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Fishers’ group Pambansang Lakas ng Kilusang Mamamalakaya ng Pilipinas (PAMALAKAYA) is asking the government to look for other solutions to the expected shortage of tilapia and galunggong, stressing importation in not the answer as this will be detrimental to small fishermen. PAMALAKAYA National...

The Philippine government may resort to importation anew to address a projected deficit in the supply of the country’s staple fishery products like tilapia and galunggong or round scad. Agriculture Secretary William Dar said the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) already made a...

Filipinos are advised to eat more locally produced high-value fisheries products like tuna to make up for the export revenues that Philippines has been losing due to the COVID-19 pandemic. (Keith Bacongco, MB file photo) On the part of the government, it should help local exporters identify the...