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BFAR launces R-10 FishR Project
The national program for Municipal Fisherfolk Registration (FishR) has been launched in Northern Mindanao or Region-10 at a hotel and a convention center here Wednesday, kicking off activities for the extensive implementation ...
- August 23, 2013
Solons ask BFAR to protect Panguil Bay in Lanaodel Norte
Mindanaoan lawmakers are calling on the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) to interven and stop overfishing and the depletion of marine resources in Panguil Bay in Lanao del Norte. Lanao del Norte Reps. Imelda ...
- December 1, 2015
Bright prospects seen for seaweed industry
Bright prospects for the rapid growth of the seaweed industry in the Davao Region were cited during a recent meeting of coastal seaweed farmers, government aquatic experts, and local officials with Rep. Antonio Lagdameo ...
- October 5, 2010
Red tide warning
Red tide infestation continues in 13 bays in Eastern Visayas this week as the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) raised a stern warning against the consumption of shellfish meat. In an advisory issued Tuesday, ...
- October 7, 2020
Cavite takes action against water pollution
Local government authorities in this city have started efforts to clean rivers in the lowland and upland districts of the province following reports that some tributaries are contaminated by waste and toxic chemicals. River ...
- February 16, 2017
Int’l body accused of economic sabotage for listing Tawilis as endangered species
Switzerland-based International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) has been accused of economic sabotage for listing Sardinella Tawilis, the only freshwater sardine in the world, as an endangered species, stakeholders ...
- February 6, 2019
UN tribunal sets second deliberation on PH claim
A five-man international tribunal has decided to conduct next week a second round of hearing on the arguments raised by the Philippines in its territorial claims in the West Philippine Sea before deciding if it has ...
- July 11, 2015
Fish groomed for Bangus Festival die
Seventy-three milkfish or bangus that were to vie for the longest and heaviest fish in the Bangus Festival here were found dead in the fishpond Wednesday, suspected victims of rising water temperatures. Maliah Flores of ...
- April 11, 2019
Red tide warning up in 3 areas
Shellfish and "alamang" (Acetes sp.) from some areas in Masbate, Zamboanga del Sur, Zamboanga del Norte, and Misamis Occidental remain unsafe for human consumption due to red tide toxin, the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic ...
- October 4, 2012
Time to move on with the fish pens in Laguna de Bay
During the first State of the Nation Address (SONA) of the President two years ago, before the closure and rehabilitation of Boracay, and now the order to clean up Manila Bay, President Duterte took a similar step to address ...
- February 10, 2019