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US Navy ship rescues stranded Pinoy fishers at West PH Sea
Crew of a US Navy missile destroyer recently rescued two distressed Filipino fishermen, whose fishing boat suffered engine malfunction and who ran out of food in the South China Sea (West Philippine Sea) early this week. ...
- June 29, 2018
Go into farming
The Department of Agriculture (DA) urged this year’s high school graduates to enroll in farming and fisheries-related courses. Agriculture Secretary Proceso Alcala said recent figures from the Philippine Statistics Authority ...
- April 14, 2015
PH to file protest if China drives away Pinoy fishers
The Philippine government would file a protest against China if reports that Filipino fishermen were being driven away from the Panatag Shoal (Scarborough Shoal) by Chinese Coast Guards were confirmed, Malacañang said on ...
- March 26, 2019
Fisheries boom hinges on sustainable use of resources
The Department of Agriculture (DA) expects a boom in the country’s fisheries sector as it continues to engage with stakeholders to craft and implement policies and programs for sustainable utilization and management of ...
- July 24, 2015
Aquino grants fishing boats to fishermen
President Benigno Aquino 3rd led the awarding of newly built fishing boats to fisherfolk in coastal communities affected by the onslaught of Super Typhoon Yolanda. During the 28th anniversary of EDSA People Power in Visayas, ...
- February 26, 2014
BFAR to distribute milkfish fingerlings in La Union
Mayor Pablo Ortega on Tuesday led the distribution of rehabilitation milkfish fingerlings to fishermen from six villages whose fishponds dried up due to April’s intense summer heat. The milkfish fingerlings came from the ...
- October 9, 2014
Duterte is wrong to call Carpio buang... or maybe not
President Duterte is wrong to call Supreme Court Justice Antonio Carpio buang, for criticizing his statement to allow Chinese fishermen access to “Philippine waters.” Buang means stupid — certainly a description that applies ...
- June 28, 2019
Legazpi declares fishing ban in Demson Reef
The City Government of Legazpi has declared the three-hectare Demson Reef, locally known as “Pulang Buya,” in Albay Gulf as off-limits to fishermen. The move marks the start of rehabilitation work on the 1,200-square-meter ...
- July 3, 2015
Zamboanga fishing opens anew
Commercial fishing firms and fisherfolk can now resume their operations in the waters here as the Department of Agriculture-Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources officially opened the sardines season in the peninsula, ...
- March 2, 2018
Shellfish ban lifted in Bataan
The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) has lifted the shellfish ban in Bataan after laboratory tests showed that all kinds of shellfish ban in Bataan after laboratory tests showed that all kinds of shellfish ...
- February 26, 2015