Browsing by Subject "fish stocks"

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    • Advocate lauds countryside fish port projects 

      (DailyGuardian, May 22, 2023, on page 1-11)
      Environmental advocate Oceana lauded plans of the government to prioritize the construction of fish ports in 11 coastal provinces and the rehabilitation of 20 identified municipal fish ports, aimed at decreasing post-harvest ...

    • BFAR lifts sardine fishing ban in Visayan Sea 

      Gomez, Eireene Jairee (The Manila Times, February 18, 2021, on page A7)
      The Department of Agriculture’s Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (DA-BFAR) has lifted the three-month fishing ban in the Visayan Sea effective Tuesday. Under the Fisheries Administrative Order 167-3, series of ...

    • BFAR: Fisheries sector under threat 

      Miguel, Janine Alexis (The Manila Times, July 5, 2023, on page B2)
      The country's fisheries sector is under constant threat due to the illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing (IUUF) that the Department of Agriculture-Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) is aware of. BFAR ...

    • DA assures stable fish supply 

      Gomez, Eireene Jairee (The Manila Times, February 24, 2021, on page B2)
      Amid the rising prices of pork and chicken products, the Department of Agriculture (DA) on Tuesday assured that there is enough supply of fish, which is an alternative protein source for Filipino facmilies. In a virtual ...

    • The global battle against illicit fishing 

      (DailyGuardian, October 22, 2021, on page 10)
      Up to 25 million tons of fish are estimated to be lost globally each year to illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing activity, known as IUU fishing. According to some officials, IUU fishing is now replacing piracy as ...

    • High seas treaty on allocating fish across jurisdiction 

      Tolentino, Amado Jr (The Manila Times, June 11, 2022, on page A4-A5)
      On Dec. 24, 2017, the UN General Assembly voted to convene a multi-year process to develop a treaty on the conservation and sustainable use of marine biological diversity, now referred to as the Treaty on Biodiversity in ...

    • Investing in the Philippines' marine environment 

      Robinson, Steven J. (The Philippine Star, April 21, 2022, on page 7)
      As I have traveled around the Philippines, from Palawan to Bohol to Surigao, I have seen the magnificent beauty of Philippine seas firsthand. The Philippines boasts one of the most diverse marine environments in the world, ...

    • Oceana: Allowing commercial fishing in municipal waters will adversely affect local fisherfolk, damage marine life 

      (SunStar Philippines, July 31, 2023, on page 12)
      An ocean protection and conservation group has opposed moves to amend the Fisheries Code of the Philippines, specifically regarding the potential allowance of commercial fishing in municipal waters. Rose-Liza Eisma-Osorio, ...

    • Sardine fishing season reopened 

      Campos, Othel (Manila Standard, March 2, 2021, on page A3)
      The Department of Agriculture and the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources officially lifted on Monday the 10th closed fishing season for sardines in the Zamboanga Peninsula. The closed fishing season has been implemented ...

    • 'Ticao-Burias Pass seascape must be a marine protected area' 

      Barcia, Rhaydz B. (The Manila Times, December 22, 2022, on page A8)
      To protect the Philippines' second biggest seascape, former Albay Third District representative now Ligao City Mayor Fernando Gonzalez filed a bill declaring the Ticao-Burias Pass as a protected seascape. The move was ...