Browsing Aquatic News Index by Place "Concepcion, Iloilo"

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    • 16 boats seized for illegal fishing 

      Sologastoa, Glenda (Panay News, June 7, 2013, on page 1-14)
      Operatives of the provincial Task Force Bantay Dagat have recently apprehended 16 fishing vessels engaged in illegal fishing in the 5th District. Five vessels were seized off the coast of Concepcion town on May 30, Task ...

    • 17 charged with illegal fishing 

      Nepomoceno, Jezza (Panay News, April 24, 2015, on page 2-19)
      Seventeen fishermen engaged in Danish Seine fishing were charged with illegal fishing before the Provincial Prosecutor's Office. The complaint was specifically for violation of Fisheries Administrative Order No. 246 that ...

    • 20 illegal fishing vessels seized 

      Sologastoa, Glenda (Panay News, March 19, 2015, on page 2-15)
      More illegal fishers were caught in the waters of northern Iloilo. Before dawn yesterday, the Iloilo Bantay Dagat Force and Dumangas Police Station apprehended six motorboats and 17 illegal fishers. The Philippine Fisheries ...

    • 5 arrested for illegal fishing in Concepcion 

      PN (Panay News, April 27, 2016, on page 8)
      The continuing seaborne patrol operation of the Iloilo Provincial Bantay Dagat Task Force led to the arrest of five suspected illegal fishers in Barangay, Concepcion town. According to a report from Charlie Asturias, the ...

    • 86 illegal fishers caught in N. Iloilo 

      Nepomoceno, Jezza (Panay News, September 6, 2018, on page 2-14)
      A total of 86 fishermen were apprehended for illegal fishing in the waters of the northern towns of Concepcion and Carles early this month. They were using active gears such as trawl, ring net and modified bag net locally ...

    • Aquaculture projects for central Philippines being implemented 

      Fernandez, Rudy A. (The Philippine Star, May 29, 1999, on page 24)
      A number pf projects that aim to boost the aquaculture industry in central Philippines are now being implemented. These are being undertaken by government and private institutions and entities with the technical backstopping ...

    • Aquaculture training for LGUs set 

      Surtida, Augusto P. (Manila Bulletin, August 31, 2000, on page B-19)
      Three government and private entities have joined hands to undertake a program that will train local government units (LGU) officials and aquaculture specialists in coastal resource management and sustainable aquaculture. ...

    • Bantay Dagat arrests 13 illegal fishermen 

      Sologastoa, Glenda (Panay News, October 6, 2014, on page 2)
      Thirteen fishers engaged in the prohibited Danish seine fishing or hulbot-hulbot were caught in the municipal waters of Concepcion, Iloilo. Over the weekend, the illegal fishers were on board "F/B Raymond Joy 25" when the ...

    • Bantay Dagat arrests 6 for illegal fishing 

      Capitol News; PN (Panay News, December 1, 2015, on page 4)
      Six fishermen engaged in trawl fishing off the coast of Baligiuan Island, Barangay Malangabang, Concepcion town were apprehended by Iloilo Provincial Bantay Dagat Tash Force. According to the task force, the fishermen were ...

    • ‘Bantay Dagat’ must level up – Defensor 

      Sornito, Ime (Panay News, November 16, 2020, on page 2-14)
      The Provincial Bantay Dagat Task Force based in Concepcion town has to improve its capability of securing the province’s waters from poachers, said Gov. Arthur Defensor Jr. He planned to procure more “floating assets” and ...

    • Barbaza OFWs, kin to work on artificial reefs 

      Philippine News Agency (PNA) (Panay News, March 3, 2015, on page 5)
      Some active overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) or their families affected by supertyphoon "Yolanda" in Barbaza town may work on jackstone-type artificial reefs sometime this month. The job is for the last of the three batches ...

    • BFAR deputizes LGUs to go after poachers 

      Philippine News Agency; PN (Panay News, June 2, 2013, on page 2-10)
      The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) in Western Visayas has granted authority to local government units (LGUs) in the province to run after fishermen who continue to poach on protected waters. But before ...

    • BFAR rallies support for Visayan Sea fishing ban 

      PN; Philippine News Agency (PNA) (Panay News, December 12, 2019, on page 13)
      The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) in Western Visayas has reiterated its call for the public to support the closed season implemented in the Visayan Sea. “We need to keep watch of the Visayan Sea because ...

    • BFAR Region 6 helps repair 2,091 boats 

      Nepomoceno, Jezza (Panay News, May 29, 2014, on page 2-14)
      The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) is still helping fishermen back on their feet six months since super typhoon "Yolanda" strick. This rehabilitation effort is embodied in BFAR's "Ahon" Program targeting ...

    • BFAR, partners ink pact on marine conservation 

      Ogatis, James Earl E.; Toreno, Sheila Mae H. (The Daily Guardian, October 17, 2017, on page B7)
      Regional Director Remia Aparri of the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) 6 signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with two local government units and other enforcement agencies to strengthen the protection ...

    • BFAR-6 filed most number of illegal fishing cases 

      French, Lilibeth A. (The Daily Guardian, October 21, 2017, on page 3-10)
      The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) Regional Office 6 has the most number of cases filed on illegal fishing among 16 regions of the country. From July 2016 to June 2017 BFAR has filed 863 cases against ...

    • BFAR: Visayan Sea deserves rest 

      Nicavera, Erwin P. (SunStar Philippines, November 16, 2020, on page 6)
      Citing the need for the Visayan Sea to have the rest that it deserves, the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) in Western Visayas has started to implement the three-month closed season in the area. Starting ...

    • Boat capsizes; passengers rescued 

      Silubrico, Ruby (Panay News, April 5, 2021, on page 4)
      Seven people were rescued on Good Friday after a boat capsized in the waters off Sitio Puntales, Barangay Nipa, Concepcion, Iloilo. Motorboat MBCA Jennes Skipper Ed was carrying six passengers. They were Deeno Villaluna, ...

    • Boat captain killed in Iloilo sea violence 

      Adiong, Eugene Y. (The Manila Times, March 2, 2018, on page A7)
      A fishing boat captain died, while his brother was wounded after a violent confrontation erupted between operatives of Iloilo Police with the Provincial Bantay Dagat and alleged illegal fishermen from Sagay, Negros Occidental ...

    • Capitol seeks to expand Bantay Dagat capabilities 

      PN (Panay News, January 26, 2020, on page 4)
      The provincial government seeks to improve the capabilities of the Iloilo Provincial Bantay Dagat Task Force to deter illegal fishing which remains a problem particularly in the northern waters of Iloilo. Among others, ...