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Palace: Fishermen can still go to Panatag
The government is making sure Filipino fishermen are not deprived of access to Panatag Shoal’s rich resources despite threats of being driven away even during inclement weather by intruding Chinese vessels. Presidential ...
- March 4, 2014
Half of Agri department's fish landing, cold storage projects due after 2016
More small fish landing centers and cold storage facilities are being planned by the Department of Agriculture (DA) after the 252 lined up this year until 2016. Asis G. Perez, director of the DA’s Bureau of Fisheries and ...
- October 16, 2015
Reward offered to get killers of whale shark
A conservation group and the Philippine government are offering a reward for information on the people responsible for the killing of an 18-foot whale shark. The World Wildlife Fund says the whale shark-the world's biggest ...
- February 20, 2010
Damage from China's reclamation:$109.55M
Marine resources- including coral reef ecosystems- destroyed by China's reclamation activities in the disputed West Philippine Sea have reached $109.55 million, a national scientist of the Philippines said on Thursday. In ...
- April 24, 2015
'Giant lapu-lapu' spawners released into Sarangani Bay
Sarangani Bay is now the home of five king grouper spawners donated by Finfish Hatcheries Inc., the largest commercial fishing hatchery in the Philippines. Locally known as “lapu-lapu” or “kugtong,” the giant groupers were ...
- July 28, 2017
‘No-nationality’ galunggong causes uproar over import plan
Round scad or “galunggong” do not have a “nationality,” and thus Filipinos should have no problems with this variety of fish that is imported from other countries to augment the local food supply, Agriculture Secretary ...
- August 29, 2018
Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources, Shellfish Bulletin No. 13, Series of 2021, 01 May 2021
Based on the latest laboratory results of the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) and Local Government Units (LGUs), shellfishes collected at Puerto Princesa Bay, Puerto Princesa City in Palawan; coastal waters ...
- May 3, 2021
BFAR bans harvest of juvenile mangrove crabs, spiny lobsters
The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) said it has banned the harvest of juvenile mangrove crabs and spiny lobsters to prevent overfishing and implemented a registration system for fishermen harvesting these ...
- April 27, 2020
Bureau of Fisheries and Development Center, Shellfish Bulletin No. 20, Series of 2021, 01 July 2021
Based on the latest laboratory results of the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) and Local Government
Units (LGUs), shellfishes collected at coastal waters of Milagros in Masbate; Sorsogon Bay in Sorsogon; ...
- July 4, 2021
Feasibility of farming hard corals
The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources proposes to farm hard or stony corals for reef restoration and livelihood, including selling farmed corals for income purposes. The idea appears attractive at first glance but ...
- June 5, 2013