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BFAR SUSPENDS SEIZURE OF IMPORTED FISH IN MARKETS

The Department of Agriculture – Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (DA-BFAR) suspended the confiscation of imported pink salmon, pompano, and other imported frozen fish products in the wet markets. “We will go back to our original strategy that we are doing which is concentrating on the cold storages and other areas, but not in […]

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DA OPENS SHRIMP HATCHERY IN ORIENTAL MINDORO

Agriculture Secretary William Dar led the inauguration of the country’s first Department of Agriculture-Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (DA-BFAR) Shrimp Hatchery and Broodstock Development Center in Barangay Labasan, Bongabong, Oriental Mindoro recently. “It’s such a historic occasion to really emphasize that Oriental Mindoro is home to the first DA-BFAR Shrimp Hatchery in the country. Hindi […]

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TAWI-TAWI CHOSEN AS SITE FOR FIRST FLOATING SOLAR FARM – PIÑOL

The fishing island of Sibutu in Tawi-Tawi will be the first fishing community with a floating solar farm to power ice-making and cold storage equipment, and serve as a fish convergence area or “Payao.” Sibutu Island was unanimously chosen to be the site of the multi-function floating solar farm. In a meeting recently with executives […]