Browsing Aquatic News Index by Name "Valdez, Arturo"

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    • Crackdown starts on fish pen guns: DENR, LLDA team runs after armed men manning Laguna de Bay fishery structures 

      Cinco, Maricar (Philippine Daily Inquirer, February 11, 2017, on page A10)
      The government on Friday began its crackdown on unlicensed firearms allegedly used by guards manning fish pens in Laguna de Bay. Environment Undersecretary Arturo Valdez, who heads the National Anti-Environmental Crime ...

    • DENR issues final warning to Laguna fish pen owners 

      Simeon, Louise Maureen (The Philippine Star, January 15, 2017, on page B-2)
      The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) has issued its last appeal to fish pen operators to conduct self-demolition at the Laguna Lake before the government start a massive clearing operation. Environment ...

    • DENR sets dialogue with fishpen owners 

      Simeon, Louise Maureen (The Philippine Star, December 4, 2016, on page B-6)
      The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) is set to dialogue with fishpen operators in Laguna Lake ahead of the planned moratorium on the issuance and renewal of permits early next year. “The thrust is to ...

    • DENR: last call for fish pens ‘self-demolition’ order stressed 

      Gamil, Jaymee T. (Philippine Daily Inquirer, January 15, 2017, on page A3)
      The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) issued on Saturday its “last call” to owners and operators of fish pens and cages in Laguna de Bay to conduct “self-demolitions” before it starts clearing the ...

    • DENR: no letup in Laguna Lake cleanup 

      Simeon, Louise Maureen (The Philippine Star, February 21, 2017, on page 12)
      The government will not ease up on clearing operations in Laguna de Bay despite expected revenue losses for the Laguna Lake Development Authority (LLDA), the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) said ...

    • Gov’t starts dismantling fish pens in Laguna de Bay 

      Pazzibugan, Dona Z.; Aurelio, Julie M.; Cinco, Maricar (Philippine Daily Inquirer, January 27, 2017, on page A12)
      After issuing a final warning to all fish pen operators last month, the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) began dismantling fish pens and fish cages in Laguna de Bay on Thursday. In his first address ...

    • Illegal fish pens dismantled in Laguna de Bay 

      Macairan, Evelyn; Villanueva, Rhodina (The Philippine Star, January 27, 2017, on page A-23)
      A government task force led by the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) has started dismantling illegal fish pens in Laguna de Bay. The task force which is also composed of representatives of the Laguna ...

    • No fish pen demolition exemption - DENR 

      (The Philippine Star, January 31, 2017, on page 14)
      The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) yesterday warned the public against individuals who extort money in exchange for supposed exemption from the dismantling of illegal fish pens in Laguna de Bay. ...

    • No more fish pens by Du30’s next Sona 

      Cinco, Maricar (Philippine Daily Inquirer, April 5, 2017, on page A10)
      San Pedro City—Government agencies have stepped up efforts to clear the 90,000-hectare Laguna de Bay of aquaculture structures after the government-imposed deadline for fish pen operators to harvest their stocks lapsed ...

    • Still no room for small fishers as pens remain in Laguna de Bay 

      Cinco, Maricar; Celis, Nikon (Philippine Daily Inquirer, July 20, 2017, on page A9)
      Behind some idle fishing boats, Danny Machado, 62, scans Laguna de Bay from Barangay Cuyab here. Machado is starting to grow impatient over hectares after hectares of fish pens that he blames for his dwindling catch. “I’m ...