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    • 3-month fishing ban: ‘Closed season’ in Visayan Sea starts Nov. 15 - BFAR 

      PN; Philippine Information Agency (PIA) (Panay News, November 1, 2017, on page 1-14)
      The yearly threemonth closed fishing season in the Visayan Sea, one of the country’s major fishing grounds suffering from overfishing, starts this Nov. 15. Sardines, herrings and mackerels make up one-third of the fish ...
    • Agriculture Department expands sardine fishing ban 

      GMA News (The Daily Guardian, October 19, 2012, on page B3)
      Agriculture Secretary Proceso Alcala announced Wednesday that the government is expanding its three-month sardine fishing ban. It will now include the Visayan Sea in addition to the Zamboanga waters. Alcala said during the ...
    • BFAR 7 addresses low production, imposes fishing ban for 3 months 

      Fuentes, Kaiser Jan (SunStar Philippines, November 20, 2023, on page 3)
      To addresses the alarming decline in fish production in the region, the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources in Central Visayas (BFAR 7) has initiated a three-month fishing ban on specific species in various locations ...
    • BFAR gears up for fishing ban at PH ‘seafood capital’ 

      Beup, Glenn (Panay News, November 7, 2018, on page 13)
      The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) has officially launched in this “Seafood Capital of the Philippines” the “closed season” for sardines, herring, and mackerel at Barangay Baybay, Roxas City on Nov. 1. ...
    • BFAR taps NegOcc to strengthen Visayan Sea fishing restriction 

      PN; Philippine News Agency (PNA) (Panay News, September 13, 2019, on page 13)
      The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) has engaged the Negros Occidental provincial government for stronger implementation of the closed fishing season in the Visayan Sea, an official said Wednesday. In a ...
    • BFAR: Visayan Sea deserves rest 

      Nicavera, Erwin P. (SunStar Philippines, November 16, 2020, on page 6)
      Citing the need for the Visayan Sea to have the rest that it deserves, the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) in Western Visayas has started to implement the three-month closed season in the area. Starting ...
    • 'Closed season' at Visayan Sea starts today 

      Subong, Elsa S. (The Daily Guardian, November 15, 2017, on page 3)
      The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources has declared November 15, 2017, to February 15, 2018, as closed season for sardines, herrings and mackerels fishing, as provided in the Fisheries Administrative Order (FAO) ...
    • Fishing Ban Lifted 

      Sologastoa, Glenda (Panay News, March 21, 2013, on page 1-13)
      The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) in Region 6 has lifted the fishing ban it imposed on the Visayan Sea. The fishing ban started November 15 last year to give fishes in the area the time to breed, grow ...