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Silliman launches ‘Fish Tiangge’
AN online platform to enable Filipino fishermen to sell their produce to consumers amid the ongoing coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) community quarantine was launched at Silliman University in Dumaguete City. Fish Tiangge ...
- May 14, 2020
US trains PH partners in underwater law enforcement
The United States government, through the US Agency for International Development (USAid), recently trained Philippine government partners in coral reef crime scene investigation and law enforcement. Under USAid's Sustainable ...
- July 11, 2022
'Duterte is dealing with China intrusion'
President Rodrigo Duterte is “privately” dealing with China’s incursions into the West Philippine Sea (WPS), his spokesman said on Thursday. Harry Roque Jr. issued the statement after the National Task Force for the West ...
- April 16, 2021
Canned sardines shortage looms
Fisherfolk leaders and sardine cannery owners are asking the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) to convene a meeting with them and include coastal local government units (LGUs) to discuss the looming shortage ...
- September 20, 2022
Group bats for more PH aquaculture sites
Advocacy Group Tugon Kabuhayan is appealing to the government to ease the permitting process to develop more aquaculture areas in the Philippines. “We are producing aquaculture resources regularly. There’s no stabilizing ...
- January 26, 2021
Del Rosario lost Panatag to China
The gall of former foreign affairs secretary Albert del Rosario to even open his mouth on the Whitsun Reef brouhaha and to admonish the Duterte administration to do this or that in dealing with China. In an article prominently ...
- April 26, 2021
Gensan bats for fisheries department
The stakeholders of the tuna fishing industry in General Santos City are pushing for the creation of a department for fisheries and aquatic resources to achieve the full potential of the country's fisheries sector. Currently, ...
- September 1, 2022
BFAR urged to lead fight vs HB 7853
Environmental group Oceana, along with more than 1,100 fisherfolk groups across the country, urged Department of Agriculture (DA) and Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) to lead the opposition to House Bill ...
- April 30, 2021
Illegal fishing blasts dolphins in Camarines Sur
More than 10 dolphins were killed while 15 others were stranded at the shores of Del Gallego town in Camarines Sur province, Bicol Region on Tuesday because of illegal fishing activities, the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic ...
- January 28, 2021
Ban on imported fish sale put off for now
The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) has postponed the enforcement of the ban on selling imported pampano and salmon in wet markets. The ban was to have taken effect on December 4, but Officer in Charge ...
- December 3, 2022