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- Fisheries Administrative Order No. 218: Series of 2001. Yearly report on aquaculture projects.(Department of Agriculture, 2001-09-17)
- Fisheries Administrative Order No. 197: Series of 2000. Rules and regulations governing the lease of public lands for fishpond development.(Department of Agriculture, 2000-02-23)
- Dagupan’s ‘Bangus King’ leads way for othersSotelo, Yolanda (Philippine Daily Inquirer, Inc., 2013-02-09)If there is someone who deserves to be called “Bangus King” here, it is Eduardo Maramba, who belongs to four generations of milkfish growers. “My great grandfather, Franciso, my grandfather, Cipriano, and my father, Rufino, were all engaged in bangus culture, but it is only during my time when the industry blossomed into its present state,” says Maramba, 58, who owns 8 hectares of fishpond in this city, 5 ha in Alaminos City and 12 fish cages also in Alaminos. Maramba, who is accredited by the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources’ Ilocos office as a fish grower, saw how the industry grew. He started helping his father tend the family’s fishpond when he was 12 years old.
- Bangrus supply in WV steady, BFAR saysSantiagudo, Emme Rose (Daily Guardian Multi-Media Services, Inc., 2018-09-29)Aside from seaweeds, bangus or bangrus (Milkfish) is a top aquaculture produce in Western Visayas, said Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR)-6 Regional Director Remia Aparri. “After sang seaweed, Bangus is ang aton top produce diri sa region especially in areas of Iloilo Capiz, and Negros Occidental,” Aparri said. During the 2nd National Bangus Congress, Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources Assistant Director for Technical Services, Drusila Esther Bayate, mentioned that there is no problem with the supply of Bangus in the country.
- BFAR program targets ‘poorest of the poor’Domingo, Leander (The Manila Times Publishing Corporation, 2015-03-02)A total of 3,123 individuals in the Cagayan Valley region will be assisted under the poverty alleviation program of the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR). According to BFAR, the figure represents 5.0 percent of the total registered fisherfolk in the region who will benefit from the program called Targeted Actions to Reduce Poverty and Generate Economic Transformation (Target). BFAR planning chief Angel Encarnacion said Target will put more emphasis to uplift the standard of living of marginal fishermen in the region.
- BFAR-6 to spend P10M for fingerling dispersal project(Panay News, Inc., 2017-01-05)The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) will spend around P10 million for its free fingerling dispersal project in Western Visayas this year. In an interview Tuesday, BFAR-6 director Remia A. Apari said the fingerling dispersal is their contribution to achieve the mandate of the Department of Agriculture (DA) to provide affordable and available food on the table of every Filipino. Tilapia fingerlings will be released to coastal and upland areas and are expected to benefit some 100 fisher folks. Initially, “hito” or catfish juveniles will be provided to some 60 to 60 fisherfolk. The fingerlings will come with the corresponding feeds requirement, which will also be provided free, she said.
- Gloria' invasion hurting milkfish growersLomibao, Willie; Cardinoza, Gabriel (Philippine Daily Inquirer, Inc., 2016-04-29)A species of tilapia named after former President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo for being a smaller version of the ordinary tilapia is invading fishponds in Pangasinan province, prompting bangus (milkfish) growers to complain of losses. The species, known as tilapiang “Gloria” and also “molmol” locally, is depriving bangus of food in the ponds, according to Julie Perez, head of Malimgas-Aliguas Dagupan Vendors Federation, a group which includes bangus growers.