Developing Countries Urged to Work Together
PHILIPPINES - Developing countries have been encouraged to join forces to protect their aquaculture businesses from the looming threats of climate change.

Philippines Agriculture 2009
PHILIPPINES - The report Performance of Philippine Agriculture January-December 2009, suggests that adverse weather caused a fall in the value of fisheries...

New Methods Could Control Fish Disease
PHILIPPINES - Scientists at the Iloilo-based Aquaculture Department (AQD) of the Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center (SEAFDEC) have developed methods and...

Fisheries Sector Expected To Grow
PHILIPPINES - The fisheries sector is expected to grow between five to seven per cent in 2010, a slight improvement over the projected three per cent growth for...

Tilapia, Honey Emerging Products
PHILIPPINES - The government and entrepreneurs here have set their eyes on the production of honey and tilapia, two of the six emerging products of choice in Southern...

Agriculture Department Optimistic for 2010
PHILIPPINES - Despite devastating typhoons earlier this year, the Department of Agriculture is forecasting good growth in the agricultural and fisheries sectors...

Pangasius: New Rave For Aquaculture Industry?
PHILIPPINES - Pangasius (river catfish), relatively unknown compared to bangus and tilapia is becoming more and more popular in the industry.

Aquaculture Registers Five Per Cent Growth
PHILIPPINES - Aquaculture registered a 4.95 percent expansion in the third quarter in contrast to the contraction of the total fisheries production for the same...

Aqauculture Training Available In Public Schools
PHILIPPINES - High school students in the province of Leyte now have a choice to study aquaculture farming with the newly launched Aquaculture Training and Production...

Fish in Drums, a Good Source of Livelihood
PHILIPPINES - Families can now simply raise hito in their backyard with plastic drums, which could be a good source of livelihood or for their own consumption.

Confidence on Continued Growth of Fisheries Sector
PHILIPPINES - The Department of Agriculture (DA) remains confident that the fisheries sector will continue to grow this year and maintain its status as the world’s...

US Delegation Visits Panabo Mariculture Park
PHILIPPINES - Some 14 investors from the US and China visited the 60-hectare, Panabo City Mariculture Park at the end of October to personally observe its operation....

Climate Change Will Impact Filippino Milkfish Farmers
PHILIPPINES - Recent meetings addressed the impact of climate change on small-scale milkfish farmers.

US Investors Look at Filippino Aquaculture
PHILIPPINES - A group of US investors is in Davao for trade mission looking at opportunities for investment in aquaculture, among other sectors.

Fishermen Attack Fish Pen Policy
PHILIPPINES - A group fishermen from Laguna de Bay have hit out at the zero fish pens and fish cages policy of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources...

Philippines Oyster Output Should be Higher, Says Expert
PHILIPPINES - Oyster production in 2007 stood at just over 20,000 tonnes, and it should be increased, according to a local aquaculture consultant.

Congress Addresses Tuna Resource Sustainability
PHILIPPINES - The recently concluded 11th Tuna Congress enabled the shift of paradigms used by government in addressing the issue of tuna resource sustainability,"...

Freshwater Catfish to Boost Farmers' Income
PHILIPPINES - Farmers in Lanao del Norte are encouraged to raise pangasius catfish.

Mindanao's Role in Pacific Fisheries Highlighted
PHILIPPINES - Even as consumer demand for canned and sashimi tuna drops worldwide due to the financial crisis, the conservation and management of fish stocks remains...

Fisheries and Aquatic Center Coming to Philippines
PHILIPPINES - In an effort to provide the people with a stable supply of fresh water fishery products to meet their protein needs through increased production, the...

Fish Farmers Benefit from Philippine Funds
PHILIPPINES - About 50 fishermen in the Philippines are beneficiaries of the government's programme providing free fingerlings and feeds and technical assistance....

Animal Production on the Rise in the Philippines
PHILIPPINES - At 1.5 per cent, agricultural output rose marginally in the first half of 2009 but livestock production was significantly higher than the same period...

Philippine Bangus Industry Gets Room to Grow
PHILIPPINES - The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) and the municipal government will set up a 345-hectare mariculture park.

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.