TIAONG, Quezon – Stakeholders of a non-government organization advocating for food security for Filipinos have called on the incoming administration to certify as urgent a measure creating the Department of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources. Lawyer Asis Perez, now a convenor of Tugon Kabuhayan,...
Top officials of the Department of Agriculture (DA) and Bureau of Customs (BOC) are in the list of suspected smugglers or protectors of smuggling of agri-fishery products worth P667.5-million from 2019 to 2022. The list was submitted to President-elect Ferdinand ‘’Bongbong’’ R. Marcos Jr....
Although the Philippines has long been recognized as the world’s center of marine biodiversity, policies to protect marine life in the Philippine seas from illegal fishing and other human activities are not strictly enforced. As a result, almost half of the fishery products in the country, or...
Globe, in partnership with the Department of Agriculture’s National Fisheries Research and Development Institute (DA-NFRDI) and Carmel-Haifa University Economic Corporation Ltd from the University of Haifa in Israel, recently held a webinar series that tackled the importance of incorporating...
Vice presidential aspirant Senator Francis 'Kiko' Pangilinan assured that smugglers in the fisheries sector and "mafia-style" operations in the importation of round scad or "galunggong" will be dismantled in a Robredo-Pangilinan administration. Senator Francis 'Kiko' Pangilinan Pangilinan issued...
Filipino livestock growers and fish producers are cautiously optimistic for the agriculture sector’s prospects in 2022 despite myriad challenges the past two years. In a forum hosted by food security advocacy group Tugon Kabuhayan, local tilapia and bangus producers said they continue to invest...
Damage to the country’s agriculture sector is now nearing P4 billion five days after Typhoon Odette left the Philippine Area of Responsibility (PAR). In its latest update, the Department of Agriculture’s (DA) Regional Disaster Risk Reduction and Management (DA-DRRM) Operation Center was already...
Despite the pandemic, the country’s state-run fish ports were still able to unload a total amount of 480,000 metric tons (MT) of fish from January to end-November. This was based on the report of the Philippine Fisheries Development Authority (PFDA), which said that Regional Fish Ports (RFP) all...
Typhoon Odette, the strongest typhoon to hit the Philippines this year, had so far wiped out nearly P3 billion worth of agricultural production in the province, and the Department of Agriculture (DA) expects this to rise further in the next few days. As of Wednesday, the DA Regional Disaster Risk...
The Department of Agriculture (DA) expects further rise in losses and damage the agriculture sector sustained from Super Typhoon Odette – which now stood at more than half a billion pesos. The same observation was noted by Federation of Free Farmers Board Chairman Leonardo Montemayor, who said...
Agriculture Secretary William Dar has directed the full implementation of the country's long-overdue National Sardines Management Plan (NSMP), citing declining sardines catch over the years. “We can no longer ignore the critical need to manage our sardine fisheries. This means that all 12...
The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) cited Monday, Dec. 13, Balanga City, for being the top-performing local government unit (LGU) in the 2020 Fisheries Compliance Audit (FishCA) National Validation. Balanga City was recognized by the DILG for “its exemplary practices in the...
