Browsing by Subject "fishery agreements"

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    • 20 Filipino fishermen repatriated from Indonesia 

      Jubelag, Joseph (Manila Bulletin, August 24, 2015, on page 18)
      At least 20 Filipino fishermen from Sarangani province have been reunited with their families over the weekend after they were repatriated to the country from three months of imprisonment in Indonesia for illegal fishing. ...

    • Abad's wife vows to block Taiwan fish pact 

      Panti, Llanesca T. (The Manila Times, August 13, 2013, on page A7)
      Deputy Speaker Henedina Abad of Batanes, wife of Budget Secretary Florencio Abad, has vowed to block any fishing agreement between the Philippines and Taiwan unless the Aquino administration will earmark funding for strict ...

    • Allow Pinoy fishermen in disputed seas, Rody asks Beijing 

      Mendez, Christina; Romero, Alexis; Lee-Brago, Pia (The Philippine Star, August 24, 2016, on page 3)
      President Duterte yesterday asked Beijing to allow Filipino fishermen to fish in disputed waters in the West Philippine Sea in a bid to warm bilateral relations. Duterte made the appeal as he expressed hope that bilateral ...

    • Another fisheries incident off Basco 

      Barcelo, Vito (Philippine Daily Inquirer, June 4, 2015, on page A4)
      The Philippines and Taiwan may resume fisheries talks as early as next week after two incidents involving Taiwanese fishing boats in the overlapping economic zones of the two countries, officials said Wednesday. The Taiwanese ...

    • Beijing claims Julian Felipe Reef as EU slams China 

      Lee-Brago, Pia; Romero, Paolo (The Philippine Star, April 26, 2021, on page 4)
      China asserted over the weekend its claim over Julian Felipe (Whitsun) Reef, calling it Niu’E Jiao and stating it is part of Nansha Islands (Spartly Islands)which it insists are within its maritime territory. Beijing’s ...

    • BFAR: Vessel monitoring systems to be required for fishing boats 

      Monzon, Alden (BusinessWorld, August 26, 2015, on page S1/11)
      The implementating rules and regulations (IRR) for a new law mandating the installation of monitoring systems on fishing vessels will be released early next month. a Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) official ...

    • Bicol tuna 

      (Philippine Daily Inquirer, July 17, 2015, on page A20)
      A fisherman carries on his shoulder a tuna caught in the Lagonoy Gulf in Cataduanes, which had been rich in tuna and other marine resources until studies showed it to be overfished. The World Wildlife Fund (WWF) for Nature, ...

    • China rejects 3rd party in boat sinking probe 

      Romero, Alexis; Flores, Helen; Romero, Paolo (The Philippine Star, July 2, 2019, on page 1-4)
      China has rejected a proposal for a third party investigator for the Recto (Reed) Bank incident and has insisted that the probe be conducted only by Philippine and Chinese authorities, Malacañang said yesterday. Presidential ...

    • China to complete Spratly Islands reclamation soon, its foreign ministry says 

      (BusinessWorld, June 17, 2015, on page 12/SI)
      China will soon complete some of its land reclamation on the Spratly Islands in the disputed South China Sea, the foreign ministry said on Tuesday, indicating that Beijing is close to setting up new outposts in the maritime ...

    • China to throw CG 'bad apples' into sea - envoy 

      Fabunan, Sara Susanne; Barcelo, Vito; Requejo, Rey; Ramos-Araneta, Macon (Manila Standard, June 13, 2018, on page A1-A2)
      China's Ambassador Zhao Jianhua admitted Tuesday there were “bad apples” in the Chinese Coast Guard and said he would throw them into the South China Sea to feed the fish, but a foreign ministry spokesman in Beijing said ...

    • China touts 'responsible' fishing despite worst offender tag 

      Lee-Brago, Pia (The Philippine Star, December 7, 2020, on page 1-5)
      Ranked as the worst illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing offender in the Pacific, China has maintained that it is a “responsible” fishing country that strictly implements the United Nations Convention on the ...

    • Closed season for Samar Sea fishing set in April 

      Philippine Information Agency (PIA) (Manila Bulletin, February 1, 2017, on page 7)
      The Samar Sea Alliance through an agreement with fishing boat operators has Samar Sea declared as Close Season in the months of April, May, July and August. This measure, to prohibit commercial fishing boats to fish in ...

    • Dagupan to implement bangus labeling 

      Visperas, Eva (The Philippine Star, February 15, 2015, on page B-4)
      No more mislabeling, goodbye to misrepresentation of Dagupan bangus (milkfish) from outside sources whose producers make the claim as a marketing strategy. This, as the Dagupan city council recently passed an ordinance to ...

    • EC allows Phi more time to curb illegal fishing 

      Lee-Brago, Pia (The Philippine Star, February 22, 2015, on page B-4)
      The European Commission has granted a six-month extension to the Philippines to finalize the adoption and implementation of measures against illegal fishing to prevent trade sanctions on Philippine fisheries imports. The ...

    • Ending rogue fishing 

      Damanaki, Maria; Kawaguchi, Yoriko; Lubchenco, Jane (Philippine Daily Inquirer, October 20, 2015, on page A10)
      Seafood is by far the most highly traded commodity globally, feeding billions of people worldwide. Unfortunately, however, the industry is plagued by illegal, unreported, and unregulated fishing, which undermines conservation ...

    • Fisheries talks with Taiwan readied 

      Kabiling, Genalyn D.; Manongdo, Jenny F. (Manila Bulletin, June 9, 2013, on page 6)
      The Philippine government is conducting an inventory of its laws related to fisheries and patrimony in preparation for talks with Taiwan. Any talks for a possible fisheries agreement between the Philippines and Taiwan, ...

    • Fishery deal a chance to solve sea row–Angara 

      Ubac, Michael Lim (Philippine Daily Inquirer, January 12, 2014, on page A1-A14)
      Pursuing joint fishery agreements with China is a “window of opportunity” for peacefully resolving the Philippines’ dispute with its increasingly powerful neighbor over territories in the West Philippine Sea. This is part ...

    • Fishery deal well with in sea ruling' 

      Fabunan, Sara Susanne D. (Manila Standard, September 1, 2016, on page A1-A2)
      The government on Wednesday assured the public that the provisional fishing agreement that Manila wants to sign with Beijing will be in accordance with the Arbitral Tribunal ruling rejecting China’s claims to the disputed ...

    • Fishing firm formed 

      (BusinessWorld, February 1, 2013, on page S1/7)
      Alliance Select Foods International, Inc. and CHL Construction & Development Enterprises, Inc. to form a fishing company to boost Alliance Select's tuna supply, the company said in a disclosure yesterday. " We are pleased ...

    • Global fish supply shortage feared by 2030 

      Chavez, Chito A. (Manila Bulletin, April 11, 2015, on page 5)
      The world is facing a fish supply shortage of around 50 million metric tons (MMT) annually by 2030 if governments fail to develop conservation measures and improve inland fishing technologies and resources, Rohana Subasinghe ...