Browsing The Philippine Star by Name "Oceana Philippines"

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    • 5 provinces commit to protect Visayan sea 

      Simeon, Louise Maureen (The Philippine Star, September 30, 2018, on page B2)
      Five local government units have committed to adopt a fisheries management framework to protect the Visayan Sea, one of the country’s major fishing grounds, from illegal fishing activities to ensure a sustainable fisheries ...

    • Benham Rise seen as fisheries hot spot 

      Simeon, Louise Maureen (The Philippine Star, April 15, 2016, on page B-5)
      The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) and marine scientists have sailed for the first time this year the 13-million hectare Benham Rise in an effort to protect and increase marine productivity in the ...

    • Benham trip to push through next week 

      Simeon, Louise Maureen (The Philippine Star, April 29, 2017, on page 1-10)
      The government is all set to embark on another exploratory trip to the 13-million-hectare Benham Rise next week, Agriculture Secretary Emmanuel Piñol said yesterday. Piñol said President Duterte gave the green light for ...

    • BFAR revokes commercial fishing vessel license 

      Simeon, Louise Maureen (The Philippine Star, January 19, 2020, on page B3)
      For the first time, the government has permanently revoked the license of a fishing vessel for repeatedly encroaching municipal waters. The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) has revoked the license of FV ...

    • Clarify terms of Chinese research in Benham, gov't urged 

      Simeon, Louise Maureen; Diaz, Jess; Romero, Paolo (The Philippine Star, January 25, 2018, on page 6)
      An international marine conservation group is calling on the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) to release documents that it used as basis for allowing China to conduct research in Benham or Philippine Rise. Oceana, through ...

    • Commercial fishing ordinance reversed to protect Tañon Strait 

      (The Philippine Star, November 15, 2018, on page B7)
      Environmental groups and fisherfolk have lauded the Cebu provincial government for rejecting the ordinance of Toledo City that would have allowed commercial fishing within 10.1 to 15 km from the city’s coastline along Tañon ...

    • DA chief opposes creation of separate fisheries agency 

      Simeon, Louise Maureen (The Philippine Star, September 18, 2016, on page B-5)
      Agriculture Secretary Emmanuel Piñol has reiterated his opposition to a proposal that seeks the creation of a separate department that will handle the fisheries sector. The Agri chief said the creation of a new department ...

    • DENR opposes comm'l fishing in Tañon Strait 

      Simeon, Louise Maureen (The Philippine Star, January 29, 2017, on page B-3)
      The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) has opposed a proposal that seeks to allow commercial fishing within the municipal waters of the Tañon Strait, the country’s biggest marine protected area. The ...

    • Duterte: no weapons in island occupation 

      Mendez, Christina; Simeon, Louise Maureen; Regalado, Edith; Lee-Brago, Pia (The Philippine Star, April 11, 2017, on page 6)
      No new weapons are being eyed for islets and land features in the West Philippine Sea over which President Duterte wants the military to exercise greater control. The President made the clarification yesterday at the Davao ...

    • Fishermen earn less as catch dwindles 

      (The Philippine Star, October 25, 2015, on page B-4)
      Municipal fishermen in Tañon Strait are catching lesser and smaller fish as the number of people dependent on fishing as a major source of livelihood has increased significantly. A team from Oceana Philippines conducted a ...

    • Gov't releases policy on vessel monitoring mechanism 

      Simeon, Louise Maureen (The Philippine Star, October 15, 2018, on page B18)
      The government has finally released its policy on a vessel monitoring mechanism that aims to put a stop to the continued increase in cases of illegal commercial fishing within municipal waters. The Department of ...

    • Gov't should enforce law on reclamation - Oceana 

      Villanueva, Rhodina (The Philippine Star, March 28, 2019, on page B6)
      A conservation group last Tuesday urged the government to uphold and enforce the law in several reclamation projects submitted to the Philippine Reclamation Authority (PRA) for process. “We are alarmed by the apparent ...

    • Gov't urged to install vessel monitoring system 

      Simeon, Louise Maureen (The Philippine Star, June 23, 2019, on page B4)
      Oceana Philippines reiterated its call for transparency at sea to protect the lives of fishermen amid the recent sinking of a Filipino boat by a Chinese ship in the West Philippine Sea. It asked the government to adopt a ...

    • Group raises alarm on suspension of fishing vessel monitoring 

      Cabrera, Romina (The Philippine Star, April 5, 2023, on page 3)
      Oceana Philippines has raised the alarm over the government’s order to suspend the monitoring of commercial fishing vessels in the country. The international advocacy group said the government’s decision puts the Philippines ...

    • Illegal fishing plagues Tañon Strait 

      (The Philippine Star, October 4, 2015, on page B5)
      An international non-government organization is urging the government to strictly enforce vessel monitoring measures pursuant to the newly-amended Fisheries Code. This after Oceana, the world’s biggest international NGO ...

    • Management framework for sardines needed 

      Talavera, Catherine (The Philippine Star, March 11, 2018, on page B5)
      The Philippine government needs to craft a national management framework to address the overfishing of sardines, a number of local fisheries experts said. University of the Philippines- Visayas scientist Wilfredo Campos ...

    • Marine plastic pollution poses threat to food security – Oceana 

      Talavera, Catherine (The Philippine Star, July 13, 2021, on page B6)
      Marine conservation group Oceana Philippines is urging the country to act against marine plastic pollution due to its potential threats to the country’s food security. In a statement, Oceana vice president Gloria Estenzo ...

    • Masterplan for sardine industry hits snag 

      Simeon, Louise Maureen (The Philippine Star, January 21, 2018, on page B4)
      The development of a sound sardine management plan may take a while as the government shifted its focus on tuna. The development of a sound sardine management plan may take a while as the government shifted its focus on ...

    • Oceana holds media forum on Manila Bay 

      (The Philippine Star, October 23, 2019, on page C8)
      Oceana Philippines, an international ocean conservation advocacy group, recently held a media forum at the Manila Yacht Club entitled “A Horizon of Heritage: Culture, Heritage and Wildlife in Manila Bay”. Amidst the ...

    • Oceana lauds BFAR’s declaration of fisheries management areas 

      (The Philippine Star, February 10, 2019, on page B4)
      Oceana Philippines has welcomed the move of the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) to declare the country’s major fishing grounds as fisheries management areas (FMAs) as it cited the need for proper conservation. ...