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    Galunggong price up by P40 per kilo
    Cariaso, Bella (Philippine Star Printing Co., Inc., 2024-05-31)
    The retail price of galunggong or round scad nationwide has increased by P40 per kilo due to the effects of Typhoon Aghon, according to the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources. BFAR spokesman Nasser Briguera, citing initial reports, said the typhoon left P1 million worth of galunggong damaged.
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    Import permits suspended for galunggong, mackerel
    Jose, Ashley Erika O. (BusinessWorld Publishing Corporation, 2022-12-15)
    The Department of Agriculture (DA) said it has suspended the issuance of sanitary and phytosanitary import clearances for round scad (galunggong), mackerel, and various other species, effective immediately. According to a department circular dated Dec. 13, the suspension also applies to the issuance of import documents for bonito, moonfish, pompano, and tuna by-products.
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    Rice and fish
    Chanco, Boo (Philippine Star Printing Co., Inc., 2022-11-16)
    There was this story of a school girl whose baon every school day was a cup of rice sprinkled with patis or fish sauce. That was all her parents could afford, the story on social media said. The basic Filipino diet is rice and fish. Fish and fish products provide the bulk of protein for more than half of all Filipinos when they eat. Galunggong or scad was the poor man’s fish when I was growing up. But today, the poor can no longer afford galunggong. It is now imported.
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    Galunggong imports to arrive ahead of closed fishing season
    Mogato, Anna Gabriela A. (BusinessWorld Publishing Corporation, 2018-08-16)
    The Department of Agriculture (DA) has allowed the entry of up to 17,000 metric tons (MT) of round scad, commonly known as galunggong, which will reach markets ahead of the closed fishing season when supply of the fish is expected to dwindle. Agriculture Secretary Emmanuel F. Piñol signed the Certificate of Necessity enabling the import of round scad on Wednesday. The timing of the permit will allow imports to arrive by Sept. 1. On Friday, the DA and the fisheries industry agreed to set a tariff rate of 5% for such imports.
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    Fish output slightly down to 972,910 MT in Q3 – PSA
    Gomez, Eireene Jairee (The Manila Times Publishing Corporation, 2018-11-19)
    The country's fish production slightly decreased in the third quarter of the year as output from commercial and municipal fisheries declined, the Philippines Statistics Authority (PSA) said. In its latest Fisheries Situation Report, the agency said total fish output stood at 972, 910 metric tons (MT)in the July-September period, just 0.4 percent lower from a year-ago level. Fish yielded by commercial fisheries dropped by 1.60 percent to 232, 810 MT from 236, 590 MT incurred in the same period last year.
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    Importing galunggong will disadvantage 1.5M fisherfolk'
    (Panay News, Inc., 2018-09-01)
    The Department of Agriculture’s (DA) plan to import round scad, or galunggong every year will disadvantage some one and a half million small fisherfolk in the country, Sen. Cynthia Villar said. Villar, who chairs the Senate committee on agriculture and food, said imported galunggong will compete against the locally produced fish variety. “Kasi kapag nag-iimport tayo that is competition to our one and a half million fisherfolk in the municipal water na mahihirap,” she said on the sidelines of the 14th Agriculture and Fisheries Technology Forum in Mandaluyong City.
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    BFAR tightens fish import monitoring
    Simeon, Maureen Louise (Philippine Star Printing Co., Inc., 2018-08-23)
    The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) will tighten its monitoring of the arrival and unloading of imported round scad (galunggong). BFAR director and Agriculture Undersecretary Eduardo Gongona said the importation and unloading activities would adhere to a stringent set of guidelines. “The general consuming public is assured that the imported galunggong will be unloaded only in BFAR accredited cold storage facilities and will undergo thorough inspection to ensure that the fish commodity that will enter Philippine markets are safe and free of harmful substances,” he said.