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SEAFDEC, BFAR hold training on fish tagging
The Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center (SEAFDEC) and the National Fisheries Research and Development Institute (NFRDI) of the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources held at training on tagging of small pelagic ...
- January 8, 2008
Red tide downs six in Capiz
Six persons in Ivisan town fell ill after eating green shell or “tahong” believed to be contaminated with red tide. Among the victims are couple Edwin and Elvie Teodoro, and their neighbor Vilma Vista, all of Cabugao ...
- November 13, 2015
Shellfish ban still up in several Visayas areas
The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) said shellfish collected in several areas around Visayas are still not safe for human consumption. All types of shellfish, as well as alamang, from these areas “are not ...
- December 22, 2016
P18.5-M seaweed production project in Guimaras
Seaweed production in the island-province of Guimaras will get a boost from the latest partnership of the provincial Government of Guimaras, The Department of Agriculture Philippine Rural Development Project (PRDP), and ...
- February 5, 2015
PNoy, Del Rosario responsible for PH losing control of Scarborough shoal
The term “lost Scarborough shoal” is debatable. Security officials deny that. Foreign affairs officials will not say that because that would be detrimental to the claim of the Philippines on the shoal which is included in ...
- May 26, 2016
Artificial reefs go a long way in saving the sea
Artificial reef projects are being expand in areas of Brgy. Damilisan, Brgy. Lanutan, and Brgy. Gines-Calampitao in Miagao, Iloilo to save its marine ecosystem. Using a P384,000 budget, the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic ...
- December 11, 2017
DA-BFAR Invests P15M for Abalone Program
Secretary Arthur Yap of the Department of Agriculture (DA) launched recently a five-year, P15-million program spearheaded by the Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center (SEAFDEC) and DA-Bureau of Fisheries and Agriculture ...
- July 24, 2007
'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
Seafdec develops early warning system vs pollution in mariculture parks
The Aquaculture Department (AQD) of the Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center (SEAFDEC) is developing an early warning system to guard against the negative impacts of fish cages in mariculture parks. This is certainly ...
- September 29, 2008