Agri dep’t to import 60K metric tons of fish to avert fish supply shortfall this first quarter

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Says projected supply shortfall due in part to damage to fisheries subsector after typhoon “Odette”   (Eagle News) – The Department of Agriculture (DA) said it would import around 60,000 metric tons of small pelagic fish such as galunggong (round scad), sardines and mackerel “to plug projected fish supply shortfall in the first quarter of 2022.” In a statement, the DA said Agriculture Secretary William Dar had already signed the Certificate of Necessity to Import […]