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‘Colorum’ commercial fishing boats thrive in Eastern Visayas
All but 5 percent of the 32,000 commercial fishing vessels in Eastern Visayas are registered with authorities, according to the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) regional office. BFAR Regional Director Juan ...
- September 19, 2018
'Hulbot' fishers nabbed
The provincial government sought to prosecute six fishermen who were arrested for Danish seine fishing in Concepcion earlier this week. Criminal complaint for violation of Section 86 and Section 95 of Republic Act 10654 ...
- November 21, 2015
PH to declare Panatag Shoal a protected marine sanctuary
The Philippines will unilaterally declare the fish spawning grounds of Panatag Shoal (Scarborough Shoal) a protected marine sanctuary where fishing is banned inside the triangular lagoon. National Security Adviser Hermogenes ...
- November 22, 2016
Fishermen Ask For Ban Exemption
Citing the ill-effects of super typhoon Yolanda, small scale fishermen in northern Iloilo province are asking Government not to implement the total banning of hulbot-hulbot for the next three years. The Carlesanon Small ...
- January 16, 2014
Boosting agri-fishery mechanization in Philippines
Republic Act (RA) 10601, the “Agricultural and Fisheries Mechanization (AFMech) Law,” was signed by President Benigno S. Aquino III on June 5, 2013, to encourage farmers and fisherfolk to use modern, cost-effective, and ...
- June 22, 2013
PCG nets 3 fishermen off Sorsogon for illegal fishing
Three fishermen were apprehended by maritime patrollers for allegedly engaging in illegal fishing in Sorsogon Bay late last week, the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) said. While conducting seaborne patrol off Barangay Buenavista, ...
- July 30, 2018
Something fishy around our waters
Bangus (milkfish) is the Philippine national fish. But because someone close to a Philippine president had been granted a franchise to smuggle out bangus fry, Taiwan now grows the species in large fish ponds. In the event, ...
- August 27, 2018
Muro ami fishermen rescued in Palawan
Twenty-six Cebuano fishermen, claiming that they were illegally recruited and physically abused by the trader – a fellow-Cebuano — who owns their fishing vessel, were rescued by authorities in Palawan. The fishermen claimed ...
- January 23, 2015
Dynamite fishers
Three fishermen were arrested for dynamite fishing in waters off Mariveles, Bataan, it was reported here. Suspects Juanito C. Angulo, 29; Albert P. Mosqueriola, 29; and William C. de Guzman, 31, all of Sitio Gatchalian, ...
- January 27, 2015
BFAR 11 sets sights on record fish catch in Davao Gulf in 2017
The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources in Region 11 (BFAR 11) is looking at an increase in fish catch in the Davao Region in 2017 in a bid to set a record fish haul of 65,597 metric tons (MT). BFAR 11 director Fatma ...
- January 3, 2017