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SunStar + March 05, 2021 LEADING sardines manufacturer Mega Global Corporation officially launched its Cawit office headquarters, a new state-of-the-art office in Zamboanga, last March 1 as part of its ongoing expansion plans for Zamboanga operations, creating more jobs for the local community. Aside from its Zamboanga headquarters, Mega Global also opened a new ice plant in the city, increasing its production capacity from 300 tons to 450 tons per day and making it one of the larg...

Published March 3, 2021, 5:30 AM The Department of Agriculture’s (DA) Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) officially lifted the 10th closed fishing season for sardines in the Zamboanga Peninsula. The closed fishing season is being implemented in accordance with Bureau Administrative Circular (BAC) No. 255 as a marine conservation measure to help protect and conserve sardine species in the Zamboanga Peninsula. Beginning every December 1, the closed fishing season bans for three mo...

Sardine fishing in Zamboanga Peninsula will finally resume after the Department of Agriculture – Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (DA-BFAR) lifted the three-month closed fishing season on Monday, March 1.

A tale of two seas: Closed season is a mixed bag for Philippine sardines industry  Since 2011, the Philippine government has imposed a closed fishing season on various major fishing grounds during the sardine spawning season. Implemented during the tail end of the year until March the following year, the closed fishing season has been both a boon and bane for communities. In the sardine capital of the Zamboanga Peninsula in the country’s south, the ban has boosted catch sizes for artisanal f...

SunStar SM opens first mall in Zamboanga ZAMBOANGA. Photo shows City Mayor Maria Isabelle Climaco-Salazar (2nd from left), District 1 Congressman Cesar Jimenez Jr. (4th from left), Vice Mayor Atty. Rommel Agan (2nd from right), Councilor Josephine Pareja (3rd from left) with SM Supermalls Regional Operations Manager for Mindanao Jonathan Nick Santos (3rd from right) welcomed by greeters on opening day beside the malls Christmas centerpiece. (Contributed photo) ZAMBOA...