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    • BFAR tightens fish import monitoring 

      Simeon, Maureen Louise (The Philippine Star, August 23, 2018, on page 6)
      The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) will tighten its monitoring of the arrival and unloading of imported round scad (galunggong). BFAR director and Agriculture Undersecretary Eduardo Gongona said the ...

    • BFAR to assist Panatag fishermen 

      Valencia, Czeriza; Laude, Jaime (The Philippine Star, March 2, 2014, on page 6)
      The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) will continue to assist fishermen recently barred by the Chinese from entering Panatag (Scarborough) Shoal in the West Philippine Sea. BFAR director Asis Perez yesterday ...

    • BFAR to construct hatchery in Ligao City 

      Barcia, Rhaydz B. (The Manila Times, July 8, 2021, on page A8)
      The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) in Bicol will build a P30 million state-of-the art multi-species hatchery in Ligao City to increase the aquaculture production and sustain the protein requirement of ...

    • BFAR to craft roadmap to put PH back in global seaweed market 

      Galvez, James (The Manila Times, April 6, 2017, on page B2-B3)
      Agriculture Secretary Emmanuel Piñol said on Wednesay the Department of Agricultue (DA) through the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) will establish a National Seaweed Program to prepare local farmers to ...

    • BFAR to develop 300 fish cages in every region 

      Philippine News Agency (PNA) (DailyGuardian, May 11, 2019, on page 8)
      The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR), which is under the Department of Agriculture (DA), will establish 300 fish cages in every region of the country to boost fish production and attain food sustainability. ...

    • BFAR to distribute milkfish fingerlings in La Union 

      Garcia, William Jun (The Manila Times, October 9, 2014, on page A6)
      Mayor Pablo Ortega on Tuesday led the distribution of rehabilitation milkfish fingerlings to fishermen from six villages whose fishponds dried up due to April’s intense summer heat. The milkfish fingerlings came from the ...

    • BFAR to establish 252 fish-landing sites nationwide 

      Philippine News Agency (PNA) (Manila Bulletin, May 11, 2015, on page 15)
      The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) will establish at least 252 community fish-landing centers (CFLCs) nationwide as part of efforts to reduce poverty among fisherfolk. The Bureau has already identified ...

    • BFAR to establish fish-landing sites 

      Philippine News Agency (PNA) (Panay News, May 11, 2015, on page 6)
      The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) strengthens its efforts to reduce poverty among the fishermen by establishing at least 252 community fish-landing centers (CFLCs) nationwide. Alma Saavedra, BFAR 7 ...

    • BFAR to fight fishpond lice 

      Manuel, Mark Anthony N. (Manila Bulletin, February 15, 2013, on page 7)
      The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) announced yesterday the creation of a task force with a p1.2-million fund to eradicate fish and shrimp predators that kill small fish and fingerlings in this coastal ...

    • BFAR to finish fisherfolk database 

      Meniano, Sarwell Q. (BusinessWorld, August 15, 2013, on page S1/2)
      The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) aims to complete this year a nationwide database for subsidy beneficiaries in the fisheries sector. BFAR Director Asis G. Perez said the database will be the basis for ...

    • BFAR to give 900 motorized boats to Antique fisherfolk 

      PN; Philippine News Agency (PNA) (Panay News, March 14, 2019, on page 9)
      The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) will distribute 900 fiberglass boats to marginalized fishermen in Antique. “We are just waiting for the final schedule for the distribution of the boats,” Office of ...

    • BFAR to give importance to 'halal' industry 

      Jannaral, Julmunir I. (The Manila Times, July 8, 2010, on page A7)
      The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) in Region XII, which is based in General Santos City, is looking forward to a reinforced halal industry in the country in accordance with economic policy of the Aquino ...

    • BFAR to hold summit for fisheries roadmap 

      Gomez, Eireene Jairee (The Manila Times, September 18, 2019, on page B2)
      The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) is gearing up for the crafting of a fisheries roadmap that will cover all commodities and focus on the needs and priorities of the industry. The BFAR, an agency under ...

    • BFAR to implement 3-month Fish ban off Davao Gulf 

      Galvez, James Konstantin (The Manila Times, May 21, 2014, on page A6)
      We are inspired with the success of the implementation of closed fishing season in various parts of the country,” Perez said, citing the rising trend in fish production since they have started implementing closed fishing ...

    • BFAR to seed Iloilo River with tilapia, bangus fry 

      Pendon, Lydia C. (The Manila Times, January 15, 2015, on page A6)
      The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) in Western Visayas has committed to dispersing high-salinity ‘tilapia’ and ‘bangus’ fingerlings for every quarter this year at the Iloilo River as a means of augmenting ...

    • BFAR to tackle total ban vs. 'hulbot-hulbot' 

      Garcia, E. C. (The Daily Guardian, February 16, 2012, on page 2)
      The total ban on "Hublot-Hublot" ( fishing vessel using Danish Seine fishing gear) is among the issues to be discussed by Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) Director Atty. Asis G. Perez during the 4th Visayan ...

    • BFAR to tap new catch documentation system to fight illegal fishing 

      Miraflor, Madelaine B. (Manila Bulletin, February 15, 2020, on page B-4)
      The Philippine government can soon utilize a new catch documentation system – which took five years to be developed – in addressing illegal, unreported, and unregulated fishing (IUUF). A statement showed that the Department ...

    • BFAR told to regulate fishpens, not ban total harvest of tawilis 

      De Vera-Ruiz, Ellalyn (Manila Bulletin, January 28, 2019, on page 7)
      A local fisherfolk group urged the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) to regulate fishpen structures instead of imposing fishing ban on Sardinella tawilis following reports that the only freshwater sardine ...

    • BFAR toughens up vs illegal fishing activities 

      de Vera, Ellalyn (Manila Bulletin, March 29, 2015, on page 16)
      The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) is taking a more stringent approach in implementing the Philippine Fisheries Code in a bid to curb and address illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing activities. ...

    • BFAR turns over boats to 'Odette'-struck fisherfolk in Leyte 

      Philippine News Agency (Manila Bulletin, January 27, 2022, on page 5)
      A month after Typhoon Odette struck Southern Leyte, the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) has begun distributing 15 fiberglass boats to fishermen in Maasin City for them to rebuild their livelihood. BFAR 8 ...