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14 missing from boat collision identified
The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) has identified the 14 missing fishing crew and passengers after a local fishing boat collided with a Hong Kong-flagged cargo vessel and sank off Occidental Mindoro early Sunday. The missing ...
- June 1, 2020
Oxygen lack may have killed fish in Manila Bay - BFAR
The fish kill in Manila Bay this week might have been due to an “oceanographic phenomenon called the upwelling or overturn caused by the depletion of dissolved oxygen among fish,” the Department of Agriculture’s Bureau of ...
- September 20, 2020
BFAR urged to fast track fishing vessel trackers
The government needs to install tracking devices in commercial fishing vessels, that has been delayed for four years now. The League of Municipalities of the Philippines in Romblon (LMP-Romblon), Pangisda Natin Gawin Tama ...
- May 21, 2020
BFAR: Sardine management plan ready to roll out
The Department of Agriculture’s Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (DA-BFAR) is set to implement the country’s first sardine management plan that mainly aims to achieve the sustainable use and management of fishery ...
- June 4, 2020
BFAR revocation of commercial vessel's license commended
International advocacy organization Oceana lauded the move of the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources’ (BFAR) to permanently revoke the license of a fishing vessel found to have repeatedly violated the Fisheries ...
- January 16, 2020
BFAR urge to assess damage on Taal Lake
National fishers' group Pambansang Lakas ng Kilusang Mamamalakaya ng Pilipinas (Pamalakaya) urged the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) on Friday to conduct immediate assessment of the damage on fisheries ...
- July 4, 2021