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Small fishermen form alliance
Small fishermen in Negros Occidental have formed a provincial alliance as a response of the fishery sector and that of coastal communities to the continuing challenges of climate change. The Negros Occidental Small Fisheries ...
- March 25, 2014
'Illegal fishermen' fined
The municipal government of Concepcion, Iloilo collected some P90,000 in fine from 36 fishermen who dared to operate without permits earlier this week. Task Force operatives apprehended 24 fishermen catching squid eight ...
- June 17, 2015
Save blue crab industry-Marañon
Save the blue crab industry. This was the appeal of Negros Occ. Governor Alfredo Marañon Jr. as he urged the public to save the industry that is giving livelihood to thousands of fishermen in the province. According to a ...
- August 2, 2017
Fishing ban in Visayan Sea seen to boost fish production
The three-month fishing ban in the Visayan Sea which will start on November 15 is expected to boost production by 20 percent in one of the country’s richest fishing grounds. Remia Aparri, regional director of the Bureau ...
- November 5, 2018
WV registers 143,267 fishers
Western Visayas has a total of 143,267 municipal fisherfolks as of the second week of October 2015.
Iloilo has the highest registration with 443,011; Negros Occidental is second with 39,526; Antique, 21,648; Capiz, 1, ...
- November 29, 2015
Endangered devil ray seized in Miagao Public Market
The Miagao Bantay Dagat Task Force confiscated an 80-kilo devil ray or giant devil ray (Mobula mobular) Wednesday morning at the Miagao Public Market. According to Carl Dexter Nonaillada of Provincial Bantay Dagat Task ...
- April 4, 2019
7 LGUs to get P1-M fishery projects
Seven towns and cities in Region 6 are entitled to receive P1 million worth of projects from the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) for registering the highest number of municipal fisherfolk. The seven LGUs ...
- January 29, 2015
Support fishing boat operators
The Department of Agriculture is asked to extend financial support to fishing boat operators who lost their livelihood due to the implementation of certain Fisheries Code provisions, particularly the ban on hulbot-hulbot. ...
- March 26, 2014
Artificial reefs: a boon or a bane?
Numerous projects have been implemented by the government to aid Filipino fisherfolks and one of these is the artificial reefs project in Miagao, Iloilo. The artificial reefs project aimed to address the depleting fishing ...
- November 1, 2018
18 face illegal fishing charges
The Iloilo Provincial Bantay Dagat Task Force filed multiple charges against 18 fishermen who were caught fishing using the forbidden Danish seine in the coastline of Gigantes Island at Barangay Abong, Carles. These fishermen ...
- March 31, 2017