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Bicol Saro party-list Representative Brian Raymund Yamsuan has underscored the need to equip municipal ports with cold storage areas and other modern post-harvest facilities to sustain the production of “tamban” (native sardines) and other fishery products for the global market and raise incomes for small-scale fisherfolk. Yamsuan, who chairs the House Committee on Aquaculture and Fisheries Resources, […]
Sorsogon Governor Boboy Hamor expressed his delight as he welcomed the forthcoming operation of the Youngstown Sardines fish storage plant in Barangay San Isidro, Bulan. During a meeting with Loraine Ngo, the representative of Youngstown, Hamor extended his gratitude for their investment, recognizing the positive impact it would have on the province’s employment rate and […]
The country remains sardine-sufficient for the year. Based on current data from both the Philippine Statistics Authority and the Department of Agriculture-Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (DA-BFAR), the sufficiency level for sardine or tamban is pegged at 222.58% for the first quarter of 2022, and 409.06% for the 2nd quarter. For this year, DA-BFAR forecasts annual production […]
Amid declining fish catch, the AGRI Party-list urged the government to implement the National Sardines Management Plan (NSMP). AGRI issued the call in the wake of Agriculture Secretary William Dar’s request for an additional P12 billion from the agency’s earlier proposed P95-billion budget for 2022 to address challenges on food and agriculture. The NSMP aims […]