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'Fish Holiday' vs New Law
Local fish traders and fishermen are being urged to join three days of nationwide "fish holiday" beginning today. The "fish holiday" is a protest against Republic Act (RA) 10654 that, among others, imposes stiff penalties ...
- September 22, 2015
More Illegal fishers caught
Ten more illegal fishers, including a minor, have been caught by the Iloilo Provincial Bantay Dagat Task Force in northern Iloilo this week. In Coordination with the Philippine National Police, the task force intercepted ...
- March 21, 2015
"Lampirong will be back in our tables soon" - BFAR
Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) Regional Director Sonia Seville advised fishermen along shores where once there were abundant harvests of lampirong (Placuna placenta) or kapis shells to "wait a little bit ...
- June 3, 2002
Illegal fishing still rampant
Illegal fishing in northern Iloilo and Negros Occidental remain rampant despite the aggressive campaign of the Bantay Dagat created by the local government units (LGUs), revealed by the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) in ...
- March 20, 2010
Bantay Dagat arrests 13 illegal fishermen
Thirteen fishers engaged in the prohibited Danish seine fishing or hulbot-hulbot were caught in the municipal waters of Concepcion, Iloilo. Over the weekend, the illegal fishers were on board "F/B Raymond Joy 25" when the ...
- October 6, 2014
APEC meetings to benefit small-scale farmers, fishers
ILOILO City - The recently-concluded results of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) High Level Policy Dialogue on Food Security and Blue Economy meetings here will benefit small-scale farmers and fishers, said the ...
- October 10, 2015
'Sa Pagpula sang Lawod': A voice to the oppressed
The University of the Philippines-produced Sa Pagpula sang Lawod (When the Ocean Bleeds) short film was officially launched on Monday, April 12 at Iloilo Cinematheque, Iloilo City. The 18-minute film was narrated in three ...
- April 17, 2021
Sea cucumber potential 'gold' for fish farmers
At the price of $180 to $250 per kilogram (P12,000 per kg) of dried sea cucumber in the United States, sea cucumber is a good bet for Ilonggo fish farmers wanting to find the new "gold" in aquaculture. This has driven the ...
- June 13, 2010
20 illegal fishing vessels seized
More illegal fishers were caught in the waters of northern Iloilo. Before dawn yesterday, the Iloilo Bantay Dagat Force and Dumangas Police Station apprehended six motorboats and 17 illegal fishers. The Philippine Fisheries ...
- March 19, 2015
Abundant catch
A young fisherman is happy. He has a lot of catch today from Iloilo River. He may sell some, he says, and take home the rest for his family. His catch is proof that the Iloilo River has survived years of pollution.
- October 20, 2015