AERATOR

Posted on May 12, 2013 - Filed Under Business, News, Photo Gallery | Leave a Comment

AERATOR —A specially designed aerator increases oxygen level in demo-pond at the research center of the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) in Dagupan City. The center is promoting the use of mechanized aquaculture farming system to help shrimp farmers increase their production. (Photo by Cesar Ramirez) Back to Homepage

BFAR tells shrimp growers to use aerator

Posted on May 12, 2013 - Filed Under Business, News | Leave a Comment

PANGASINAN’S shrimp industry, which has basically been producing enough for local household consumption, can soon aim for the global market with the use of a mechanized system introduced by the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) center based in Dagupan City.

City official confirms proliferation

Posted on March 25, 2013 - Filed Under Headlines, News | Leave a Comment

ILLEGAL FISH PENS AFTER continued denials from City Hall, a Dagupan official has finally confirmed that illegal fish pens and cages, indeed, are back in the waters of Dagupan since three months ago and vowed that these illegal structures will soon be removed. For the past three weeks, city hall officials, including city agriuclturist Emma [...]

Seafood Processing Plant eyes HACCP accreditation

Posted on March 24, 2013 - Filed Under Business, News | Leave a Comment

THE Seafood Processing Plant in Dagupan, now operating in almost full capacity, is optimistic it will earn its Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point (HACPP) accreditation this year. Dr. Westly Rosario, chief of the National Integrated Fisheries Technology Development Center (NIFTDC) which was tapped by the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) to operate the [...]

Pangasinan waters safe from oil spill, but…

Posted on March 3, 2013 - Filed Under Headlines, News | Comments Off

THE Office of the Civil Defense (OCD) recently confirmed that the oil spill last week at the Lingayen Gulf has remained within the coastal areas of La Union, Ilocos Sur and Ilocos Norte, and has not spread to the waters of Pangasinan. Melchito Castro, OCD-Region 1 chief, also said the oil spill which being contained [...]

Oil slick from sunken vessel “insignificant”

Posted on February 24, 2013 - Filed Under Inside News, News | Comments Off

FISHERMEN plying the waters off Bolinao town have been assured by the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) that the oil slick from a Myanmar vessel that sank last February 17 does not significantly affect the natural resources in the area. A five-man team from BFAR immediately conducted an investigation at the site where [...]

BFAR’s Hipon Mobile Clinic to the rescue

Posted on February 24, 2013 - Filed Under Business, News | Comments Off

THE Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) in Dagupan City is actively sending out its “Hipon Mobile Clinic” to look into possible contamination by the dreaded White Shrimp Syndrome Virus (WSSV) in shrimp farms in Pangasinan and neighboring provinces. The mobile laboratory, manned by two veterinary medicine personnel who underwent rigorous competency training, was [...]

BFAR warns prawn farmers against deadly WSSV

Posted on February 18, 2013 - Filed Under Business, News | Comments Off

PRAWN raisers have been alerted by the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) to take precaution against a deadly disease called White Spot Syndrome Virus (WSSV) that has been raging in many farms in Mindanao and the Visayas. BFAR Regional Director Nestor Domenden said the WSSV is a bane to the shrimp industry because [...]

W. Pangasinan still red-tide free

Posted on February 3, 2013 - Filed Under Business, News | Comments Off

THE coastal areas in western Pangasinan remain free from red tide, maintaining its clear status for more than a month now. Advisory from the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) as of January 23 indicate   that the coastal waters of Bolinao, Anda, Alaminos City and Wawa in Bani are all negative for Paralytic Shellfish [...]

BFAR opposes Seafood Plant privatization

Posted on January 27, 2013 - Filed Under Headlines, News | Comments Off

AFTER MC ADORE, BSL TRIES ANOTHER ANOTHER attempt by Mayor Benjamin Lim to revive his proposed privatization of the Seafood Processing Plant in Dagupan was shot down by Dr. Westly Rosario, chief of the National Integrated Fisheries Technology Development Center (NIFTDC). Rosario, appointed by the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) as interim manager [...]

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