The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) said it has completed the construction of nine legislated multi-species hatcheries and aquaculture facilities nationwide. The number of completed hatcheries by BFAR is only about 25 percent of the 37 hatcheries and facilities that it is mandated to build under 22 Republic…
The Department of Agriculture, through the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources will complete the construction of 21 multi-species hatcheries and aquaculture facilities in the first half of the year.
Freshwater satellite hatchery in Sitio Cienda, Barangay Gabas, Baybay City, Leyte(Photo courtesy of BFAR-8) MANILA - The Department of Agriculture's Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (DA-BFAR) has recently completed nine multi-species hatcheries and aquaculture facilities nationwide. Twenty-one more are under construction and expected to be completed by the first half of 2022, according to a DA-BFAR report on Friday. There are 37 multi-species hatcheries and aquaculture facilities that must be constructed nationwide under 22 Republic Acts passed during the 16th, 17th and 18th Congresses. A budget of PHP635 million has been allocated for the construction of the hatcheries. The nine hatcheries are multi-species marine hatcheries in Perez, Quezon and Sultan Naga Dimaporo, Lanao del Norte; and seven mangrove crab seed banks, nurseries and grow-out production farms in Baras, Viga, Panganiban, Bagamanoc, San Andres, Caramoran, and Pandan in Catanduanes. Agriculture Secretary Will
Freshwater satellite hatchery in Sitio Cienda, Barangay Gabas, Baybay City, Leyte(Photo courtesy of BFAR-8) MANILA - The Department of Agriculture's Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (DA-BFAR) recently completed the construction of nine multi-species hatcheries and aquaculture facilities. Twenty-one more are under construction and expected to be completed by the first half of 2022, according to a DA-BFAR report on Friday. There are 37 multi-species hatcheries and aquaculture facilities that must beput up nationwide under 22 Republic Acts passed during the 16th, 17th and 18th Congresses. A budget of PHP635 million has been allocated for the hatcheries. The ninefacilities are multi-species marine hatcheries in Perez, Quezon and Sultan Naga Dimaporo, Lanao del Norte; and seven mangrove crab seed banks, nurseries and grow-out production farms in Baras, Viga, Panganiban, Bagamanoc, San Andres, Caramoran, and Pandan in Catanduanes. Agriculture Secretary William Dar previously sai
Police Major Omar Tago, chief of the Police Highway Patrol Group in Lanao del Norte. (Supplied photo) ILIGAN CITY - Police investigators are looking into family feud or "rido" as a possible motive for the ambush that killed two, including the chief of the Lanao del Norte - Highway Patrol Group (HPG), and wounded another companion in Sultan Dumalondong, Lanao del Sur. A report from Lanao del Sur police stated that Major Omar Tago, the Lanao del Norte - HPG chief, was on his way to Barangay Pagalungan on Monday to attend the vigil of a family member who died four days before the incident when the suspects fired upon the vehicle of the police official. In an update Tuesday, Lt. Col. Cristio Lagyop Jr., chief of the Regional Public Information Office of the Police Regional Office in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao, confirmed that four assailants on motorcycles carried out the attack. Tago was rushed to a nearby hospital but was declared dead while being revive