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FISHERIES SECTOR NEEDS STRONGER CONSERVATION MEASURES – DAR

Agriculture Secretary William Dar underscored the need for stronger measures on the conservation and management of the fisheries sector. “Now that the Department of Agriculture is more emphatic on fully implementing laws and making fisheries management more efficient and effective, we recognize the need to strengthen enforcement agencies and equip their people with the necessary […]

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BFAR LIFTS BAN ON FISH FROM FUKUSHIMA – PIÑOL

The Philippines has lifted a seven-year-old ban on the importation of several fish species from the Fukushima Prefecture as a gesture of goodwill during the recent visit of President Rodrigo Duterte and members of his Cabinet to Japan. Agriculture Secretary Emmanuel Piñol said the order lifting the import ban, which he signed on May 27, […]