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Politics

YAMSUAN BATS FOR ‘TAMBAN’ POST-HARVEST FACILITIES

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, […]

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Government

PH HAS ENOUGH SARDINE SUPPLY – DA

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 […]