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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
10 stranded whales, dolphins die in Ilocos during lockdown
Ten marine mammals died after being stranded in various areas in the Ilocos region during the Luzon lockdown in the last three months, the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) said on Thursday. Most of the ...
- June 19, 2020
12-kg tagged turtle set free
The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) on Tuesday released a 12-kilogram Olive Ridley turtle, that kept returning to a village in Pangasinan, into the Lingayen Gulf. The turtle ( Lepidochelys olivacea), whose ...
- December 15, 2010
2 more firms seek permit to mine Lingayen Gulf
Two more mining firms have applied for government permits to mine Lingayen Gulf for magnetite, or black sand, prompting groups here to renew their opposition to what they described as “massive environmental destruction.” ...
- April 22, 2022
Bolinao villagers are fierce protectors of mangrove forests
Romula Caranza maintains a garden on the shores of Santiago Island in this northwestern town in Pangasinan province. Daily, she painstakingly checks her plants, removing barnacles, oysters and other seashells attached to ...
- April 15, 2014
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
Mariculture zone to boost Pangasinan 'bangus' industry
The status of Pangasinan province as the country’s top “bangus” (milkfish) producer was further bolstered with the establishment of an 86-hectare mariculture zone park (MZP) in this coastal town facing the West Philippine ...
- July 15, 2021
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
BFAR wants to relocate Pangasinan’s fishpond zones after fishkill
After a massive fishkill on May 20, the aquaculture areas in Kakiputan Channel in Bolinao and Anda towns, Pangasinan province, should be relocated due to their deteriorating water qualities there, according to officials ...
- June 1, 2020
Shellfish alert raised in Pangasinan town
The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) has asked consumers to stop buying and eating shellfish harvested from the Wawa River in Bani town, after tests showed that these were positive for harmful microorganisms. ...
- April 27, 2010