Browsing Aquatic News Index by Place "Zambales"

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    • 10 out of 13 fishing grounds overfished 

      Cabrera, Madelaine (Malaya, May 15, 2013, on page A1-A3)
      Ten out of the country's 13 major fishing grounds are overfished, resulting in big declines in fishing production, officials of the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) disclosed yesterday. BFAR Director Asis ...

    • 2 dolphins given shelter in marine park 

      Macatuno, Allan (Philippine Daily Inquirer, March 22, 2014, on page A5)
      Two injured spinner dolphins that were shipped to a marine theme park here for safekeeping after surviving blast fishing in Ilocos Norte and Zambales provinces have shown signs of recovery. Carlo Magno, Ocean Adventure ...

    • 3 Pinoy fishers die in Bajo de Masinloc boat accident 

      Sadongdong, Martin; Unite, Betheena (Tempo, October 5, 2023, on page 1-2)
      Three Filipino fishermen died when an unidentified foreign vessel accidentally struck their boat off Bajo de Masinloc (Scarborough or Panatag Shoal), the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) revealed Wednesday, Oct. 4. Filipino ...

    • 4 missing Pangasinan fishermen rescued 

      Cardinoza, Gabriel (The Manila Times, November 17, 2023, on page A7)
      The four fishermen from this town, who were earlier reported as missing, have been rescued by fellow fishermen in the waters off Candelaria town in Zambales province at around noon on Thursday, November 16, an official of ...

    • Agri damage due to typhoons hit P1.6 B 

      Simeon, Loiuse Maureen; Laude, Jaime; Lazaro, Ramon Efren; Catindig, Raymund (The Philippine Star, July 28, 2018, on page 12)
      Damage to fisheries, which affected 1,050 fisherfolk, a majority of them in the Cordilleras, Cagayan Valley, Central Luzon and Calabarzon, was pegged at P147 million. The DA committed P180 million worth of assistance to ...

    • Agri dep't Filipinos continue to fish in West Philippine Sea with gov't support 

      Ochave, Revin Mickhael D. (BusinessWorld, June 9, 2021, on page S1/8)
      Increased government presence at the West Philippine Sea has allowed Filipino fishermen to continue operating in the area, according to the Department of Agriculture (DA). The DA’s Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources ...

    • Agri losses from storms reach P1.55b 

      Campos, Othel (Manila Standard, July 28, 2018, on page A2)
      The Philippine agriculture sector sustained lost of P1.55 billion in crops and damaged farm infrastructures following the onslaught of three storms in a span of two weeks. Losses in fisheries totaled P146.58 million in ...

    • Agribusiness entrepreneur leads Agrilink 2018 expo 

      (Manila Bulletin, July 22, 2018, on page E-2)
      Pork Producers Federation of the Philippines (ProPork) president Edwin Chen has been tapped as chairman of the 25th edition of the country's biggest and international recognized trade exhibition on agriculture, food and ...

    • Arbitral ruling a piece of paper to be thrown away' 

      Lee-Brago, Pia; Cabrera, Romina; Felipe, Cecille Suerte (The Philippine Star, May 7, 2021, on page 2)
      The arbitral decision on the South China Sea row that favored the Philippines is just a piece of paper that can be thrown in the wastebasket, President Duterte said on Wednesday, insisting that he did what he could to ...

    • At Panatag Shoal, China asserts power through control and concessions 

      Reuters (Philippine Daily Inquirer, April 11, 2017, on page A6)
      Far out in the South China Sea, where dark blue meets bright turquoise, a kilometers-long row of fishing boats anchor near Panatag Shoal, backed by a small Coast Guard armada projecting China's power in Asia's most disputed ...

    • Australia-funded coral restoration project underway in Zambales 

      (BusinessWorld, August 24, 2022, on page S1/10)
      Restoration work is underway in damaged reefs in Iba, Zambales in northeastern Philippines through a P15.3-million project funded by the Australian Embassy. The Mead Foundation, one of the implementers, said the two-year ...

    • Bacteria blamed for fish kill 

      Supnad, Mar T. (Manila Bulletin, June 24, 2011, on page B-8)
      The sudden and mysterious emergence of an unknown bacteria along the coastal waters of Manila Bay causes a massive fish kill, resulting in the loss of millions of pesos worth of fish products here. This was disclosed by ...

    • Barter system emerging in disputed shoal 

      Laude, Jaime (The Philippine Star, March 29, 2018, on page 4)
      A barter system is slowly emerging in Panatag (Scarborough) Shoal, with Filipino fishermen exchanging their catch for food from their Chinese counterparts. A military official privy to the ongoing maritime and territorial ...

    • Bataan waters positive of red tide 

      Supnad, Mar T.; Regala, Franco G. (Manila Bulletin, November 18, 2017, on page 6)
      The coastal waters of Bataan are now contaminated with the red tide toxin, prompting the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) to impose a shellfish ban. BFAR Regional Office 3 Director Wilfredo Cruz said water ...

    • BFAR angling for P6.6-B budget, off-books fishers 

      Carillo, Carmencita A.; Conserva, Louine Hope (BusinessWorld, October 29, 2015, on page S1/5)
      The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) seeks a P6.6-billion budget in 2016, the bulk of which would be spent on programs to combat illegal, unreported, and uncontrolled fishing (IUUF), as supported by the ...

    • BFAR lifts red tide warning 

      Cabuenas, Jon Viktor (The Daily Guardian, April 27, 2016, on page 2)
      All waters monitored by authorities are free of red tide toxins, the fisheries bureau announced on Monday. "Based on the latest laboratory results of the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) and Local Government ...

    • BFAR partners with energy firm for seaweed farming project in Zambales 

      Miraflor, Madelaine B. (Manila Bulletin, June 7, 2018, on page B10)
      Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) has partnered with Redondo Peninsula Energy, Inc. (RP Energy), the developer of a 600-megawatt (MW) coal-fired power plant in the Subic Bay Freeport Zone, to allow several ...

    • BFAR plans fishing ban in Palawan, Zambales 

      Carillo, Carmencita A. (BusinessWorld, September 7, 2015, on page S1/3)
      A closed fishing season will be implemented in Palawan and Zambales by December this year following a similar program was first undertaken in the Zamboanga Peninsula and the Davao Gulf. Undersecretary Asis G. Perez, national ...

    • BFAR R3 builds 22 fishports 

      Dizon, Romeo (Manila Standard, September 17, 2016, on page C2)
      The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources in Central Luzon is constructing 22 community fishing ports worth P65 million throughout the region to help fishermen earn more for their families. The community fishing ports, ...

    • BFAR releases 30K fingerlings 

      Reyes, Jonas (Daily Tribune, December 29, 2022, on page B15)
      At least 30,000 fingerlings were released by the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources Central Luzon at the Camachile River of the province of Pampanga. The initiative is part of the agency’s Balik Sigla sa Ilog at ...