Kinaiya Antique FishForever Pride Campaign

14/09/2026

Eping is on a mission! 💙

Our favorite fish ambassador, Eping, is making waves for the 63rd Fish Conservation Week | September 14–18, 2026!
As Kinaiya Antique’s Provincial Fish Forever Pride Campaign mascot and Ambassador for Sustainable and Responsible Fisheries, Eping joined the LGU-Bugasong during its Fish Con Week launching program to spread an important message: taking care of our seas means taking care of our communities.
From coral reefs and mangroves to seagrass beds, our marine ecosystems help provide food and livelihoods for many Antiqueño families. Keeping them healthy is something we can all be part of.
🐠 Antique’s fisheries, our shared responsibility!

So, let’s join Eping’s mission—protect our fish, care for our seas, and keep our waters thriving for generations to come! 🌊💙

24/11/2025

24/11/2025

15/06/2025

Happy Father's Day!

Today, we honor the fisherfolk fathers who brave the waves, not just to bring food to our tables, but to protect the future of our coastal waters.

We thank you for your unwavering dedication. Here’s to you, our heroes at home and at sea. Happy Father’s Day! 🌊

12/06/2025

Happy Independence Day!

Ang Araw ng Kalayaan ay paglaya mula sa pang-aapi at paglaban para katarungang pangkalikasan. Ito ay katarungang panlipunan ❤️‍🩹

🍽️ Pagkain sa hapag: masaganang pangisdaan at pangangalaga sa ating 15-kilometrong municipal waters
🌀 Proteksyon laban sa sakuna: bakawan na panangga sa bagyo at baha
⚖️ Patas na laban sa pangingisda at proteksyon ng dagat: pagpigil sa iligal na pangingisda at pagtiyak na protektado ang marine protected areas

Ngayong Araw ng Kalayaan, patuloy tayong kumikilos. Pinipili nating lumaya mula sa gutom, kahirapan, sakuna, at pananamantala.

Isang mapagpalayang araw sa ating lahat!

08/06/2025

Happy World Ocean's Day

Happy World Oceans Day! 🌊

Today, we honor and give thanks to the ocean, our source of life, providing us with:

🐟 Food: Next to rice, Filipinos consume fish the most—1.5 times more than meat, and thrice as much as chicken. We are highly dependent on seafood as a protein source. [1]

💪 Livelihood and Income: Fisheries provides employment to over 2.29 million people. The country's fisheries exports in 2023 was valued at US$1.14 billion, with the top two being tuna and seaweed products. [2]

🪸 Tourism: Our beaches, islands, and diving spots drive our country's tourism which employed 6.21 million people and contributed 8.6% to our GDP in 2023. [3]

🌊 Coastal Protection: Mangroves protect a third of the Philippines’ coastline—more than 13,000 km lined by mangroves. [4]

💊 Medicine and marine biotechnology: The oceans yield life-saving medicines that cure cancer, combat viral diseases, and alleviate pain. Researchers have biobanked more than 11,000 samples from the Philippine seas that are potential sources of medicine and other high value products. [5]

⚡️ Energy: Untapped resources in the Philippines for marine renewable energy (MRE) from marine solar, wave, offshore wind, tidal current, and ocean thermal energy can potentially provide over 600 gigawatts of clean energy. [6]

A healthy ocean provides food, medicine, livelihood, economic growth, and protection from climate change impacts. Together, let us develop our Blue Economy and maximize the rich marine resources of the Philippines by caring for our seas that sustain us. 💙

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Sources:

[1] In 2018-2019:https://enutrition.fnri.dost.gov.ph/uploads/2018-2019%20Facts%20and%20Figures%20-%20Food%20Consumption%20Survey.pdf

[2]https://www.bfar.da.gov.ph/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/2023-Philippine-Fisheries-Profile.pdf

[3] https://psa.gov.ph/content/tourism-posted-highest-growth-2023-contributing-86-percent-economy

[4] In 2020, based on remote sensing data and analysis by the Ocean Color and Coastal Oceanography Laboratory of UP MSI

[5] Marine Natural Products Legacy Collection of UP MSI; and https://www.marinepharmacology.org/approved

[6]https://www.energytransitionpartnership.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Marine-Renewable-Energy-in-the-Philippines-Sustainable-Energy-from-Ocean-Spaces-and-Resources-2022.pdf