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'Closed season' at Visayan Sea starts today
The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources has declared November 15, 2017, to February 15, 2018, as closed season for sardines, herrings and mackerels fishing, as provided in the Fisheries Administrative Order (FAO) ...
- November 15, 2017
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
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
Agriculture Department expands sardine fishing ban
Agriculture Secretary Proceso Alcala announced Wednesday that the government is expanding its three-month sardine fishing ban. It will now include the Visayan Sea in addition to the Zamboanga waters. Alcala said during the ...
- October 19, 2012
Guardians of the Visayan Sea convened
Governors and mayors from the Visayas committed to protect and restore the Visayan Sea, one of the richest fishing grounds in the Philippines, from illegal commercial and destructive fishing. Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic ...
- July 27, 2017
Stronger drive vs commercial fishing in municipal waters urged
An umbrella organization of small fishermen here urged the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) and local government units (LGUs) to strengthen the campaign against commercial fishing in municipal waters of the ...
- September 29, 2015
Can modern technology combat illegal fishing?
Modern technology could be an effective measure to regulate illegal fishing at the Visayan Sea. The strategy includes the establishment of 120 radar stations all over the country by the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic ...
- August 1, 2017
Governor, BFAR sign pact to protect Visayan sea
Confronted and confounded by the unending problem of illegal fishing, Visayas governors and the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) signed over the weekend a covenant for the conservation, protection, and ...
- July 24, 2017
BFAR opens Fish Conservation Week
The Department of Agriculture- Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (DA-BFAR) opened on Oct 16, 2017 the week-long Fish Conservation (FishCon) celebration with ceremonies at Iloilo Provincial Fishery Office, Fishing ...
- October 17, 2017