Stakeholders Meet to Mitigate Negative Impact of Aquaculture
QUEZON CITY - A national gathering of fish farmers, fisheries researchers and policy makers from both the government and the private sector is to be held in Quezon City to form strategies to mitigate the negative impact of aquaculture and assure its...

BFAR urges fish farmers on mudcrab culture
PHILIPPINES - Experts from the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) are encouraging fishfarmers in the coastal areas of Cagayan province try mudcrab culure.

2000-Plus Tagging Programme to Aid Sustainability
PHILIPPINES - The Department of Agriculture (DA) and the Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Centre (SEAFDEC) are targeting the number coding or ‘tagging’ of up to 2,400 pieces of small pelagic fish like galunggong, hasa-hasa and tunsoy.

Expected Fish Yields Move Up for 2008
PHILIPPINES - A target production of about 5.34 million metric tons (MT) is expected from the fisheries sector for 2007. It will be a primary driver of the country's agriculture industry.

Cagayan Valley Tops Charts for Tilapia
PHILIPPINES - According to Hermogenes Tambalque, extension chief of the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) in the region, tilapia production in the Cagayan Valley is on the upswing.

ADB to Save Asian Wetlands
MANILA - The Asian Development Bank (ADB) says it will help China protect Yancheng, one of Asia's largest coastal wetlands, which is an important winter site for threatened red-crowned cranes.

Training Centre Provides 411 Jobs for Fish-loving Samarnons
CATBALOGAN CITY - The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) Regional Fisheries Training Center (BFAR-RFTC) based in the Samar State University Mercedes Campus, provided some 411 jobs to Samarnons in 2007, says Ronnie Berida, Training Director...

Fisheries Center Opens Door to Investors
PHILIPPINES - The aquaculture department of the Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center (SEAFDEC) in Iloilo province has opened its doors to businessmen considering investments in aquaculture under an agree-build-operate-transfer (ABOT) scheme.

BFAR 12 Offers Hands-on Training on Marine Cage Production
PHILIPPINES - The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) Region 12 in cooperation with the local government unit of Glan conducted a hands-on training on Marine Cage Farming at Bgy. Lago.

Income Benefit from Community-Agri Project
QUIRIMO - The Provincial Government has launched the Community-Based Industry Development, an agri-based project aimed at providing additional income to the people of the Quirino.

DOST to enhance lab support services for fish canners
PHILIPPINES - In a bid to boost the fishmeal sector, the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) recently agreed to enhance laboratory support services for fish canners in Zamboanga City.

Fish Cages Rise Near Taal Volcano Danger Zone
PHILIPPINES - Fish cage operators can now legally put fish cages in the waters of Taal Lake in Talisay town despite its being declared a permanent danger zone by the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs).

Fish Production Up and Aquaculture Hits the Top Slot
PHILIPPINES - Arlene B. Patanosas, Regional Director of the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources, region 10 (BFAR-10) reports total fish production of 35,123 tonnes for Northern Mindanao, during the second quarter, this year.

Tuna industry to benefit from economic partnership
PHILIPPINES - Ratification by the Senate of the Japan-Philippines Economic Partnership Agreement (Jpepa) gained the support of local tuna industry leaders in General Santos City.

Organic Aquaculture: Restoring the balance
PHILIPPINES - In today’s world dominated by ‘fast food’, ‘fast money’, and ‘fast habits’, people have obviously taken for granted the quality and safety of the food they eat. What seemingly matters most is not the acceptable safety standards of the food...

Fish cages return to Batangas
PHILIPPINES - Illegally-built fish cages are back in the Pansipit River, a protected area, after five years, choking a key passageway of the endemic maliputo fish from Balayan Bay to their breeding ground in Taal Lake.

Industrialization, tourism threaten Davao Gulf -- BFAR
DAVAO CITY - Industrialization and tourism are emerging threats to the fishing industry in the Davao Gulf area, an official of Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources said.

Crab and prawn are top resources for town
THE PHILIPPINES - Crab (alimango) and prawn (sugpo) distinguish themselves as Orani's top aqua-marine resources which has beneficially and continually boosted the town's local economy for years because of their export qualities.

Make way for money-making catfish
PHILIPPINES - The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources will start to vigorously promote the Pangasius, a freshwater species of catfish, dubbed as the "next big thing" in the local aquaculture industry.

White shrimp revival as farms established in Visayas
PHILIPPINES - The Department of Agriculture has established three accredited hatcheries in the Visayas to breed and produce the Peneaus vannamei or Pacific white shrimp as part of the agency's to revive the country's once-robust shrimp industry.

Yap OKs agri-fishery microfinance program
MANILA - As one of the top five priorities of the agriculture sector, Agriculture Secretary Arthur C. Yap, ex-officio Chairman of the Agricultural Credit Policy Council (ACPC), recently approved the guidelines for implementation of the new innovative...

Fish sector sees between 8 and 10 per cent growth due to aquaculture
PHILIPPINES - The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) expects an 8-10 percent growth in the fisheries sector in the fourth quarter, due mainly to sustained growth in the aquaculture industry, BFAR Director Malcolm Sarmiento Jr. said Wedn...