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Villar scolds BFAR at Senate
At the inquiry of the Senate Committee on Agriculture and Food, BFAR officials were grilled by its committee chairman, Villar, for supposedly snubbing the panel’s requests for reports on the implementation of the Republic ...
- March 20, 2018
Oyster pearl farming pushed
Producing wing blister oyster pearls is a promising undertaking for Leyte fishermen. Gov. Leopoldo Dominico L. Petilla said the provincial government had made initial field trials and research on wing oyster pearl production ...
- March 23, 2019
'Go out there in West PH Sea,' Esperon urges Pinoy fishermen
More Filipino fishermen should go out and fish in the West Philippine Sea (WPS), urged National Security Adviser Hermogenes Esperon Jr. on Thursday, Nov. 5. “I would rather encourage more fishermen (to go out) there but ...
- November 6, 2020
Fishing limit spawns fears
Fisher folk here has expressed fear that the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources' (BFAR's) implementation of a three-kilos-per-day catch ceiling will significantly hurt the livelihood of the local community. "Mang ...
- September 9, 2015
DA pushes Tawi-Tawi, S'gani fishery projects
The Department of Agriculture (DA) has alloted P15 million for two major fishery projects here and in Sarangani province. Both projects are aimed at boosting the country's food security program of the country, Tawi-Tawi ...
- September 12, 2005
BFAR distributes 42 motorboats
The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) on Friday distributed 42 units of motorboats worth P1.7 million in this city. At least 20 units of 18-footer Fiberglass Reinforced Plastic (FRP) motorboats were given ...
- October 7, 2018
‘Colorum’ commercial fishing boats thrive in Eastern Visayas
All but 5 percent of the 32,000 commercial fishing vessels in Eastern Visayas are registered with authorities, according to the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) regional office. BFAR Regional Director Juan ...
- September 19, 2018
Fishermen Ask For Ban Exemption
Citing the ill-effects of super typhoon Yolanda, small scale fishermen in northern Iloilo province are asking Government not to implement the total banning of hulbot-hulbot for the next three years. The Carlesanon Small ...
- January 16, 2014
Fishery technology transfer demo set
The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) is holding technology transfer demonstration that will allow fisherfolks to learn new technologies in fisheries helpful producing higher value-added fish products and ...
- April 16, 2001
Aquaculture tech benefits local fisheries
Environment-friendly aquaculture technologies are now benefiting fisherfolk in coastal as well as landlocked communities in central Philippines. Such technologies include those on raising mudcrab ("alimango") in mangorve, ...
- May 11, 2000