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- Iloilo prov'l gov't aims to replicate Ajuy marine practicesCavañas, Mary Joy (Panay News, Inc., 2023-09-29)The provincial government is considering replicating the municipality of Ajuy’s best practices in marine conservation and coastal protection throughout the rest of Iloilo. The town recently placed first runner-up in the Malinis at Masaganang Karagatan (MMK) Awards organized by the Department of Agriculture – Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources. As a result, it secured fisheries livelihood projects worth P18 million. “We aim to encourage and inspire other municipalities to participate in the upcoming MMK awards. I am confident that our fellow communities are already engaged in initiatives to protect our seas and coasts,” said Gov. Arthur Defensor Jr.
- Mariculture park on the drawing boardFernandez, Rudy A. (Philippine Star Printing Co., Inc., 2000-02-03)SAEP agreed to spearhead the move during its 13th annual meeting held recently at the Central Philippines University (CPU) in Iloilo City. Along this line, a multi-disciplinary task force will be created to prepare a feasibility study of the project and, once the costs are estimated, to find funding sources. Toward this end, Dr. Rolando Platon, chief of the Tigbauan, Iloilo-based Southeast Asian Fisheries Development center Aquaculture Department (SEAFDEC AQD) and SAEP immediate past president, pledged the full technical support of his institute.
- City Hall, BFAR partner on mudcrab farmingPequierda, Beatriz Angelica (Daily Guardian Multi-Media Services, Inc., 2020-02-20)The Iloilo City Government and Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) Regional Office 6 have partnered for mudcrab farming. This, after Mayor Jerry P. Treñas and City Agriculturist’s Office in-charge Engr. Noel Z. Hechanova, signed Feb. 18 a Memorandum of Agreement with BFAR-6 Assistant Regional Director Carlito Delfin and Iloilo Provincial Fisheries Officer-in-Charge Erwin E. Ilaya. The metropolis is one of the project sites of “Sustainable Livelihood Mudcrab Fattening Culture Through Aquasilviculture (integration of aquaculture with mangroves).”
- Don't eat dead fish from oil spill-hit areas, BFAR warnsSornito, Ime (Panay News, Inc., 2020-07-08)The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) in Western Visayas has issued a warning against eating dead fish in coastal areas contaminated by bunker fuel from a barge damaged by an explosion last week. Remia Aparri, BFAR regional director, said an undetermined volume of dead milkfish (bangus) fingerlings in fish cages were reported in the waters off Barangay Hoskyn in the capital town of Jordan, Guimaras. She explained that milkfish in fish pens are mainly prone to the threat of leaked bunker oil since they cannot swim out to the open sea.
- Oil spill fouls 20 Guimaras coastal brgysSilubrico, Ruby (Panay News, Inc., 2020-07-07)Twenty coastal villages in the island province of Guimaras are affected by the oil spill from a power barge in Barangay Bo. Obrero, Lapuz, Iloilo City following an explosion Friday last week. Bunker fuel spilled from the power barge and littered the shores of the towns of Jordan and Buenavista, a report from the Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office (PDRRMO) of Guimaras showed. Barangays affected by the oil spill in Jordan town were Rizal, Hoskyn, Balcon Milleza, and Morobuan.
- DA-BFAR aids W.Visayas fishery sector amid crisis(Panay News, Inc., 2020-03-29)The Department of Agriculture-Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (DA-BFAR) Region 6 is taking actions to mitigate the impact of pandemic threat to the livelihood of the fisherfolk and other industry stakeholders. As stated in the DA Memorandum Circular No. 9 series of 2020, all farming and fishing activities shall be allowed to continue despite the implementation of the enhanced community quarantine to prevent further spread of COVID-19. To ensure the unhampered movement of fish cargoes in the region, DA-BFAR Region 6 had issued 43 Food Pass accreditation cards to fish consolidators (traders) from March 19 to 25.
- RP aquaculture sector benefits from BFAR-SEAFDEC programFernandez, Rudy A. (Philippine Star Printing Co., Inc., 2002-06-02)The country's aquaculture sector continues to benefit considerably from a program jointly being implemented by a government agency and a Southeast Asian center. Called Joint Mission for Accelerated Nationwide Technology Transfer Program (JMANTTP), the undertaking was launched in January 1999 by the Department of Agriculture-Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (DA-BFAR) and the government-hosted Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center Aquaculture Department (SEAFDEC AQD) based in Tigbauan, Iloilo. The program was convinced to make available technologies developed at SEAFDEC AQD to its host country, the Philippines.
- Iloilo gets P30-M agri loan fundSimeon, Louise Maureen (Philippine Star Printing Co., Inc., 2017-09-09)The Department of Agriculture (DA) has allocated a P30 million loan fund for two towns in Iloilo to help improve the country’s lending for the agriculture sector. Agriculture Secretary Emmanuel Pinol said the department has allotted P20 million for Dumangas town and another P10 million for Passi City as part of the Production Loan Easy Access program. The program allows farmers and fisherfolks to borrow from P5,000 to P25,000 without any collateral and a six percent annual interest payable in at least two years.
- BFAR, partners ink pact on marine conservationOgatis, James Earl E.; Toreno, Sheila Mae H. (Daily Guardian Multi-Media Services, Inc., 2017-10-17)Regional Director Remia Aparri of the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) 6 signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with two local government units and other enforcement agencies to strengthen the protection of marine environment and resources in Western Visayas. In the opening of the 54th Fish Conservation Week Celebration in Tanza, Iloilo City on Oct 15, 2017, Aparri cited the importance of preserving, conserving and protecting the coastal and marine resources as the main source of livelihood of the coastal communities. The MOU with Mayor Siegfredo Betita of Carles and a representative of Mayor Milliard Villanueva of Concepcion, Iloilo seeks to create a joint task force that will address the rampant and unabated illegal, unreported fishing activities within the municipal waters.
- P16.9M in livelihood projects for fisherfolksSantiagudo, Emme Rose (Daily Guardian Multi-Media Services, Inc., 2018-08-23)Iloilo City needs P16.9 million for the proposed project “Enhancement of Fisherfolk Capacity and Livelihood Development for Community Resiliency” for the fisherfolk sector of the community. According to City Agriculturist Romulo Pangantihon, Mayor Jose Espinosa III instructed him to make a proposal on how to uplift the lives of the fisherfolk community, which is considered as the “poorest of the poor sector.” “It is part of the mayor’s Pag-ulikid Program. We already forwarded the proposal to Michael Dino, presidential assistant for the Visayas,” he said.