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Free fingerlings
About 117 hectares of fishponds in six barangays here that have been devastated by last summer's drought were given free bangus fingerlings by the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources.
- October 10, 2014
Mangrove reforestation eyed for all coastal towns in Iloilo province
Iloilo Governor Arthur Defensor Sr. has pledged to undertake massive mangrove reforestation in all coastal municipalities in the province. Defensor made tthis declaration during the launch of the Artificial Reefs for ...
- October 4, 2011
‘GenSan still tuna capital’ – Mayor says
Local officials here debunked reports that this city is no longer the tuna capital of the country. City Mayor Ronnel Rivera was reacting to reports released by World Wildlife Foundation (WWF), which declared Occidental ...
- April 27, 2014
Dissolved oxygen caused fish float
The reported fish kill in Tanza, this province, recently was, in fact, a "fish float" caused by dissolved oxygen or low oxygen levels in water, the Provincial Government-Environment and Natural Resources (PG-ENRO) officer ...
- October 26, 2016
Storm cleansed bay of red tide
The heavy rains from Typhoon “Ompong” has flushed out the red tide toxin from Cancabato Bay here. BFAR Director for Eastern Visayas Juan Albaladejo said the big waves generated by the typhoon prevented the red tide algae ...
- September 22, 2018
Beware of red tide; 55 sacks of mussels confiscated
A total of 55 sacks of "tahong" or green mussels suspected to be positive for the "red tide" toxin were intercepted by authorities while being transported by five people from Anda, this province, yesterday. Arrested were ...
- March 9, 2014
No memo for fish imports
The Department of Agriculture (DA) is not authorizing anyone to import fish for the wet markets. An official of DA has said that he has not seen any draft memo at the Office of the Secretary or at Bureau of Fisheries and ...
- December 18, 2011
BFAR told to regulate fishpens, not ban total harvest of tawilis
A local fisherfolk group urged the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) to regulate fishpen structures instead of imposing fishing ban on Sardinella tawilis following reports that the only freshwater sardine ...
- January 28, 2019
Gov’t urged to craft Benham Rise protection framework
The Philippine government was urged yesterday to create a protection framework for Benham Rise, an undersea territory east of Luzon brimming with natural resources, to prevent foreign vessels from trespassing. Oceana, the ...
- March 23, 2017
Duterte launches 2 PH-made vessels
President Duterte has commissioned two Philippine-made vessels to fortify agriculture and fisheries-related maritime operations in line with his official endorsement of mixed rice-corn meals for Filipinos to gain more ...
- December 24, 2017