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Greenpeace wants measures to stop tuna decline adopted

By Mitchelle L. Palaubsanon | December 6, 2015 - 9:00am

Amidst the declining population of tuna such as Bigeye, Pacific Bluefin and Albacore, Greenpeace Philippines calls on the...

Cebu News

Tuna stock management critically needed

By Rhodina Villanueva | December 8, 2013 - 12:00am

Environmental activists are urging the Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission (WCPFC) to halt the entry of new industrial fishing vessels into the Pacific region and to introduce sharp cuts to tuna catches...

Agriculture

Overfishing = fishing over

By Ernesto P. Maceda Jr. | December 4, 2013 - 12:00am

ANG isang full grown tuna (tambakol sa Tagalog) ay maa-ring lumaki hanggang sa habang 15 feet at sa timbang na 1,500 lbs.  Ang isdang tuna ay karaniwang mahahanap sa mga dagat sa katimugang Mindanao at maituturing...

PSN Opinyon

DA keeps agri growth target at 3-5%

March 26, 2013 - 12:00am

The Department of Agriculture (DA) is keeping its farm output target growth of three to five percent for the year on expectations of record palay harvest and return to positive growth of the fisheries sector.

Business

DA sees higher growth for fisheries sector

December 26, 2012 - 12:00am

After regaining fishing acess to Pocket 1 of the Pacific Ocean and being granted an extension until 2014, the country’s fish production is expected to register positive growth in the second half of 2013, according...

Business

Pinoys accused of ‘tuna laundering’

By Reinir Padua | November 16, 2012 - 12:00am

Fishing vessels registered in the Philippines, Indonesia and Cambodia have been filmed “laundering” illegally caught tuna, environment activist group Greenpeace International said yesterday.

Headlines

'Philippines may lose tuna markets'

March 27, 2012 - 11:59am

Greenpeace today said the government should crack down on illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing and abandon its "environmentally harmful" call to lift the ban on fishing using fish aggregating devices...

High-level panel for talks on fishing grounds backed

By Marianne V. Go | September 4, 2011 - 12:00am

President Aquino supports the creation of a dedicated, high-level negotiating team that will pursue bilateral talks with neighboring countries for access to their fishing grounds by Filipino fishermen.

Agriculture

RP seeks lifting of ban on tuna fishing

By Marianne V. Go | August 20, 2010 - 12:00am

The Philippines plans to take the lead during the annual meeting of the Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission in December this year to push for the lifting of a high seas tuna fishing ban that was imposed...

Business

Gov't to shoulder int'l fees for local fishing fleets

By Marianne V. Go | September 10, 2008 - 12:00am

The government plans to pay all Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission (WCPFC) fees without private sector counterpart to provide relief to the fast-growing tuna industry that was hurt last semester by...

Business