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    • 1 missing, 1 rescued after fishing boat capsizes in Ilog 

      Ellera, Teresa D. (SunStar Philippines, July 9, 2020, on page 2)
      A fisherman was rescued, while another is still missing after their small fishing boat capsized off the coastal waters of Barangay 1, Ilog, Tuesday, July 7, 2020. Authorities identified the rescued fisherman as Ivar ...

    • 1,072 fisherfolks to receive fuel subsidy 

      (Panay News, July 11, 2022, on page 9)
      In Capiz, 1,072 fisherfolks with motorboats are expected to receive fuel subsidy in the form of discount cards from the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR). Each fisherfolk will receive P3,000 worth of fuel ...

    • 1.48M fishers sign up for gov't program 

      Domingo, Ronnel W. (Philippine Daily Inquirer, January 3, 2015, on page B6)
      Some 1.48 million fishermen have signed up with the government’s National Program for Municipal Fisherfolk Registration (FishR), representing 92 percent of the intended roster of 1.6 million. According to the Bureau of ...

    • 1.5 tons of 'endangered' giant clams seized in Sagay 

      Singuay, Mae (Panay News, April 13, 2019, on page 2-10)
      Around 127 pieces of “endangered” giant clams weighing about 1.5 tons were confiscated from three fisherfolk in Barangay Molocaboc, Sagay City, Negros Occidental. Nabbed for violation of the act preventing the illegal, ...

    • ₱1.97-M illegally caught fish seized 

      Sadongdong, Martin A. (Tempo, June 29, 2020, on page 3)
      The Philippine Navy’s Naval Forces Central (NFC) has seized a total of P1.97 million worth of illegally caught fish from six fishing boats operating in seawaters off Tangalan, Aklan in Western Visayas (Region 6), the ...

    • 10 arrested for illegal fishing off marinduque 

      Alcayde, Jerry J. (Manila Bulletin, January 27, 2018, on page 7)
      Ten fishermen, including a 74-year-old grandfather, were arrested when local authorities started a crackdown against illegal fishing in Marinduque the other day. Investigation disclosed that personnel of the Sta. Cruz ...

    • 10 fishermen arrested for illegal fishing off Mindoro 

      Alcayde, Jerry J. (Manila Bulletin, September 3, 2018, on page 8)
      The Police Provincial Office announced Sunday the arrest of 10 fishermen in separate areas amid the ramped up campaign against illegal fishing. Senior Superintendent Christopher C. Birung, provincial director of the Oriental ...

    • 10 held for selling giant pearls 

      Galupo, Rey; Ong, Ghio (The Philippine Star, March 15, 2017, on page 16)
      National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) agents arrested 10 persons for illegally possessing and selling giant pearls in Ermita, Manila Monday afternoon. In a press conference yesterday, the NBI’s Environmental Crimes Division ...

    • 10 poachers left at sea off Palawan 

      Anda, Redempto D. (Philippine Daily Inquirer, June 1, 2010, on page A13)
      Ten Chinese nationals were reported missing at sea off Balabac Island in southern Palawan and may have been left in small sampan boats after a chase of their mother ship on Thursday by a composite team of the Coast Guard ...

    • 10 ways APEC can protect the interests of small- scale fishermen, fish farmers 

      Philippine News Agency (PNA) (Panay News, November 7, 2015, on page B2)
      High-level officials responsible for food security in member economies of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) have moved to protect the interests of small-scale fishers and fish farmers in an effort to integrate ...

    • 10,000 dynamite fishing cases recorded everyday 

      (The Manila Times, October 17, 2012, on page A3)
      Lawmakers on Tuesday have expressed their concern over the high number of illegal dynamite fishing cases in the country and has called on the Philippine National Police (PNP) and the local government units to help the ...

    • 100 city fisherfolk awarded boats, nets 

      Balagtas, Cherk (Daily Tribune, June 27, 2021, on page A7)
      A total of 100 registered Navoteño fisherfolk were awarded with 30-footer fiberglass boats and fishing nets by the City Government of Navotas. The turnover, led by Navotas Rep. John Rey Tiangco, was held in line with the ...

    • 100 farmers, fisherfolk attend 1st regionwide agri-fishery confab 

      Tianero, Resel Joy (Panay News, May 16, 2017, on page B10)
      Around 100 farmers, fisher folk, municipal agriculturists, farmer associations, and local government units participated in the first regionwide agri- fishery consultative assembly in Region 6 on Thursday in the province ...

    • 100 tons of ‘tilapia’ lost in fish kill 

      Barrameda, Shiena; Barrosa, Paul John; Arguelles, Mar S. (Philippine Daily Inquirer, November 3, 2010, on page A10)
      An estimated 100 metric tons of tilapia, worth at least P5 million, were lost in a fish kill that hit Friday in Lake Buhi in Buhi, Camarines Sur, fisheries officials said yesterday. Ronald Canabe, spokesperson of the Bureau ...

    • 104 whale sharks seen for first time in Donsol 

      Ostria, Rey Anthony; Enano, Jhesset O. (Philippine Daily Inquirer, September 2, 2019, on page A8)
      Over a hundred new whale sharks were spotted in the waters off this town in Sorsogon province in the first half of 2019, marking the highest number of the endangered species spotted in the area in the past few years, ...

    • ₱10M aid for Guimaras fisherfolk 

      Philippine News Agency (PNA) (Manila Bulletin, March 24, 2017, on page 8)
      Fisherfolk in Guimaras will receive with more than P10 million in assistance from the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) office for Western Visayas in May. BFAR Regional Director Remia A. Aparri said the ...

    • 11 dolphins beached in Dagupan 

      Cardinoza, Gabriel L. (The Manila Times, March 18, 2000, on page A5)
      Eleven spinner dolphins (Stenella longirostris), ten of them with bullet wounds, ran aground at dawn Thursday on a sandy beach at a coastal village in Barangay Bonuan here. Four of them was already dead and four others had ...

    • 11 fishers rescued in Zamboanga City 

      Tadios, Jun (Tempo, December 2, 2022, on page 2)
      Authorities have rescued 11 fishermen on board a commercial fishing boat that capsized off the waters of Tictabon Island and Mampang in Zamboanga City on Wednesday, Nov. 30. A report from the PCG Station Zamboanga said ...

    • 110 city fishers get aid 

      (Panay News, July 23, 2016, on page 2)
      At least 110 fisherfolk here received livelihood assistance, including 40 banca engines and 70 fish nets, from the city government on Friday. Office of the City Agriculturist acting chief Romulo Pangantihon said the ...

    • 12 Chinese jailed for illegal fishing 

      Bauzon, Bernice Camille V. (The Manila Times, August 6, 2014, on page A7)
      Twelve Chinese fishermen were handed long prison terms on Tuesday for illegal fishing in the Philippines after their ship ran aground on the Tubbataha Reef. The 12 were arrested in April last year after their boat hit and ...