Prawns Benefit from Tilapia's 'Green Water'
PHILIPPINES - The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) has intensified its dispersal of saline tilapia in Sorsogon to prevent shrimp disease in the province’s...

BFAR Sets up Industrial Aquaculture Centres
PHILIPPINES - The Philippines Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) has set up two aquaculture centres in Sorsogon province.

Aquaculture Park Proposed in Philippines
PHILIPPINES - A project proposal of PHP 500 million (USD 10.4 million) has been presented to President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo by the municipal government of Carmen...

Philippine Project May Fully Develop Aquaculture Park
PHILIPPINES - The Municipal Government of Carmen has submitted to President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo a project proposal of around P500-million which is aimed to fully...

New Catfish Industry May Come to the Philippines
PHILIPPINES - Step aside tilapia and bangus, here comes Pangasius hypopthalmus, also known as cream dory, a big catfish variety from ...

GEM Programme Aids Aquaculture in Areas of Conflict
PHILIPPINES - A motorized banca edges alongside the riverbank of this sleepy agricultural community, laden with large styrofoam boxes.

Urban Aquaculture Recommended in Sarangani Bay
PHILIPPINES - The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) 12 newly installed Fisherfolk Director Ed Casas led the recent fisheries consultation with residents...

Philippines Region 2 Fish Production in Yearly Decline
PHILIPPINES - The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) Region 2 has reported that fish production in the region is declining.

Cagayan Valley, CAR BFAR Lead Fish Farm Festival
PHILIPPINES - Joint forces from the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources of Cagayan Valley (Region 2) and Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR) spearheaded...

Fish Farms Fight Poverty in Uplands
PHILIPPINES - The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) of the Philippines has come up with a project that will address the protein needs of upland...

Still no Light for Philippine Shellfish
PHILIPPINES - Only 30 per cent of Sorsogon Bay's waters are replenished or cleansed through the ebb and flow of the tide, according the agency.

Red Tide Lingering in Sorsogon Bay
PHILIPPINES - Sorsogon Bay in the Philippines continues to harbour high concentration of red tide organisms, the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR)...

Aquaculture Department Takes Shape in Philippines
PHILIPPINES - Since the Philippines is an archipelagic nation whose waters and seas are triple the area of its land mass, Speaker Prospero Nograles said yesterday...

New Tilapia Strain to Boost RP Food Production
PHILIPPINES - Government will be banking on a new variety of Tilapia to help secure local food sources.

Aquaculture Technology Brought to Cagayan Valley
PHILIPPINES - Aquaculture technologies such as polyculture, pangasius culture, mangrove aquaculture and 45-day delayed feeding technique would be introduced and...

Philippine Firm and Uni Unite in the Name of Fish
PHILIPPINES - Mega Aquaculture Corporation and Mindanao State University (MSU) in Tawi-Tawi are working together to advance research and development that will spark...

Cold Storage to Heat up Dapitan Fish Industry
PHILIPPINES - A P40-million cold storage facility is to be placed at Barangay San Pedro, Dapitan City in order to facilitate the growth of the local fishing industry....

Saving Mussels from White Tide of Samar
PHILIPPINES - The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) office in the Samar region announced last week that it would be launching a massive clean-up drive...

Fishermen Threatened by Cyanide and Dynamite
PHILIPPINES - After 40 years of unregulated cyanide and dynamite fishing thousands of people in the western Philippines are in danger of losing their livelihood...

Duckweed as Fish Feed: Philippine Independence
TUGUEGARAO CITY, PHIIPPINES - In a bid to address the global economic crisis, fishery officials in the Cagayan Valley region have introduced cost-reduction and...

Fish Sanctuary Up and Running in Northern Iloilo
PHILIPPINES - A new marine reserve and fish sanctuary has been identified and established in one Northern Iloilo town.

Mariculture Park Entices Aqua Industry to Garden City
PHILIPPINES - Jorona Aquatic Resources, a marine grower and exporter, is the largest investor that is benefiting the resources of the Island Mariculture Park in...

Resource Development Bill Gets Green Light
THE PHILIPPINES - Two house committees have approved a bill seeking the development of marine and fisheries resources.

Panel for Joint Agro-fisheries Projects Created
THE PHILIPPINES - The Philippines and Bahrain have formed a joint committee to oversee the implementation of a newly sealed accord that aims to establish a general...

Official Guides Samarnons to Inland Aquaculture
PHILIPPINES - The Philippine man proclaimed as the 'mussel and mariculture godfather' recently encouraged Samarnons to try a hand on tilapia culture.