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BFAR recruits personnel
The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources said Thursday it enlisted some of its personnel in an intensive law enforcement training program to strengthen the country's fight against illegal, unreported and unregulated ...
- January 16, 2015
Reward offered to get killers of whale shark
A conservation group and the Philippine government are offering a reward for information on the people responsible for the killing of an 18-foot whale shark. The World Wildlife Fund says the whale shark-the world's biggest ...
- February 20, 2010
‘No-nationality’ galunggong causes uproar over import plan
Round scad or “galunggong” do not have a “nationality,” and thus Filipinos should have no problems with this variety of fish that is imported from other countries to augment the local food supply, Agriculture Secretary ...
- August 29, 2018
Senators slam BFAR on order vs. salmon, pampano sale
Senators slammed the apparent late action taken by the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) against the illegal diversion of pink salmon and pampano to wet markets. Senators Raffy Tulfo and Cynthia Villar, at ...
- December 13, 2022
PH protests China's new 'provocative acts' in SCS
The Philippines filed a protest against “unlawful” and “provocative acts” by Chinese state vessels in the West Philippine Sea, including the issuance of 200 radio challenges. “The DFA protested the unlawful issuance of ...
- October 21, 2021
Campaign against illegal fishing earns citation for villar
Senator Cynthia Villar was recognized by the Department of Agriculture for her role in the enactment of the law against illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing. During the first command conference of the Philippines ...
- December 24, 2018
CV BFAR opens scholarship slots
Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources in Cagayan Valley has opened scholarship slots for secondary students this year. Dr. Ronaldo Libunao, BFAR regional scholarship coordinator, said 23 slots have been opened under ...
- January 10, 2018
Sievelike structure
This 16-foot giant whale shark (Rhincodon typus) is dead and found floating at the Navotas Fish Port in Metro Manila Friday, when authorities brought it upstream to be examined by the Bureau of Fishery and Aquatic Resources ...
- August 18, 2018
3 E. Visayas bays positive for red tide
Three bays in Eastern Visayas remain positive for paralytic shellfish poisoning, popularly known as red tide. Latest laboratory reports of the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources dated Nov. 12, 2015 revealed that ...
- November 13, 2015
Diverse marine life found in 2016 Benham Rise expedition
Since the United Nations' Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf recognized Benham Rise as the Philippines's newest territory in 2012, our country's territory has increased to 43 million hectares from 30 million ...
- June 9, 2016