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BFAR hoists 'red tide' flag anew in 21 coastal areas in 12 provinces
The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) has declared 21 coastal areas in 12 provinces across the country as “positive” for red tide. In its latest Shellfish Bulletin, BFAR through its Information and Fisherfolk ...
- December 16, 2020
DENR should’ve used ₱389M for mangrove forest rehab–Group
The Pambansang Lakas ng Kilusang Mamamalakaya ng Pilipinas (Pamalakaya) said the P389 million used in overlaying “white sand” over a 500-meter portion in Manila Bay’s baywalk area along Roxas Boulevard could have been used ...
- September 7, 2020
BFAR hoists 'red tide' warning in 15 areas
The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) has hoisted the “red tide” warning anew in 10 areas, raising to 15 the total number of localities whose waters were found to be positive of paralytic shellfish poison ...
- October 7, 2020
Toward a 'bluer normal'
Impacted by the 2019 coronavirus disease (Covid-19), fishermen can play a crucial role in coastal and marine biodiversity protection and conservation. But they will need all the assistance that they could get. As the ...
- August 16, 2020
BFAR raises red tide alert in four Vismin provinces
The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) has declared four areas in the Visayas and Mindanao as positive for paralytic shellfish. Based on the latest laboratory results jointly conducted by BFAR with concerned ...
- April 24, 2020
Health, legal, economic issues bug DENR's Manila Bay 'white sand'
The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) has come under increasing pressure to revisit its controversial P400-million “white-sand” project in Manila Bay, with critics citing economic, health and legal ...
- September 8, 2020