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PH seas running out of fish, says BFAR exec
More than a hundred fishermen, mostly from Pangasinan province, were out in the West Philippine Sea when Typhoon “Lando” (international name: Koppu) lashed Central and northern Luzon late last month. The sea was calm when ...
- November 8, 2015
La Union board declares calamity state to deal with oil spill
The provincial board of La Union has declared the province under a state of calamity to enable towns affected by the oil spill supposedly from a sunken vessel or another ship to tap their calamity funds for cleanup operations. ...
- March 2, 2013
Fishkill strikes Anda
The fishkill scourge has again affected the town of Anda, days after the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) declared its water in western Pangasinan free of red tide. Nestor Domenden, BFAR regional director, ...
- December 27, 2012
Law enforcers also behind illegal fishing in Lingayen Gulf
There must be something about the coastal town of San Fabian in Pangasinan which attracts tourists, beach lovers, sea creatures and even unscrupulous fishermen. All are welcome, Mayor Constante Agbayani said, except fishermen ...
- February NaN, 2015
Demolition of illegal fish pens starts in Dagupan
The city government last week began dismantling illegal fishing structures in its river systems to demonstrate that it was serious in enforcing its fishery ordinance. "It's now or never," said Mayor Benjamin Lim, who led ...
- October 12, 2010
The business of fixing Lingayen Gulf
Alaska is a remote coastal village of Aringay, La Union, where blast fishing used to be the main occupation of its residents. In this village, some fishermen used to manufacture improvised dynamite sticks that they used ...
- February 6, 2013
Sual maintains status as top "bangus" producer
Sual, Pangasinan- If you're having a meal of bangus (milkfish), chances are the fish came from the waters off this western Pangasinan town. This town produces an average of 60 tons of bangus daily. That means 60,000 kilograms ...
- November 10, 2016
Checkpoint woes, low demand cut ‘bangus’ sales in Pangasinan
While production of “bangus” (milkfish) and tilapia remains at its peak this month, the Luzon-wide lockdown imposed to stop the spread of the new coronavirus disease (COVID-19) has meant a sales slump to growers due to ...
- March 28, 2020
Pangasinan towns close fish pens to heal Kakiputan Channel
The two towns in Pangasinan province, which lost P110 million due to the fishkill incidents last month, have stopped all fish pen operations to give Kakiputan Channel and other fish culture areas time to heal. On June 8, ...
- May 12, 2018
Ilocos salt industry losing its savor
Rene Aruelo, 52, was in his teens in the 1980s when he would rake mud at a fishpond in a village in La Union province facing the Lingayen Gulf. His family, like most households in their community, would troop to the pond ...
- May 16, 2021