Browsing Aquatic News Index by Place "Concepcion, Iloilo"
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Cebuanos charged with illegal fishing
(Panay News,March 12, 2015 , on page 2-15)Eight fishermen from Bantayan Island in Cebu were charged with illegal fishing here. They were caught using super hulbot-hulbot 12.46 kilometers off the coast of Baliguian Island in Concepcion town. Iloilo Provincial Bantay ... -
Color-coding: boats tagged as Iloilo steps up campaign vs illegal fishing
(Panay News,December 9, 2018 , on page 1-15)A provincial ordinance assigns colors and numbers to fishing vessels operating in coastal towns to let enforcers easily identify boats operated by the local fisherfolk and better protect municipal waters from poachers. ... -
Concepcion trawl fishers arrested
(Panay News,October 29, 2015 , on page 4)The provincial bantay dagat task forces arrested six fishermen engaged in twarl fishing off the cost of Bago island in barangay talotoan, concepcion town. The task force'spatrol operation was conducted from oct. 15 to 24. ... -
Conserving marine resources
(Panay News,October 17, 2017 , on page 8)The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources in Region 6 signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with two local government units in northern Iloilo (Carles and Concepcion) and other enforcement agencies to strengthen ... -
Crabmeat canning factory opens
(Panay News,March 4, 2015 , on page 2)Today, Gov. Arthur Defensor Sr. will lead the inauguration of the first-ever crabmeat canning factory in the province. The Saravia Crabmeat Canning Factory is located in Barangay Poblacion, Concepcion town. According to ... -
Deadly dynamite still a plague in Iloilo seas
(The Daily Guardian,May 31, 2016 , on page 2)A 35-year-old fisherman is in jail for allegedly using improvised dynamite while fishing along the coastline of Colebra Island in Concepcion, Iloilo. Benjie F. Lacson of Alipata village, Carles left his wife and two children ... -
DENR creates body on anti-coral bleaching
(The Manila Times,September 13, 2010 , on page A5)Secretary Ramon Paje of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources ( DENR) ordered recently the creation of a task force under the Protected Areas and Wildlife Bureau to monitor and document coral bleaching in the ... -
DENR creates task force to monitor coral bleaching
(Malaya,September 13, 2010 , on page B2)Environment Secretary Ramon Paje has ordered the Protected Areas and Wildlife Bureau (PAWB) to create a task force that will monitor and document coral bleaching in the country. Paje also directed his regional officials ... -
Discover Concepcion
(Panay News,September 9, 2012 , on page D8)Concepcion is located on the northeastern part of Panay Island together with some 16 other, smaller, associated islands. It is bounded on the north by the municaipality of San Dionisio, in the south by the municipality of ... -
Firm in oil spill ordered to do thorough job
(Philippine Daily Inquirer,February 12, 2014 , on page A20)A multiagency task force monitoring the oil spill in Estancia, Iloilo province, has directed a firm that got an P87-million contract to clean up the spill site to do a thorough job. “In our inspection of the contaminated ... -
Fish port rehab to start soon
(Panay News,March 6, 2020 , on page B1-B6)The rehabilitation of the fish port in Concepcion town will be implemented in the second quarter this year. The Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA) has provided US$3 million through grant-in-aid for the port ... -
Fishermen in 2 island brgys receive over 700 boats
(Panay News,April 2, 2014 , on page 3)Around 700 fishermen from the island barangays of Macatunao and Tambaliza in Concepcion town received brand new, motorized fishing boats donated by civic group. Gov. Arthur Defensor Sr. personally graced the two separate ... -
Fishers, plea for help heard in South Korea
(Philippine Daily Inquirer,January 18, 2014 , on page A11)When typhoon survivor Sonny Ciriaco told the Inquirer that fishermen like him would rather have new boats than food and housing aid, he did not know that his appeal would be heard some 3,000 kilometers away. Ciriaco, in ... -
Fishing industry remains stable
(Panay News,June 23, 2010 , on page 2-8)The local fishing industry remains robust in the local and national markets, and has kept prices of fish stable. Iloilo Fish Port Complex officer-in-charge Elmer Figuracion said fishing has been very upbeat in the months ... -
High seafood demand from US drives up illegal fishing in Phl
(The Philippine Star,February 5, 2022 , on page B4)Demand for seafood from the United States is driving illegal fishing in countries around the world, including the Philippines, according to international marine conservation group Oceana. In its Fishing for Trouble: Loopholes ... -
'Hulbot' fishermen arrested, charged
(Panay News,March 20, 2016 , on page 2-15)Criminal charges have been filed by the Iloilo Provincial Bantay Dagat Task Force (IPBDTF) against 10 fishermen who were caught using the forbidden "hulbot-hulbot" off Banate Bay, a protected marine reserve in Banate town. ... -
'Hulbot' fishers caught off Concepcion waters
(Panay News,July 22, 2017 , on page 2, 14)Fifteen fishermen from Negros Occidental were caught using the forbidden trawlboat, a modified Danish seine, in the marine waters off Baliguian Island in Barangay Malangabang, Concepcion, Iloilo. The fishermen were led by ... -
'Hulbot' fishers nabbed
(Manila Bulletin,November 21, 2015 , on page 17)The provincial government sought to prosecute six fishermen who were arrested for Danish seine fishing in Concepcion earlier this week. Criminal complaint for violation of Section 86 and Section 95 of Republic Act 10654 ... -
'Hulbot' fishers nabbed.
(Panay News,February 26, 2014 , on page 3)Twelve more fisherman Engage in Danish seine fishing have been arrested. According to the Iloilo Bantay Dagat Task Force, the fishermen on board three motorboats -Yolanda Maiza and Queen Mary- were apprehended 4.3 kilometers ... -
'Illegal fishermen' fined
(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 ...