diliman, Quezon ...

    • The story of SEAFDEC 

      (The Visayan Tribune, April 26, 1975, on page 3-6)
      The Aquaculture Department of the Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center (SEAFDEC) was formally established with the appointment of Dean Domiciano K. Villaluz upon nomination by the Republic of the Philippines, as ...

    • Woman loses arm in shark attack off Maui 

      Associated Press (AP) (The Philippine Star, August 17, 2013, on page A18)
      Officials reopened a Maui beach Thursday, a day after a shark bit off the right arm of a German visitor about 50 yards (46 meters) offshore. About 2 miles (3 kilometers) of beach in the resort community of Makena reopened ...

    • 'Sea dispute should be an election issue' 

      Laude, Jaime (The Philippine Star, November 7, 2015, on page A9)
      The country’s dispute with China over the West Philippine Sea should be made an election issue, with each presidential candidate obliged to make public his or her stand, Supreme Court Senior Associate Justice Antonio Carpio ...

    • Know your marine assets and potentials (Last of 2 parts) 

      Santos, Gil H. A (The Manila Times, September 25, 2017, on page B5)
      From the United Nations Food and Agricultural Organization’s (FAO) data bank researchers can see the huge potential of the Asean members’ ocean, mangroves and coral/reef resources. The Philippines, Indonesia, and Malaysia ...

    • Customs - NAIA intensifies efforts against illegal wildlife smuggling 

      (Malaya, March 5, 2019, on page A5)
      The Bureau of Customs - Port of NAIA turned over to the Department of Environment and Natural Resources - Wildlife Traffic Monitoring Unit (DENR - WTMU) 1,529 live exotic turtles at the NAIA Terminal 2, Pasay City. The ...

    • We're so plastic 

      Beltran, Cito (The Philippine Star, March 13, 2019, on page 12)
      Filipinos throw away 164 million pieces of sachet packets daily. In one year or annually, estimates indicate that around 59.8 billion sachets are used – sold – discarded in the Philippines. On the average adult Filipinos, ...