16 April 2024 The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources of the Department of Agriculture formally launched LAYAG-WPS or Livelihood Activities to Enhance Fisheries Yields and Economic Gains from the West Philippine Sea in Subic, Zambales on April 16, 2024. Dubbed “LAYAG-WPS,” the new project aims to improve the lives of Filipino fishing communities facing continue reading : BFAR LAUNCHES LAYAG-WPS, SPARKS LIVELIHOOD ACTIVITIES FOR FISHERFOLK IN WPS
Batanes fish farmers will soon have their own local source of tilapia fingerlings as the Department of Agriculture – Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (DA-BFAR) and the Local Government of Itbayat inaugurate today, April 4, 2024, the province’s first-ever Municipal Tilapia Hatchery in Barangay Raele in the island municipality of Itbayat, Batanes. Equipped with continue reading : DA-BFAR, LGU Itbayat Inaugurate Batanes’ First-Ever Tilapia Hatchery
11 MARCH 2024 The Department of Agriculture-Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) Region V and the Philippine Crop Insurance Corporation (PCIC) awarded Php 55,000.00 insurance claim to a Bantay Dagat volunteer’s widow in Oas, Albay. Arnel Radan, a Bantay Dagat volunteer, passed away due to heart attack on November 9, 2023. He left behind a continue reading : BANTAY DAGAT VOLUNTEER’S WIDOW RECEIVES INSURANCE BENEFIT FROM DA-BFAR AND PCIC
02 March 2024 The Central Bangus Hatchery of the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) Region 7, located in Panganan, Calape, Bohol, is currently operating at full capacity, boasting a stockpile of 1.7 million eggs harvested from its floating fish cages as of February 2024. Unlike last year, where the spawning commenced in late March, continue reading : BFAR 7’S CENTRAL BANGUS HATCHERY IN CALAPE, BOHOL LEADS REGIONAL FISHERIES GROWTH
Compared to last year in which the spawning began in late March, the beginning of this year’s spawning is notably earlier. This could be attributed to the warm water temperatures experienced in recent days.Servicing eight municipalities in the region, and providing sustenance and livelihood to several communities, the Central Bangus Hatchery emerges as the top continue reading : The Central Bangus Hatchery in Panganan, Calape, Bohol is currently in full operation, with a stockpile of 1.7 million eggs collected from its floating fish cages. The hatchery houses 10 floating fish cages, each nurturing 100 bangus broodstock.
The Department of Agriculture–Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (DA-BFAR) Region 3, the National Irrigation Administration (NIA), the Protected Area Management Board (PAMB) of the DENR-Biodiversity Management Bureau, and the local government unit of Pantabangan harvested over 400 kilograms of tilapia from the Pantabangan Aquaculture Park Project in Nueva Ecija on Thursday, February 8. The continue reading : PANTABANGAN AQUACULTURE PROJECT OPENS UP BRIGHT PROSPECTS FOR INCREASED FISHERIES PRODUCTION