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Days of illegal fishpens in Dagupan numbered
An ultimatum is out for all owners and maintainers of illegal fish pens along the city's river system - October is the end of the line. Mayor Belen T. Fernandez of this city made it clear that the "Bantay Ilog" task force ...
- September 20, 2016
BFAR cites outstanding partners
The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR-6) recognized its outstanding partners in local governments, law enforcers, and the media for helping achieve a sustainable fishery sector. The awardees are the Maritime ...
- October 24, 2016
BFAR R3 builds 22 fishports
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, ...
- September 17, 2016
Full impact of drought seen to spare Central Luzon
In Pangasinan province, extreme heat has killed beds of mussels at the bottom of the Kakiputan Channel separating Bolinao town and the island town of Anda. But Westly Rosario, chief of the National Integrated Fisheries ...
- March 5, 2016
'Biodiversity for food seacurity' conserves coastal, ocean resources
The oceans, seas and coastal areas contain bounties of aquatic resources that feed mankind and animals.These areas are also sources of organic ingredients used in medicines that have cured deadly diseases. For thousands ...
- June 3, 2016
5 arrested for illegal fishing in Concepcion
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 ...
- April 27, 2016
'Gloria' invasion hurting milkfish growers
A species of tilapia named after former President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo for being a smaller version of the ordinary tilapia is invading fishponds in Pangasinan province, prompting bangus (milkfish) growers to complain ...
- April 29, 2016
Islands ready for climate agreement
With their very existence under threat from climate change, the world's island states come to the United Nations on Friday not only to sign the Paris climate deal but to be first in line to make sure it goes into force. ...
- April 22, 2016
Phl is 6th extremely vulnerable to climate change
Among 16 nations extremely vulnerable to climate change, the Philippines ranked 6th owing to it's archipelagic nature and it's location, according to the global risk advisor Maplecroft. This point was stressed further by ...
- April 22, 2016
US says its forces will keep operating in South China Sea
US military forces will continue to operate in the South China Sea in accordance with international law, the U.S. Chief of Naval Operations John Richardson said on Wednesday during a visit to a Chinese naval base. China ...
- July 21, 2016