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==BFAR notes Alsons Aquaculture breakthrough into China== | |||
*Source:http://businessmirror.com.ph/component/content/article/53-agri-commodities/23159-bfar-notes-alsons-aquaculture-breakthrough-into-china | |||
*SUNDAY, 12 FEBRUARY 2012 18:39 | |||
:by BusinessMirror.com.ph | |||
HE Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) is batting for value adding by aquaculture companies, saying the time has come for local milkfish and other fish species to find markets overseas. | |||
BFAR Director Asis G. Perez said aquaculture companies can produce fillets and special byproducts for the Asian, European and American markets and noted that processed products enjoy better prices. | |||
In a briefing last week, Perez said the strides made by aquaculture has increased its share of the food-fish supply for the domestic market, which is now comprised of 94 million people. | |||
“While we buy fish whole, other markets prefer processed products like fillets of milkfish,” he said. | |||
Perez also noted the entry of Alsons Aquaculture Corp. (AAC) in the China market, shipping out an initial nine tons of milkfish to Xiamen, an industrial and commercial hub that has grown tremendously in the last two decades. | |||
With the initial shipment, Gabriel H. Alcantara, AAC assistant vice president for the processed food division, said the company became the first Philippine company to test the potential of bangus in the lucrative China market. | |||
Perez said the AAC was also instrumental in providing the milkfish fingerlings for Taal Lake and Pangasinan fishpen operators after these areas were hit by fish kills last year. | |||
The BFAR chief said the market for aquaculture products like milkfish will grow since more and more people are now opting for seafood rather than meat. | |||
“Livestock and poultry will have a problem once the share of fish in the diet increases for health reasons,” he said. | |||
Alcantara said his company has cut a deal with retail stores in Xiamen to market the milkfish products under the Sarangani Bay brand. | |||
By breaking into the huge China market, AAC hopes to further entrench itself as the country’s largest exporter of processed and packaged milkfish, Alcantara added. | |||
“The export milkfish products were hatched and raised in Alsons’ own aquaculture farm in Alabel, Sarangani and processed on-site at AAC’s state-of-the-art facility,” he said. | |||
Alcantara said the initial volume was shipped from Gen. Santos City in late December 2011 and arrived in Xiamen early this month. | |||
==Ex-Sarangani governor faces graft charges== | ==Ex-Sarangani governor faces graft charges== | ||
*Source: http://www.manilastandardtoday.com/insideNation.htm?f=//2012/february/10/nation2.isx&d=/2012/february/10 | *Source: http://www.manilastandardtoday.com/insideNation.htm?f=//2012/february/10/nation2.isx&d=/2012/february/10 | ||
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The Information further alleged that Clerigo certified the completeness and propriety of the supporting documents despite non-compliance with Commission on Audit Circular 96-003 providing for the documentary requirements in disbursements for financial assistance. | The Information further alleged that Clerigo certified the completeness and propriety of the supporting documents despite non-compliance with Commission on Audit Circular 96-003 providing for the documentary requirements in disbursements for financial assistance. | ||
==The Philippine tuna industry crisis: Another look (3)== | ==The Philippine tuna industry crisis: Another look (3)== | ||