TANAUAN, Leyte, Philippines (AP) — The Philippines, a nation made up of thousands of islands, is home to about 1.6 million people who work in fisheries, and the majority of those fishers are ...
TALISAY, PhilippinesTALISAY, Philippines — More than 800 tons of fish have died and rotted on fish farms in a lake near Taal volcano south of Manila, with authorities blaming it on a sudden ...
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Fish prices surge ahead of New Year in Bohol,” (News, 12/31/25) reflects the increase in prices of fish at the national level. The reported inflation rate in August 2025 was 9.5 percent, as against 1.
In 2024, the Philippine seafood import market was dominated by China, which shipped USD 221 million (EUR 187.3 million) worth ...
Sorsogon Diocese in the Philippines delivered two tons of fish to a national shrine in Manila on May 10 to feed the homeless and health workers in the country’s capital, where 83 percent of ...
Born as a dish to save the leftover fried fish, fish sarciado is a traditional home-cooked fish dish in Filipino homes using simple sauté sauce with an egg to finish it off. This dish has always been ...
The Philippines introduced a new fisheries management framework to curb illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing in 2019. Under the fisheries management area (FMA) mechanism, the Philippines’ ...
Biologists from the Ateneo de Manila University in the Philippines have confirmed the presence of the tinfoil barb (Barbonymus schwanefeldii), a popular aquarium fish, in Laguna de Bay, the country's ...
TALISAY, Philippines >> More than 800 tons of fish have died and rotted on a fish farm near Manila that Philippine authorities are blaming on a sudden temperature drop. Government fisheries official ...
More than 800 tons of fish have died and rotted on a fish farm near Manila that Philippine authorities are blaming on a sudden temperature drop. Government fisheries official Rose del Mundo said ...