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- Pangasinan aquaculture practices wow US studentsVisperas, Eva (Philippine Star Printing Co., Inc., 2019-02-06)Students of the University of Rhode Island arrived in Pangasinan on New Year’s eve for their 20-day study of the best aquaculture practices in various coastal areas of the province and got wowed. From going to the rivers, the 10 students led by their professor Michael Rice experienced demonstration and did hands-on sex determination/cannulation of milkfish breeders and feed preparation/enrichment at the Philippine Bangus Center, seining milkfish broodstock from a maturation pond at the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources center, all in this city. At the BFAR center, the students also had the opportunity to harvet bangus and saltwater tilapia from ponds.
- Red tide alert still on in Bataan coastal watersCervantes, Ding; Visperas, Eva (Philippine Star Printing Co., Inc., 2014-05-22)Red tide has plagued the coastal waters of Bataan for six months now and is showing no signs of waning. The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) yesterday issued another appeal to the public to refrain from gathering and eating shellfish from one city and seven towns of Bataan. Red tide toxin, which causes paralytic shellfish poisoning remains present in these areas,†said Lanie Lamyong, information officer of the BFAR regional office.
- Alaminos fisherfolks rely on payao for bounty catchVisperas, Eva (Philippine Star Printing Co., Inc., 2018-09-23)Fishermen in this city can now look forward to having a bountiful fish catch to sustain their livelihood with the installation of deep sea-fish aggregating devices. The fish aggregating device called payao serves as a marker of a safe fishing zone. An additional 35 units of payao were installed in the province. These were on top of the 15 other units previously given by the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR).