Browsing by Subject "explosive fishing"

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    • 10,000 dynamite fishing cases recorded everyday 

      (The Manila Times, October 17, 2012, on page A3)
      Lawmakers on Tuesday have expressed their concern over the high number of illegal dynamite fishing cases in the country and has called on the Philippine National Police (PNP) and the local government units to help the ...

    • 2 held for dynamite fishing 

      Galupo, Rey (The Philippine Star, September 9, 2017, on page 11)
      Two men were arrested at the Navotas Fish Port yesterday morning for allegedly transporting 22 crates of fish caught through dynamite fishing. Truck driver Francisco Bardinas and fish dealer Manuel Felies Ibanez were charged ...

    • 3 arrested for illegal fishing 

      Unite, Betheena Kae (Manila Bulletin, June 30, 2018, on page 6)
      Three fishermen were caught red-handed while using dynamite in fishing in waters off Ternate, Cavite, the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) reported Friday. They were taken to the Coast Guard Substation Naic for investigation ...

    • 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 ...

    • 360 kilos of fish harvested through dynamite blast taken 

      Mosqueda Jr., Mars W. (Manila Bulletin, April 9, 2017, on page 17)
      Danao City, Cebu –Authorities here seized a total of 360 kilos of various fish said to have been harvested using dynamite fishing. CPAIFTF chief Lyndon Ruiz said the fish came from Masbate and were transported to Cebu ...

    • 41 vessels sunk for fishing in Indonesia 

      Agence France-Presse (AFP) (Manila Standard, May 22, 2015, on page A2)
      Indonesia has sunk 41 foreign boats across the archipelago, reports said Thursday, as part of an ongoing push to stop illegal fishing in its waters. Authorities sank the vessels in public displays at several sites Wednesday, ...

    • 6 fishers cleared of dynamite fishing 

      Visperas, Eva (The Philippine Star, April 9, 2018, on page 16)
      Six fishermen accused of dynamite fishing have been acquitted by a Dagupan court for lack of evidence. In an eight-page decision issued recently, Robert Pedeglorio, Jonathan Vidal, Eddie Ablog, Salvador Imbat, Jonathan ...

    • Agriculture cited for protecting Visayan seas 

      Philippine News Agency (PNA) (Manila Bulletin, January 18, 2010, on page 9)
      The Banate Bay Resource Management Council, Inc. (BBRMCI), overseer of Panay Island's largest fishing ground called Banate Bay, and the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) have cited the Department of Agriculture ...

    • Anti-illegal fishing advocate killed 

      Barcia, Rhaydz (The Manila Times, August 14, 2015, on page A7)
      Gerlie Menchie Alpajora, Sagnay Tuna Fishers Association secretary, was gunned down while sleeping beside her two young children inside their home in Barangay Bongalon in Sangay, Camarines Sur, said Nonie Enolva, spokesperson ...

    • Artificial reefs eyed to boost P’sinan town’s fish production 

      Visperas, Eva (The Philippine Star, April 1, 2015, on page A-15)
      The municipal agriculture office here will install artificial reefs made of concrete and iron bars in the waters off Barangay Buenlag to encourage fish to stay and spawn. At least 85 artificial reefs will be placed into ...

    • 'Bantay Dagat needs help': paging BFAR, coastguard, PNP! 

      Sologastoa, Glenda (Panay News, July 7, 2017, on page 1-17)
      The Provincial Bantay Dagat Task Force could not totally stop illegal fishing activities in Iloilo’s vast territorial waters all by itself, according to Gov. Arthur Defensor Sr. Defensor urged other concerned agencies to ...

    • Bantay Dagat nets 'palupad' fishers 

      Nepomoceno, Jezza (Panay News, October 11, 2017, on page 1-14)
      Sixteen fishermen, including their boat captain, from Brgy. Bara, Roxas City have been arrested over the weekend for using trawl, an active gear, within the municipal waters of Concepcion town. Engaging in trawl fishing, ...

    • Bantay Dagat volunteers get a benefactor 

      Loyola, James (Manila Standard, August 3, 2015, on page C-4)
      For the past 11 years, First Gen Corporation has been quietly helping protect the fragile ecosystem of the Verde Island passage which has been recognized as the center of the world's marine biodiversity. Unknown to many, ...

    • BFAR 7 nabs 6 men for dynamite fishing 

      WBS (SunStar Philippines, June 26, 2020, on page 14)
      Six fishermen from Carles, Iloilo were arrested after they were caught fishing with the use of dynamite in the waters off Bantayan Island, Cebu on Monday, June 22, 2020. The Fisheries Resource Protection Group (FRPG) of ...

    • 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-6 to spend P10M for fingerling dispersal project 

      Philippine News Agency (PNA) (Panay News, January 5, 2017, on page B1)
      The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) will spend around P10 million for its free fingerling dispersal project in Western Visayas this year. In an interview Tuesday, BFAR-6 director Remia A. Apari said the ...

    • Blast fishing eyed in dolphin stranding in Lingayen Gulf 

      Sotelo, Yolanda (Philippine Daily Inquirer, March 24, 2022, on page A10)
      Marine mammal experts have started investigating the cause of what they described as an “unusual” number of dolphins getting stranded in different coastal towns along the Lingayen Gulf recently. Records from the Bureau of ...

    • Blast fishing in Lingayen Gulf goes on, say villagers 

      Cardinoza, Gabriel; Sotelo, Yolanda (Philippine Daily Inquirer, September 22, 2015, on page A16)
      Perez, a former governor of the Board of Investments and a daughter of the late Speaker Eugenio Perez, said she had been hearing explosions day and night since Sept. 4. “My house shakes whenever there is an explosion,” she ...

    • Blast fishing threatens marine sanctuaries in Tayabas Bay 

      Mallari, Delfin Jr. (Philippine Daily Inquirer, July 15, 2017, on page A16)
      The fish sanctuaries in the bay fronting Lucena City and Pagbilao and Sariaya towns in Quezon province are showing life as sea turtles, manta rays and assorted fish species are starting to return to these areas, an official ...

    • Bohol's mangrove growers get boost 

      Philippine News Agency (PNA) (Manila Bulletin, February 20, 2017, on page 8)
      Residents in the island barangay of Banacon, this town, which has the largest man-made mangrove forest in Asia in terms of area planted with different species, have been promised more jobs by the Department of Environment ...