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    • Fish supply in Davao stable despite yearly fishing ban in Davao Gulf 

      Espinosa, Ian Carl (SunStar Philippines, May 23, 2023, on page 2)
      The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources - Davao Region (Bfar-Davao) said there should still be enough fish production despite the yearly ban on fishing small pelagic fishes in Davao Gulf from June to August. “Most ...

    • Fisherfolk associations get new motor bancas 

      (SunStar Philippines, January 17, 2023, on page 10)
      Forty-one motorized fiber glass fishing boats were turned over by BPI Foundation, Inc. (BPIF) in partnership with the Ramon Aboitiz Foundation, Inc., to select fisherfolk associations of Sibonga, Barili, Pinamungajan, and ...

    • Fisherfolk urged to adhere to closed season order 

      Daugdaug, Krizzy (SunStar Philippines, June 11, 2022, on page 2)
      The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR)-Davao Region urged the fisherfolk to cooperate with the closed season of the Davao Gulf. This is after Joint Administrative Order (JAO) No. 02 “Establishing a Closed ...

    • Fisherfolk urged to adhere to closed season order 

      Daugdaug, Krizzy (SunStar Philippines, June 11, 2022, on page 2)
      The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR)-Davao Region urged the fisherfolk to cooperate with the closed season of the Davao Gulf. This is after Joint Administrative Order (JAO) No. 02 “Establishing a Closed ...

    • Fisherfolk, advocates demand urgent action for livable planet 

      (SunStar Philippines, April 23, 2023, on page 13)
      Fisherfolks, youth, environmentalists, and labor advocates held an action protest to call for the declaration of a climate emergency and demand urgent action for a livable planet on Friday, April 21, as part of the Earth ...

    • Fisheries biotechnology center to rise in Central Luzon 

      Flora, Ian Ocampo (SunStar Philippines, March 30, 2022, on page 6)
      Agriculture Secretary William Dar and Central Luzon State University (CLSU) president Edgar Orden presided over the signing of the memorandum of agreement on the construction of the National Fisheries Research and Development ...

    • Fisherman drowns in Cadiz 

      (SunStar Philippines, February 6, 2023, on page 7)
      A fisherman drowned in the waters of Barangay Cadiz Viejo, Cadiz City, Negros Occidental Saturday, February 4, 2023. The fatality was identified as 35-year-old Elmero Padayao of Villa Luisa, Barangay Luna.

    • Fisherman gunned down by Coast Guard officers 

      GPL; JKV (SunStar Philippines, March 28, 2021, on page 4)
      A fisherman was gunned down by personnel of the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) on Friday night, March 26, 2021, off the coast of Barangay Logon, Malapascua Island in Daanbantayan. Rolex Casebo, a resident of Sitio Sta. Cruz, ...

    • Fishery inputs delivered to CTU San Francisco 

      (SunStar Philippines, September 21, 2020, on page 14)
      The personnel from of the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) 7’s Carmen Brackishwater Fish Farm (CBFF) and the Cebu Provincial Fishery Office travelled to Camotes Islands on Friday, Sept. 18, 2020, to transport ...

    • Fishery projects up in Guimaras 

      Aplaon, A. (SunStar Philippines, May 5, 2000, on page 8)
      The province of Guimaras, in cooperation with the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) and the Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center Aquaculture Department (SEAFDEC-AQD) will set up a collaborative project ...

    • Fishing ban at Visayan sea lifted 

      Nicavera, Erwin P. (SunStar Philippines, February 20, 2021, on page 6)
      The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) lifted the three-month closed fishing season in the Visayan Sea earlier this week. Under the Fisheries Administrative Order (FAO) No. 167-3 Series of 2013, the government ...

    • Fishing boat capsizes off San Carlos City, 4 rescued 

      Ellera, Teresa D. (SunStar Philippines, March 4, 2020, on page 2)
      Four people were rescued after their fishing boat capsized due to rough seas off the waters of San Carlos City in Negros Occidental on March 1. Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) Negros Occidental chief Jansen Benjamin, identified ...

    • Flood in Victorias prompts dredging of clogged rivers 

      Cañet, Carla N. (SunStar Philippines, January 9, 2021, on page 3)
      The flooding incident that earlier hit Victorias City and its neighboring towns and cities last New Year's Day revelry has prompted 3rd District Represenative Jose Francisco Benitez, Mayor Francis Frederick Palanca, the ...

    • Foreign vessel rams boats in Panatag, kills 3 Pinoys 

      (SunStar Philippines, October 13, 2023, on page 13)
      Three Filipino fishermen were dead after their boat was rammed by a still unidentified foreign commercial vessel transiting in the vicinity waters off Bajo de Masinloc (BdM), the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) said Wednesday, ...

    • Fragile peace in South China Sea 

      (SunStar Philippines, April 4, 2022, on page 4)
      It is confusing and frustrating that China has continued its claim over almost the entirety of the South China Sea. This despite the July 2016 ruling of the Permanent Court of Arbitration in The Hague, Netherlands, which ...

    • Free public beach eyed in Catarman, Cordova 

      (SunStar Philippines, October 11, 2022, on page 4)
      Cordova Mayor Cesar “Didoy” Suan said they are planning to establish a free and open-to-all public beach near the area where the floating cottages were established in the seawaters off Barangay Catarman. Suan made the ...

    • Fresh 'tamban' sold at only P20 per kilo in Oro 

      Salgados, Lynde (SunStar Philippines, June 1, 2020, on page 1)
      The price of sardines fish dramatically dropping to an all-time low of P20 per kilo on Friday, May 29, is an obvious indication that "tamban season" is still perfectly abundant and may linger for long in the Macajalar bay ...

    • Fresh off the island 

      Poculan, Cassandra C. (SunStar Philippines, May 31, 2021, on page 8)
      There are plenty of fish in the sea, but there are plenty more in Bantayan Island. A common practice among residents is drying fish to preserve it. This is why “buwad” (dried fish) is the island’s most popular delicacy. ...

    • Freshwater Fish Culture a 'feather on ASCA's cap' 

      Beup, Glenn (SunStar Philippines, July 5, 2000, on page 4)
      Aklan State College of Agriculture President Helmar Aguilar should be congratulated for entering into a Memorandum of Agreement with the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources - Regional Office 6, pertaining to the ...

    • From China with love 

      (SunStar Philippines, March 26, 2021, on page 4)
      The Philippines received 600,000 doses of Sinovac’s Covid-19 vaccines last month, and recently, we got another shipment of 400,000. In between those two batches of goodwill, our friendly donor moored over 200 Chinese militia ...