Fishers call to stabilize galunggong prices by abolishing “konsignasyon” or middlemen control Manila, Philippines – Amid skyrocketing retail prices of[…]
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PAMALAKAYA hits DA-BFAR for galunggong importation anew
PAMALAKAYA hits DA-BFAR for galunggong importation anew Manila, Philippines – The secretary of the Department of Agriculture (DA) William Dar[…]
Read moreFishers reject galunggong fish ban in Palawan, call to regulate big vessels in municipal waters to preserve fish stocks
“Under the present orientation, fishing bans do not equate to preservation of fish species. Rather, it pushes for further exploitation of seas because commercial fishing vessels will do panic fishing and exploit fishery resources as long as they want before the effectivity of the fish ban. Also, these same commercial vessels will fast-exhaust the accumulated fish when the fish ban ends, leaving less for small fisherfolks. In just a couple of nights of large-scale fishing operations, the fish species that were preserved and grown for 3 months will be easily depleted,” Fernando Hicap, PAMALAKAYA National Chairperson said in a statement.
Read morePraymer Hinggil sa Liberalisasyon sa Pangisdaan at Fisheries Code of 1998 at Amendments
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Read moreProposed BFAR budget for aquaculture questioned
“Why would the BFAR allot such a huge chunk of its national budget for the program that will further privatize the fishing waters? Only big-fishing firms are capable of investing in aquaculture because they have capital and means to operate the industry, and yet they are the ones that seem to enjoy state support over the small fisherfolk who are being robbed of their traditional fishing grounds by big aquafarms,”
Read moreAng Pamalakaya, February 2018
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