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Fishing ban at Visayan sea lifted
The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) lifted the three-month closed fishing season in the Visayan Sea earlier this week. Under the Fisheries Administrative Order (FAO) No. 167-3 Series of 2013, the government ...
- February 20, 2021
Milkfish fry shipments seized at airport
Airport customs authorities on Sunday seized three shipments of milkfish fry that were unloaded separately from three international airlines from Singapore, Hongkong and Malaysia, at the Paicargo and Miascor bonded warehouse ...
- March 10, 2013
Stricter vessel monitoring in fisheries sector sought
The Philippine Earth Justice Center (PEJC). is urging the implementation of the vessel monitoring mechanism (VMM) requirement under the amended fisheries code in order to properly govern commercial fishing. The implementing ...
- August 22, 2018
Your fish is your future
Lying within the global center of marine biodiversity, the Philippines is one of the world’s top fish-producing countries, and millions of Filipinos derive their livelihood from fishing. However, these rich and precious ...
- June 3, 2019
Need for fisheries dep't cited vs illegal fishing
Municipal fishing interests are pushing for legislation to create a Department of Fisheries to ensure adequate enforcement of the recently amended Fisheries Code. The Bureaus of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR), an ...
- October 21, 2015
Agriculture Department expands sardine fishing ban
Agriculture Secretary Proceso Alcala announced Wednesday that the government is expanding its three-month sardine fishing ban. It will now include the Visayan Sea in addition to the Zamboanga waters. Alcala said during the ...
- October 19, 2012
More fish catch in town waters sought
Philippine fish production will likely increase if local fishermen will hike their yield in the municipal water, the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) said. BFAR said municipal waters are productive part of ...
- June 24, 2019
Amended Fisheries Code takes effect this week
The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) will implement beginning this week the amended Philippine Fisheries Code of 1998 that cracks down on illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing. The much-contested ...
- March 28, 2015
COA to BFAR: Account for ₱237.5-M DAP funds
The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR), an attached agency of the Department of Agriculture, received ₱237.5 million from the Disbursement Acceleration Program (DAP) of the government in 2011. Records showed ...
- February 23, 2015
Enforce fisheries laws—BFAR
Stronger law enforcement are needed to achieve sustainable fisheries and seafood self-sufficiency in the Philippines, Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources National Director Eduardo Gongona said. Relatedly, the Angono, ...
- October 13, 2016