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PLO reviews anti-illegal fishing protocols
The Provincial Legal Office of Negros Occidental is reviewing the protocols with regard to its operations against illegal fishing. On Tuesday, Provincial Legal Officer Jose Ma. Valencia said the preview is initiated after ...
- February 4, 2015
Tuna group slams officials over illegal fishing
A GROUP of tuna fishers in General Santos City (GenSan) decried the government’s failure to curb illegal fishing that threatens the local tuna industry. Jake Fajurano, owner of Melvi Fishing Industry and officer of the ...
- June 27, 2018
Luzon fishers groan as fuel prices surge
The skyrocketing prices of fuel are driving fishermen in this province out of business due to the huge expenses they incur on each fishing trip. Andy Abata, 53, a fisherman from the island village of Cabalitian here, said ...
- June 23, 2022
BFAR: Fisheries sector to post 2019 recovery
The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) expects the country’s fisheries sector to rebound beginning next year on the back of intensified government support for fisherfolk suffering from a lack of post-harvest ...
- December 26, 2018
Panguil Bay cleared of illegal fishing structures
Panguil Bay, a rich fishing ground in Mindanao, has been cleared of sanggab or filter nets, the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) said yesterday. Sanggab is a stationary fishing gear made of fine screen and ...
- November 28, 2015
BFAR to develop 300 fish cages in every region
The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR), which is under the Department of Agriculture (DA), will establish 300 fish cages in every region of the country to boost fish production and attain food sustainability. ...
- May 11, 2019
BFAR hit for fish kill in Surigao
Fisherfolk belonging to Pambansang Lakas ng Kilusang Mamamalakaya ng Pilipinas (Pamalakaya) slammed the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) for failing to address the cause of the fish kill in Lake Mainit in ...
- December 17, 2015
BFAR, CSAP work to ensure sardines supply
The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) has forged a partnership with the Canned Sardines Association of the Philippines (CSAP) to meet the supply of sardines for canneries during the closed fishing season. ...
- October 26, 2022
'GG' fishing ban proposed
Because of overfishing of mackerel scada, popularly known as galunggong, the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources will impose a fishing ban off Northern Palawan within Sulu Sea from Nov.15 to January next year. BFAR ...
- October 19, 2015
Capiz guv bans shellfish; coastal waters monitored for red tide
Capiz governor Victor Tanco Sr. banned shellfish in the province following the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources' (BFAR) Aug. 29 advisory that Sapian Bay has red tide toxins. In an interview, Tanco said he already ...
- September 3, 2015