Browsing Manila Bulletin by Subject "clupeoid fisheries"
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3-month fishing ban begins
(Manila Bulletin,November 15, 2017 , on page 8)The three-month ban on fishing of three species along the Visayan Sea begins on Nov. 15. The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) is enforcing the ban for fishermen to harvest and trade herrings, mackerels and ... -
3-month fishing ban imposed in Visayan waters
(Manila Bulletin,November 23, 2015 , on page 19)The Bureau Of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) has started implementing a three-month prohibition on certain fishing activities in the Visayan Sea. BFAR Regional Director for Western Visayas (BFAR-6) Remia Aparri ... -
Amid COVID-19 pandemic, group calls for protection of sardines in PH
(Manila Bulletin,April 29, 2020 , on page B-3)Oceana, the largest international non-government organization focused on marine conservation, has called on the Philippine government to establish management mechanisms on the fishing of sardines, which has already become ... -
BFAR lifts sardine fishing ban in Zamboanga waters
(Manila Bulletin,March 6, 2018 , on page B-9)Even as the government continuously implements a three-month ban on sardine fishing every year, the sardines industry in Zamboanga still ended up growing P20 billion, Agriculture Secretary Emmanuel Piñol said. The Department ... -
BFAR plans closed fishing season
(Manila Bulletin,September 21, 2012 , on page 16)The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) and allied agencies are finalizing plans to suspend all fishing and caning operations in Zamboanga and nearby islands and provinces. BFAR Regional Director Ahadulla Sajli ... -
Closed season for galunggong fishing starts November 15
(Manila Bulletin,November 3, 2015 , on page 1-4)A three-month ban on "galunggong" (round scad) fishing in north eastern Palwan starting Nov. 15 will be implemented by the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR). Department of Agriculture (DA) Secretary Proceso ... -
DENR urged to revoke ECCs issued to three Manila Bay reclamation projects
(Manila Bulletin,February 13, 2019 , on page 1-4)Three Manila Bay reclamation projects already issued with environment compliance certificates (ECCs) are located at the southern part of the bay which was already declared by the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources ... -
Fish kill
(Manila Bulletin,February 7, 2013 , on page B-10)Herring worth billions in export are seen floating dead in Kolgrafafjordur, a small flord on the northern part of Snaefellsnes Peninsula, west Iceland, for the second time in two months. -
Fishing ban in Visayan Sea on
(Manila Bulletin,November 23, 2016 , on page 13)The annual ban on fishing of three different species along the Visayan sea is on. Since Nov. 15, the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) started enforcing the three-month ban on fishing for herrings mackerels ... -
Fishing resumes
(Manila Bulletin,March 3, 2013 , on page 19)The three-month sardine fishing ban in the waters off Zamboanga had been lifted by the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR), which noted an improvement in the volume of sardine production during the closed ... -
Int’l body accused of economic sabotage for listing Tawilis as endangered species
(Manila Bulletin,February 6, 2019 , on page 2)Switzerland-based International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) has been accused of economic sabotage for listing Sardinella Tawilis, the only freshwater sardine in the world, as an endangered species, stakeholders ... -
PH's existing policies not enough to stop overfishing
(Manila Bulletin,March 25, 2018 , on page B-2)The Philippine government is being urged to craft a national management framework to address overfishing as the country’s existing policy measures are apparently not enough to deal with this issue. This, as studies show ... -
Protect and save the fish in the sea
(Manila Bulletin,March 12, 2018 , on page 11)In the Book of Genesis in the Bible, it said that God created all kinds of swimming creatures, saying: “Be fertile, multiply, and fill the water of the seas.” The intention of the Almighty was to feed man only whenever he ... -
Sardine companies to lay off 30,000 workers due to BFAR's fishing ban
(Manila Bulletin,October 6, 2014 , on page 18)Some 30,000 sardine factory workers in this city will become jobless before the end of tis year until March next year as the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) will impose a ban in the fishing of tamban fish ... -
Sardine shortage and price increase seen
(Manila Bulletin,April 26, 2015 , on page 22)Dr. Joebert Toledo, formerly the director of the Southeast Asian Fisheries Development CenterAquaculture Department (Seafdec-AQD) in Iloilo, is working on developing an alternative to the fishmeal and fish oil from Peru ... -
Sardines firms ask BOC permission to import directly through Zambo port
(Manila Bulletin,July 14, 2018 , on page 6)Twelve giant canning and sardine factories in this city yesterday asked Bureau of Customs (BoC) Commissioner Isidro S Lapeña to allow them to receive imported goods and material they use in the production of sardines canned ... -
Visayan Sea Fishing Ban Lifted
(Manila Bulletin,March 22, 2013 , on page 16)Fishing of three different fish species in the Visayan Sea has resumed. Since March 15, the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) lifted the four-month ban on sardine, mackerel and herring fishing. BFAR-6 regional ... -
Visayan Sea fishing season to start February 15 - BFAR
(Manila Bulletin,February 9, 2017 , on page 6)The fishing season for sardines, mackerel and herring in the Visayan Sea will officially start February 15, according to Regional Director Remia A. Aparri of the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) – Western ...