Browsing by Subject "Fishery policy"

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    • Amended fisheries law betters prod'n-Villar 

      Golez, Prince (Panay News, March 1, 2016, on page 11)
      The Philippines is seen to export more fish because of the amended Fisheries Code, according to a legislator. Exports of fish products, specifically to European countries, generated P9.4 billion in 2013, the Bureau of ...

    • Bacolod Bredco port bans fishing boats 

      Acupan, Fraire (Panay News, June 10, 2016, on page 2-17)
      Small fishing boats will no longer be allowed at the Bredco (Bacolod Real Estate Development Corp.) port. Buoys will mark the "no fishing and no sailing zones" at the port, said Lieutenant Commander Ramil Palabrica, head ...

    • Guardians of the Visayan Sea convened 

      (The Daily Guardian, July 27, 2017, on page B8)
      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 ...

    • 'Illegal fishermen' fined 

      Nepomoceno, Juan A. (The Daily Guardian, June 17, 2015, on page 4)
      The municipal government of Concepcion, Iloilo collected some P90,000 in fine from 36 fishermen who dared to operate without permits earlier this week. Task Force operatives apprehended 24 fishermen catching squid eight ...

    • Iloilo cited for drive vs illegal fishing 

      Sornito, Ime (Panay News, April 25, 2018, on page 4)
      The provincial government was commended for efforts to protect the Visayan Sea most especially from illegal fishing. It noted that the Visayan Sea was “the heart of marine wealth on Earth” and northern Iloilo “among the ...

    • Indonesia deports Pinoy poachers 

      Regalado, Edith (The Philippine Star, June 3, 2015, on page A-22)
      Indonesia has deported 52 Filipino fishermen who were caught poaching in its territorial waters. The fishermen had been detained for several months in Bitung City in North Sulawesi before they were sent home on board the ...

    • PCG drives away small fishers at Bredco port 

      Singuay, Mae (Panay News, June 15, 2016, on page 16)
      Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) and police personnel have started driving away small fishing boats from Bredco port here.

    • Rules on Fisheries Code amendments seen signed soon 

      Domingo, Ronnel W. (Philippine Daily Inquirer, September 19, 2015, on page B3)
      The Implementing rules for the much-opposed amended Fisheries Code have been finalized and are expected to be signed in a few days, according to the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR). BFAR national director ...

    • Six countries push for Coral Triangle protection 

      De los Santos, Maricyn A. (The Daily Guardian, July 7, 2017, on page 2)
      Around 150 representatives of six countries gathered at the Iloilo Convention Center in Iloilo City ON July 4-6, 2017, and called for inter-country initiatives for the protection of the Coral Triangle, an underwater marine ...

    • Time to consider the creation of a Dep't of fisheries and aquatic resources 

      Javier, Emil (Manila Bulletin, May 13, 2018, on page B-4)
      The recent decision of President Duterte to return the National Food Authority (NFA), the National Irrigation Administration (NIA), the Philippine Coconut Authority (PCA), and the Fertilizer and Pesticide Authority (FPA) ...