Tag page - Blue crab

Reelectionist Senator Francis Tolentino is pushing for amendments to the Philippine Fisheries Code (RA 8550) to restore protection for marginal fisherfolk, including the blue crab producers of Negros Occidental, in the country's municipal waters.  He made the remark in response to a question...

ILOILO CITY – The Courtyard by Marriott Iloilo in this city has renewed its commitment to sustainable seafood sourcing. The hotel was recently cited by several international bodies for their role in the Responsible Seafood Sourcing Program  funded by the United States Agency for...

ILOILO CITY – The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) has expanded its Responsible Seafood Sourcing Program in Iloilo. BLUE crab farmers in Iloilo are supported by the  United States Agency for International Development (USAID).  (US Embassy in the Philippines)...

ILOILO CITY – A Public-Private Partnership (PPP) was launched to boost the international marketability of “kasag” (blue crab) from Concepcion, Iloilo  after a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) was signed for the Adopt-A-Village project in the island-barangay of Igbon. OFFICIALS sign a...

ILOILO CITY – The province of Iloilo is eyeing to revive its once thriving blue crab or “kasag” industry. The provincial government opened its crab hatchery facility in Concepcion town on Thursday, August 31. Dr. Ildefonso Toledo, chief of the Iloilo Provincial Agriculture Office, said that...