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Sarmiento’s fearless projection was made during the Fish Talk forum of the Philippine Agricultural Journalists Inc. (PAJ) held at the Jo’s Chicken Inato Restaurant in Quezon City, where he and Quedancor president and chief executive officer Nelson C. Buenaflor talked about Fishery production and support services.


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                    [Title] => Quedancor allots P50-M for lending to seaweed farmers
                    [Summary] => The Quedan and Rural Credit Guarantee Corp. has earmarked P50 million for lending to seaweed farmers of Mindanao to ensure a faster growth for the carageenan industry in the country.


Quedancor president and chief executive officer Nelson C. Buenaflor told members of the Philippine Agricultural Journalists (PAJ) that the credit facility was an offshoot of directives by President Arroyo during the last Mindanao Business Council, where she particularly cited the financing needs of small seaweed farmers in coastal areas of the South.


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                    [Title] => Fish production grows 5.5% to 3.1-M tons in ’01
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The fishery sector grew by 5.5 percent in 2001, with the aquaculture subsector growing by 10.6 percent, municipal fishermen subsector by 4.4 percent and the commercial subsector by four percent.


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                    [Summary] => Volunteer fisheries patrol officers who are mostly residents of coastal municipalities have complained of the government’s apparent lack of political will to enforce Republic Act 8550 (Fisheries Code), prosecute and penalize those found violating existing laws on marine extraction, conservation and protection.


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                    [Title] => Town mayor stakes career for ‘fish sanctuary’
                    [Summary] => Going against threats that he would not get reelected during the last May 2001 elections, Mayor Magsaysay Oliveros stuck it out and led his constituents — mostly subsistence fishermen and their families — in Quezon, Quezon, to establish a "fish sanctuary."


One may ask why would a mayor risk his political career in favor of a thankless mission to protect and conserve the fishery resources of a fifth class municipality, one of three towns comprising the Alabat island off the Quezon peninsula.


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                    [Title] => DA to cancel  part of fisheries sector loan
                    [Summary] => The Department of Agriculture is going to ask for the cancellation of another $2 million from the original $89 million, six-year fisheries sector program (FSP) II loan program with the Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the Japan Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC) when it meets next month with the program financiers.


Earlier, the DA sought the cancellation of $3 million of the original FSP loan value, reducing it to $86 million. 


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El Niño won’t stunt growth of fisheries sector – BFAR head

By Bianca Garcia | September 29, 2002 - 12:00am

Despite El Niño hitting the country in October until the first quarter of 2003, the prospects of the fisheries sector would still be looking good, according to Director Malcolm Sarmiento Jr. of the Bureau...

Agriculture

Quedancor allots P50-M for lending to seaweed farmers

By Rose de la Cruz | September 15, 2002 - 12:00am

The Quedan and Rural Credit Guarantee Corp. has earmarked P50 million for lending to seaweed farmers of Mindanao to ensure a faster growth for the carageenan industry in the country. Quedancor president and chief...

Agriculture

Fish production grows 5.5% to 3.1-M tons in ’01

By Rose de la Cruz | March 10, 2002 - 12:00am

The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) projected yesterday a 10-percent increase in fish production this year, with much of the growth to come from aquaculture, including marine culture or mariculture. The...

Agriculture

Government lacks political will to enforce fishery laws?

By Rose Dela Cruz | November 25, 2001 - 12:00am

Volunteer fisheries patrol officers who are mostly residents of coastal municipalities have complained of the government’s apparent lack of political will to enforce Republic Act 8550 (Fisheries Code), prosecute...

Agriculture

Town mayor stakes career for ‘fish sanctuary’

By Nicole Reyes | October 7, 2001 - 12:00am

Going against threats that he would not get reelected during the last May 2001 elections, Mayor Magsaysay Oliveros stuck it out and led his constituents — mostly subsistence fishermen and their families —...

Agriculture

DA to cancel part of fisheries sector loan

By Rose de la Cruz | August 26, 2001 - 12:00am

The Department of Agriculture is going to ask for the cancellation of another $2 million from the original $89 million, six-year fisheries sector program (FSP) II loan program with the Asian Development Bank (ADB)...

Agriculture