Davao City is one of the most livable cities in Asia. This is the city of durian, the King of Fruits. This is where the Philippine Eagle soars. Get your daily dose of news, features, and issues that matter straight from Davao City.
Sunday, January 22, 2017
Boiling Crabs & Shrimps now at SM Annex
"It's time to be messy," so says the people behind Blue Post Crabs & Shrimps. So what can food lovers do but follow their lead?
Boiling Crabs & Shrimps launched its third branch in Davao at the SM Annex yesterday where they gave their guests a chance to experience how it is to be truly messy in a classy way.
The restaurant's interiors will make you feel like you are really enjoying your lunch or dinner right next to the seashore. Ambience-wise, this homegrown restaurant will really make your gastronomic adventure well worth it.
So how's the food? Before being thrown into a feast of crabs and shrimps, I was about to ask Anthony Ang, Chief Executive Officer of AA Group of Companies, what makes Boiling Crabs & Shrimps stand out from the rest. The company owners silenced our group by serving us their new concoctions, drowning the questions with nods of approval.
While other restaurants serving crabs just go through the motion of cooking the crabs the traditional way, this restaurant reinvented the crab relegating its competitors in the background.
If you like your crabs boiled with corn and everything nice in it, then order the blue Posts Boiled Crabs. Or you can get the Crabs in Garlic Lemon Sauce.
Better yet, try the Blue Posts Boiled Shrimps and choose from the many extras including corn on the cob, potatoes, pork sausage, Hungarian sausage or plain rice.
But please make mine Crabs in Salted Eggs!
Wednesday, June 15, 2016
BFAR eyes more fish landing centers
The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources
(BFAR)-Davao Region is eyeing the establishment of more Community Fish Landing
Center (CFLC) in the region to improve the socio-economic condition of the
fisherfolk communities.
“We have noted a 9.5% increase in fish
production last year. The establishment of the CFLC is another strategy to
further increase production this year,” BFAR Davao Regio Director Fatma Idris
said.
The CFLCs, which is part of the Targeted
Actions to Reduce Poverty and Generate Economic Transformation (TARGET) of the
Bureau launched in 2014, aims to reduce post-harvest losses in the
fisheries sector to 18% from the present 25%.
Among the three programs under TARGET are the
fisherfolk registration, Boat Registration and the CFLC.,
Idris said with the CFLCs, BGAR aims to put
up more infrastructure projects in order to house marine-entrepreneurs and fish
farmers so they could get more opportunities to make their livelihood
sustainable.
She said there were five CFLCs proposed in
2015 with an allocation of P2,850,000 each. The CFLC in Mati City, Davao
Oriental was the first to be inaugurated on March 23, 2016.
"The remaining four CFLCs are still
undergoing construction stages," Idris said. Up to 15 CFLC sites with a
total budget of P45,000,000 are targeted for 2016.(lac)
Friday, June 10, 2016
Fish catch in the Davao Region up in 2015
The Bureau of
Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) in the Davao Region has recorded a 9.5%
increase in fish catch in the Davao Gulf.
“We noted an
increase of 9.5 percent in fish catch following the strict implementation of
the closed season and other programs of BFAR last year,” BFAR-Davao Director
Fatma Idris said.
Idris said the growth in the fisheries
production resulted to a 22 percent fish sufficiency in 2015. This confirms
that the region is still one of the top contributors in the country’s fisheries
production.
"This
implies that the production can suffice the 22 percent of the fish requirement
in the region given the number of population," Idris said.
The Bureau has
recorded a total fish production of 251,342 metric tons from 2012 to 2015 based
on the Philippines Statistics Authority (PSA) data.
There was however
a 22.5 percent decrease in the production from 2013 to 2014 due to the series
of tropical storms, but the production bounced back from 2014-2015.
Idris said the
increase can be attributed to the ongoing implementation of the Closed Season
for the Conservation of Small Pelagic Fishes at Davao Gulf and increase in
aquaculture and marine municipal sub-sectors.
The implementation
of the Targeted Actions to Reduce Poverty and Generate Economic Transformation
(Target) Program in the Fisheries Sector has also helped increase fish
production in the region.
The five
mariculture parks in Panabo City and Samal in Davao del Norte, Pantukan town,
Compostela Valley, Mati City in Davao Oriental, and Malita in Davao Occidental
had a major share in the increased fish production.
From 2012 to
2015, a total of 20,099 metric tons of bangus and other high value species were
produced from the five mariculture parks, including mariculture zones in
Malalag, Sta. Cruz, Sta. Maria towns and Digos City in Davao del Sur.
PSA data shows
that the total production of bangus was at
90,922 metric tons from 2012 to 2015, while seaweeds had a total production of
18,076 metric tons in the same period.
"The
remarkable production has provided job employment opportunities and livelihood
in Davao region," Idris said.
Wednesday, June 1, 2016
Closed season in Davao Gulf starts
The Bureau of
Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) will implement for the third year
the closed fishing season for pelagic fishes in the Davao Gulf from June 1
to August 31 this year.
"We are reminding our fisherfolk that June 1 signals the end of the open fishing season in the Davao Gulf which lasted from September to May, and the start of the three-month close season" BFAR Davao Region Fatma Idris said.
Joint
Administrative Order No. 02 of the Department of Agriculture and Department of
Interior and Local Government prohibited the catching of pelagic fishes in the
Davao Gulf from June to August every year.
Under
the terms of the Closed Season, fishermen or fishing companies will not be
allowed to catch pelagic fishes using ringnet and bagnet. The ban also applies
to small-scale to large scale commercial fishing with vessels from 3.1 gross
tons (GT) to more than 150 GT.
The declaration of a
closed fishing season was implemented by BFAR as a strategy to
increase fish production in the concerned areas where the fishing ban is being
implemented namely Davao, Zamboanga, Palawan and Zambales.
BFAR National
Director and Undersecretary Asis Perez said they expect the country’s fish catch
to increase and to grow bigger with the declaration of a fishing ban in these
areas.
Asis said the closed
season will give pelagic fishes a time to spawn and multiply which will
ultimately benefit fisherfolk later on.
Before the Closed
Season only 50 percent of the fishes caught were big but after the first
year of implementation, he said, it has increased to 78 percent which means the
pelagic fishes have successfully reproduced during the Closed Season and are
ready for harvesting.
Among the pelagic
fishes that have notably grown bigger in size after the close season are:
Bilong-Bilong (Mene maculata) which has grown up to 19 centimeters in length
after the closed season compared to its regular size of 11 cm.; Pirit (Auxis
rochei) has grown in length from 8.5 cm to 23.5 cm. With an increased
production of 40,000 in 2014 from the 15,000 during the previous year and
Matambaka (Selar crumenophthalmus) with an increase in production of 170,000 in
2014 from 120,000 during the previous year.
Aside from its main
goal of protecting the pelagic fishes in the Davao Gulf during their spawning
season, the Closed Season is also being implemented to strengthen the country’s
campaign against Illegal, Unreported and Uncontrolled Fishing (IUUF).
Friday, May 20, 2016
3-month closed season in Davao Gulf set
The three-month closed
season for the Davao Gulf will resume beginning June to allow tuna and other fish species to spawn.
A Joint Administrative
Order by the secretaries of the Department of Agriculture and the Department of
Interior and Local Government mandated the implementation from June 1 to August
31 of the closed season in the Davao Gulf.
“The closed season for
commercial fishing boats aimed to conserve marine resources, to secure the
spawning period of pelagic fishes in the gulf and improve the country’s
compliance with the European Commission’s regulations specifically on
unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing,’ Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic
Resources (BFAR) Davao Region Director Fatma Idris said.
She said the Davao
Gulf is an ideal and potential spawning and breeding ground for tuna and
tuna-like species. Of the 49 municipalities in the region, 30 are categorized
as coastal.
Idris said study
confirms that tuna spawns inside Davao Gulf where most of them can be found
near the mouth of the gulf. Thus, she added, special attention and strict
enforcement s should be given near the mouth and eastern portion of the gulf
where high concentrations of tuna was found.
The government's
campaign against IUUF is one of the measures being implemented to remove the
country's yellow card tag given by the European Union (EU).
Perez said unless the
country shapes up and complies with the other conditions set by EU then it may
be banned from exporting its fish resources in one if its main markets. The
Philippines has exported P9.4 billion of fish products to the EU in 2014.
Under the terms of the
Closed Season, fishermen or fishing companies will not be allowed to catch
pelagic fishes using ringnet and bagnet. The ban also applies to small-scale to
large scale commercial fishing with vessels from 3.1 gross tons (GT) to more
than 150 GT. (lovely carillo)
Sunday, May 15, 2016
Fisherfolk affected by El Nino gets to get free fingerling from BFAR
The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) in the Davao Region is ready to provide
fingerlings to fisherfolk affected by the El Nino phenomenon.
"BFAR can readily provide assistance to fisherfolk in terms of fingerlings dispersal," BFAR Davao Region Director Fatma Idris said. However, she added, the beneficiaries should prepare their fishponds because fingerling dispersal would be wasted if the ponds have dried up.
There must also be a report from the city government that the fisherfolk are really victims of the El Nino for freshwater areas.
City Agriculturist Rocelio Tabay has reported that the El Nino has resulted to production losses in the fishery sector involving 304,985 Metric Tons (MT) specifically 11,185 MT of tilapia and 293,800 MT of hito.
The damage to the fishery sector due to the dry season is estimated to cost P33,324,650. A total of 927 fisherfolk have been affected as their ponds are already in the harvestable stage.
Idris said there must be a declaration of a state of calamity since most of the barangays have been affected.
The City Council failed to make the declaration due to lack of quorum with only 14 councilors present during last week's session. Regular session will resume on May 24 since the session hall is still being used for the counting of votes.
Councilor Bernard Al-ag however said the declaration of a state of calamity can be made through an emergency session called for such reason.
"BFAR can readily provide assistance to fisherfolk in terms of fingerlings dispersal," BFAR Davao Region Director Fatma Idris said. However, she added, the beneficiaries should prepare their fishponds because fingerling dispersal would be wasted if the ponds have dried up.
There must also be a report from the city government that the fisherfolk are really victims of the El Nino for freshwater areas.
City Agriculturist Rocelio Tabay has reported that the El Nino has resulted to production losses in the fishery sector involving 304,985 Metric Tons (MT) specifically 11,185 MT of tilapia and 293,800 MT of hito.
The damage to the fishery sector due to the dry season is estimated to cost P33,324,650. A total of 927 fisherfolk have been affected as their ponds are already in the harvestable stage.
Idris said there must be a declaration of a state of calamity since most of the barangays have been affected.
The City Council failed to make the declaration due to lack of quorum with only 14 councilors present during last week's session. Regular session will resume on May 24 since the session hall is still being used for the counting of votes.
Councilor Bernard Al-ag however said the declaration of a state of calamity can be made through an emergency session called for such reason.
Friday, April 15, 2016
BFAR allocates P42M for 15 CFLCs in Davao Region in 2016.
MATI
CITY– The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources has allocated P42M for the
establishment of at least 15 Community Fish Landing Center (CFLCs) in the Davao
Region for 2016.
“The
CFLCs will be established in strategic areas nationwide particularly in
fisherfolk communities with high poverty incidence with the goal of promoting
inclusive growth in one of the country’s poorest sector,” BFAR Davao Region
Director Fatma Idris said.
The
CFLC, which aims to reduce post-harvest losses in the fisheries sector to 18%
from the present 25% is part of BFAR’s umbrella program known as Targeted
Actions to Reduce Poverty and Generate Economic Transformation (TARGET). Among
the three programs under TARGET are the fisherfolk registration, Boat
Registration and the CFLC.
Fishermen
usually bring their abundant fish catch along the shores and make use of what’s
available including large stones to cut the fish before selling them to the
community.This practice is however far from ideal under Republic Act 10611 or
the Food Safety Act of 2013 which was enacted to strengthen the food safety
regulatory system in the country to protect consumer health and facilitate
market access of local foods and food products.
But
with the establishment of the CFLC will allow the fisherfolk to bring their
fish harvest in a clean facility where the fish will be kept clean and fresh.
The
Center will be equipped with 10 stainless steel tables and two chest freezers
to ensure that the fish harvest is properly preserved so the fisherfolk can
sell them at a higher price.
The CFLC in Mati City is the
first in the Davao Region. It has a construction cost of P2.85 Million. Four more CFLCs in the region are undergoing
construction in Lupon, Banaybanay, Boston and Governor Generoso all in Davao
Oriental but this one will be a model CFLC for all. Two CFLCs were turned over
to two municipalities in Oriental Mindoro last month.
Up to 252 CFLCs all over the country have been included in last year’s budget
and majority are in the construction stage. Up to 271 more Centers will be
built this year and almost the same number by 2017 to achieve BFAR’s target of
putting up CFLCs in strategic areas along the 928 coastal cities and municipalities
across the country including the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao.
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)
Araw ng Dabaw Tattoo Fest 2024 organizers eye tattoo industry as next tourist attraction
Tattoos have come a long way in the Philippines. From being frowned upon, tattoos are now considered art and a form of self-expression. Da...
-
Davao City's very own Sunstar Super Balita was given a few minutes nationwide exposure in ABS CBN's showbiz Sunday Show "The Bu...
-
The P1.5 million Solidarity Ring, the biggest gold ring in the Philippines, is now on display at the Museo Dabawenyo in time for the Kadaya...
-
PLDT phone booths that have been conveniently installed near the rest rooms of SM City Davao is making life easier for Dabawenyos especiall...