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The Philippines is a major exporter of blue swimming crab. It is the second largest exporter of this species to the United States. However, there is a need for a responsible seafood sourcing to reduce unregulated fishing and promote sustainability. The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Philippines, with…

The United States Agency for International Development (USAid) Philippines Mission Director Ryan Washburn joined Philippine government and private sector partners on April 18, 2024 for the expansion of the agency’s Responsible Seafood Sourcing Program for blue swimming crabs in Iloilo City.

THE United States Agency for International Development (USAid) joined Philippine government and private sector partners for the expansion of the agencys Responsible Seafood Sourcing Program for blue swimming crabs in Iloilo City.

United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Philippines Mission Director Ryan Washburn on 18 April joined Philippine government and private secto

A MARINE park off the coast of Coron Island in Palawan was recently awarded the silver-level Blue Park Award for exceptional marine biodiversity conservation by the Seattle-based Marine Conservation Institute. With the award, Siete Pecados Marine Park in northern Palawan joins Tubbataha Reefs Natural Park and Apo Reef Natural Park…

Food security is important to any nation. As an archipelago, the Philippines is endowed with abundant marine resources with two thirds of its territory composed of bodies of water. Its 36,289 kilometers coastline is host to 68 percent of its 110 million population. Unfortunately and ironically, they also comprise ¾ of the poorest and most marginalized

Small-scale fisheries account for about half of the world’s seafood catch and 90% of its industry workers. In the context of the Philippines, over 1.9 million people rely on the fishing sector as their source of livelihood with a vast number of coastal communities considering it as part of their…

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GCash, the country’s leading e-wallet, team up with the United States International Agency for Development (USAID) Fish Right Program and Si...

US hosts CSO summit to protect PH marine resources, biodiversity