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PH needs fisheries dep't, aquaculture experts say
The government needs to create a Department of Fisheries in order to improve fish production for domestic consumption and for export, leading aquaculture experts said here on Tuesday. Rafael Guerrero, the scientist who ...
- November 30, 2017
1.48M fishers sign up for gov't program
Some 1.48 million fishermen have signed up with the government’s National Program for Municipal Fisherfolk Registration (FishR), representing 92 percent of the intended roster of 1.6 million. According to the Bureau of ...
- January 3, 2015
Are we China's slaves? Filipino fishermen ask
A video report that showed Filipino fishermen watching helplessly as Chinese Coast Guard personnel seized part of their catch at Panatag (Scarborough) Shoal should move the government to file a protest with Beijing or even ...
- June 9, 2018
Slaughtered endangered species seized
Some P10 million-worth of slaughtered and sun-dried marine products declared as endangered species by the government, including manta rays and stingrays, were seized by the Bureau of Customs (BOC). In a press briefing ...
- October 26, 2012
Verdict: 'Very Serious Marine Casualty'
Call them the Downplay Duo. Foreign Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. and presidential spokesperson Salvador Panelo have become the headliners of the administration’s merry jig to minimize the culpability of the Chinese vessel ...
- July 10, 2019
Coast Guard, BFAR drive away Chinese vessels from PH shoal
The Philippines on Wednesday said its maritime patrols had twice driven Chinese vessels away from a shoal within the country’s exclusive economic zone (EEZ). It was the first time since President Duterte took office in ...
- May 6, 2021
Saving 'tawilis': BFAR revives fishing ban bid
The government is scrambling to save the popular tawilis which was recently declared an endangered species by the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN). Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources director ...
- January 27, 2019
Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources, Shellfish Bulletin No. 35, Series of 2015, 18 December 2015
Based on the laboratory results of the Bureau of fisheries and aquatic resources (BFAR) and local government units (LGUs), shellfish collected at Balite Bay in Mati ,Davao Oriental; coastal waters of Dauis in Bohol; coastal ...
- December 23, 2015
Dagupan launches ‘name our bangus contest’
This Pangasinan city produces what it markets as the “world’s tastiest bangus,” but its milkfish has no official brand and still goes by its generic name. The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) launched last ...
- March 28, 2013
Typhoon causes fish kill in Lake Buhi
Typhoon “Lando” did not just wreak havoc in northern Luzon but also in its periphery in this province. Lando (international name: Koppu) caused an upswelling at the bottom of Lake Buhi in this town, resulting in a massive ...
- October 22, 2015