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Sardine fishing season reopened
The Department of Agriculture and the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources officially lifted on Monday the 10th closed fishing season for sardines in the Zamboanga Peninsula. The closed fishing season has been implemented ...
- March 2, 2021
Bureau tasked to ensure fish supply ample
Agriculture Secretary Emmanuel Piñol on Sunday ordered the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources to ensure the steady supply of fish in Metro Manila. He gave the order following President Rodrigo Duterte's order to ...
- August 8, 2016
BFAR warns public, lists coastal areas with red tide
The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources warned the public to refrain from consuming shellfishes collected from some coastal areas because of red tide. BFAR identified the coastal areas infected with red tide as Daram ...
- December 2, 2017
Dolphin rescued
Personnel of the Salcedo Municipal Police Station assist men from BFAR and MENRO header by Danilo P. Duran in rescuing a lost dolphin found at the r=territorial waters of Barangay Butig, Salcedo, Eastern Samar on Wednesday. ...
- January 13, 2017
Helmet shells seized in Sulu
Police and Bureau of Fisheries have intercepted 106 boxes of helmet shells, an endangered marine specie, at Chinese Pier in Jolo, Sulu police director Sr. Supt. Abraham Orbita said. He said the shells, which are sold in ...
- January 30, 2014
Oh my GG! Fish import plan triggers protest
A party-list lawmaker on Wednesday snapped at the Department of Agriculture for its planned importation of around 17,000 metric tons of galunggong (round scads), saying the move was not only an insult to Filipino fishers ...
- August 23, 2018
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
Red tide alert still up, weakening signs show
The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources has been seeing signs of weakening red tide that plagued several bays in Eastern Visayas since September. BFAR regional director Juan D. Albaladejo said typhoon-induced rains ...
- December 27, 2015
BFAR promotes 'ayungin' breeding
The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources recently conducted a study on how to multiply the population of ayungin, an omnivorous silver-colored fish endemic to the Philippines. BFAR said it conducted the study as a ...
- April 15, 2014
Fishing season boosts tuna catch
The fishing season imposed by the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources in waters of the Visayas and Mindanao seas has increased the tuna catch in this island and boosted the region's fishing industry. Sablayan municipal ...
- February 6, 2013