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Illegal fishing
Illegal fishing is rampant in Western Visayas, according to the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources. What should be done? The country already has a strengthened law against illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) ...
- August 6, 2016
Oceana: 'Prioritize fisheries protection'
International organization Oceana urged local government units (LGUs) to prioritize fisheries management and ecological protection to promote food and nutritional security. The group cited the need to ensure resiliency of ...
- April 1, 2022
Fish council backs stricter fishing policy
BFAR has already insisted that the same rules apply -- that no commercial fishing vessels should be in municipal waters to give way to other fishers and violators will be penalized. The new measures that were passed by ...
- July 28, 2015
Shrimp market expands Koreans prefer small shrimps
Mr. Sung Ho Yu, a Korean investor, is now one of the buyer of the shrimp produce of the Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center, Aquaculture Department (SEAFDEC AQD). Yu is the owner of the Best Marine product Corporation ...
- December 14, 2000
Ex-agri chief calls for creation of Department of Fisheries
Former Agriculture Secretary William Dar on Saturday proposed the creation of a Department of Fisheries that will be independent of the Department of Agriculture to give more attention to and support for the sustainable ...
- May 1, 2019
BFAR assures public: measures in place vs tilapia virus threat
The Philippine fisheries bureau on Saturday assured the public that appropriate risk management measures are ready to stop the possible entry into the country of a lake virus attacking tilapia fish in several countries. ...
- June 20, 2017
PH lifts ban on several fish species from Fukushima
The Philippines has lifted a seven-year-old ban on the importation of several fish species from Fukushima Prefecture as a gesture of goodwill during the visit of President Rodrigo Duterte and his Cabinet members to Japan ...
- June 1, 2019
PH eyes China as export market for milkfish
The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) said that the Philippines may soon find another export market in China for milkfish or bangus. The country currently exports the fish to the United States and several ...
- July 28, 2019
SEAFDEC P431 million biotechnology lab operational
The fishery sector of the country gets a big boost in the establishment of the P431 million biotechnology laboratory at the Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center (SEAFDEC) in Tigbauan, some 24 kilometers south of ...
- August 19, 2002
Pushing the frontiers of aquaculture
The frontiers of the unknown specifically in aquaculture got a push with the installation of the new SEAFDEC/AQD (Aquaculture Department) Chief, Dr. Joebert Toledo, July 7. The AQD main station in Tigbaun, Iloilo was in a ...
- July 21, 2006