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Supply stable despite 'fish holiday' - BFAR
The "fish holiday" of commercial fishing boat operators has not affected the supply of fish in Western Visayas, according to Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) regional director Remia Aparri. Commercial ...
- September 24, 2015
'Market denial': new tack vs illegal fishing targets hawkers
Illegal fishers are getting creative. So must the authorities. The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) bared a new measure to combat illegal fishing. It called the strategy "market denial". "Market denial" was ...
- July 11, 2017
Illegal fishing still a problem: Bantay Dagat in cahoots with poachers?
Illegal fishing remains a problem in northern Iloilo. Are the personnel of the Iloilo Provincial Bantay Dagat Task Force colluding with illegal fishers? He [Raul Banias] did not discount the possibility that some task ...
- May 23, 2017
Red tide calamity
Around 2,500 households in the villages depend on the sea for their food and livelihood. They have been displaced, said Mayor Sigfriedo Betita. SB members are convening in a special session today to make the declaration. ...
- September 29, 2017
Oil spill worker dies: Defensor orders probe
Did foul odor kill a 26-year-old oil spill worker in Brgy. Botongon, Estancia?. Donnie Trogo was a patinet at the Jesus M. Colmenares Memorial District Hospital in Balasan, near Estancia. Former Estancia Sangguniang Bayan ...
- January 29, 2014
Tourism vs Environment: Esplanade extension could kill Iloilo River mangroves
The land reclamation at the Iloilo River to further extend the Iloilo Esplanade could kill mangroves growing there, warned the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) Region 6. The land reclamation for an ...
- July 28, 2017
Carles illegal fishers nabbed
Six fishermen engaged in dynamite fishing off the island barangay of Balbagon in Carles town were apprehended by the Provincial Bantay Dagat Task Force on March 31. Recovered from them were 30 kilos of dynamited fishes, a ...
- April 1, 2015
'PH needs more marine reserves'
No-take marine reserves (NTMRs) are areas of the sea, usually with coral reefs -- but could include other coastal ecosystems such as mangroves and seagrasses -- that are fully protected from fishing. The area around MPAs ...
- June 21, 2015
Guimaras oil spill victims demand P1.8M
Fisherfolk here affected by the oil spill were demanding a total of P1.8 million from Seen Sam Shipping, Inc., owner of the sunken M/V Sportivo. The claimants were from barangays Sawang, Dagsaan, Zaldivar, Magsaysay, Santo ...
- April 1, 2014
IPPO, capitol, maritime cops join forces as 'hulbot-hulbot' returns: Oplan Octopus
An alarmed Iloilo Police Provincial Office (IPPO) and provincial government have joined forces with the Regional Maritime Unit (RMU). They agreed to conduct joint operations against illegal fishing called the campaign ...
- February 15, 2015