De Venecia Cites Livelihood Potential Of White Shrimp
PHILIPPINES - Vannamei or white shrimp co-habiting with bangus (milkfish) in some 250,000 hectares of fishponds spread across the country could mean more than one million new jobs and a potential $ 1 billion in export earnings for the country, Speaker...

Sultan Kudarat offers tilapia for export
ISULAN - Local officials and business leaders in Sultan Kudarat have urged the National Government and exporters to look at the province's tilapia industry. The country has a key target: to increase exports of fillets to the United States.

Lapu-lapu culture to rake in more revenues
PHILIPPINES - Aside from its abundance of pristine waters in Palawan, the grouper fish species or "Lapu-lapu", known for superb taste and its big potential in the export market, is widely cultured through a "Grouper Culture in Cages" technology.

Pollution threatens Bulacan aquaculture industry
PHILIPPINES - Pollution along Bulacan's major waterways is threatening the multi-million peso aquaculture industry in the province coastal areas, stakeholders disclosed on Sunday.

Mariculture Park Planned for Balingasag, Misamis Oriental
PHILIPPINES - After identifying coconut sugar as its One-Town, One Product (OTOP) with the help of the Department of Trade and Industry, this municipality has also turned its development focus seaward with the proposed establishment of Northern Mindanao's...

Giant fresh water prawn opens opportunities in aquaculture industry
PHILIPPINES - The giant freshwater prawn (Macrobrachium Rosenbergii) locally known as "Ulang," the most promising aquaculture specie in the country at present, is being produced in the Bicol region.

Samar mussel industry developing
PHILIPPINES - Tahong and Mariculture godfather GiL Adora graced the First Samar Mussel Industry Development Forum at the Cocina de Cabral today.

What's in store for RP bangus industry?
PHILIPPINES - Sleek and silvery, beloved because of its mild, sweet flesh, and its melt-in the-mouth belly fat, bangus or milk fish is a favorite Philippine fish, not to mention that is also the country's national fish.

DTI eyes Samar as as tahong capital
PHILIPPINES - In the years to follow, Samar may be the country's Tahong Capital.

CPF Jumps On Opportunity In Philippines
PHILIPPINES - CPF have announced a 50 million Peso investment for a new susidary company in the Philippines.

BFAR forecasts expansion of prawn exports to European, US markets
PHILIPPINES - The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) foresees an immediate doubling of the Philippines’ prawn export to an estimated $ 190 million with the expansion of shipment in Europe and US of disease-free Pacific vannamei shrimp. ...

Tilapia production grows in Mountain Province
PHILIPPINES - A number of farmers in Mountain Province have switched to tilapia production after discovering that, with proper application of new technology, they can increase their income with lower labor costs and fewer farm inputs, reports the Sun...

Prospects of tilapia farming
PHILIPPINES - Today, tilapia is now widely distributed around the world. It has become the mainstay of many small-scale aquaculture projects of poor fish farmers in the developing world.

European market a target for organinc bangus, tilapia
TACURONG CITY - Business leaders in Sultan Kudarat have urged local government officials to work for the accreditation of bangus and tilapia as organically-grown fishery products to penetrate the European Market, reports the Sun Star.

Shrimp production growing in Ifugao
PHILIPPINES - Fishpond cooperators in Ifugao found a new alternative for their growing tilapia farms, which could double their income through polyculture of tilapia and shrimps.

Ban on importation, culture of vannamei shrimps
PHILLIPPINES - Agriculture Secretary Arthur Yap on Monday announced the lifting of the ban on the importation and culture of live shrimps and prawns, paving the way for the entry of Pacific white shrimp or "Peneaus vannamei" into the country.

Philippines sees Tilapia production increase in 2007
PHILIPPINES - The regional office of the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (Bfar) sees an increase in tilapia production next year with the establishment of a tilapia fillet processing plant in Cagayan de Oro City.

Plan to lift white shrimp importation ban criticised
PHILIPPINES - A coalition of fisherfolk organizations yesterday criticized the plan of the Department of Agriculture to lift the ban on the importation and culture of Pacific white shrimp (Peneaus vannamei) on or before Wednesday.

New technologies showcased
PHILIPPINES - There’s a new livelihood center in Quezon City where people interested in farming and gardening can get free consultation on various topics.

Australian firm eyes lobster farm in Sarangani
PHILIPPINES - An Australian company is interested to do business in Sarangani on lobster and high value fin-fish farming. This was one of the many opportunities seen at last weekend's Aquaculture Congress, said Engr. Nenita Barroso, trade and industry...

Philippine Fishery sector posts highest growth
PHILIPPINES - The country's fishery sub-sector posted the biggest growth in agriculture during the first three quarters this year, growing by 7.54 percent due to the 13.4 percent output hike of aquaculture and the 9.91 percent expansion in municipal fisheries,...

EU inspectors visit General Santos tuna production chain
THE PHILIPPINES - Health and safety inspectors from the European Union) were impressed by the cleanliness and improvements they saw during a visit to this city’s fishing port complex and other parts of the tuna production chain, officials said.