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Road map needed for sustainable fishing
Representatives from six Asia-Pacific nations were in this city to draw a road map for sustainable fishing in the Coral Triangle, which is home to 76 percent of all known coral species. The six-member nations wanted ...
- July 7, 2017
Quezon fishermen have long been fishing at Benham Rise, says Infanta boat captain
Infanta, Quezon – Benham Rise may have entered the consciousness of most Filipinos only recently, but to the residents of Dinahican village here, it has long been part of the fisher folk’s lives for nearly four decades ...
- May 6, 2017
Isda sa Kabukiran
The Department of Agriculture (DA) is working on the facilitation of distribution of fish straight from the fish ports to the country’ remote towns. Through the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources and the Philippine ...
- January 5, 2017
Six more fish landing centers
The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) will build six more community fish landing centers (CFLC) in Eastern Visayas this year. The centers will be built in Maasin City in Southern Leyte, Tanauan, Abuyog and ...
- January 19, 2017
Red tide still up in Bolinao and Anda
Coastal waters of the towns of Bolinao and Anda, in this province, are still affected by the red tide, making shellfish gathered in these areas poisonous to humans, authorities said yesterday. Local officials have advised ...
- May 13, 2017
DA asks for P218-B budget for 2018 due to Benham Rise work
The Department of Agriculture (DA) has pumped up its budget proposal for next year to P218 billion as it intends to seek a separate fund for the protection of Benham Rise, a 25-million hectare shallow continental shelf ...
- May 19, 2017
Crackdown on illegal logging, fishing in E. Visayas
The Philippine National Police (PNP) regional office here has intensified its fight against illegal logging and fishing that has resulted in the arrest of 92 suspects. From October 5 to 8 alone, the police conducted 69 ...
- October 12, 2017
DENR returns two turtles to sea in Northern Samar
Two turtles where released back to the sea in a town in Northern Samar, according to a report released Friday by the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) regional office. Sibbaluca said that based in the ...
- May 6, 2017
BFAR working to modernize, boost PH shellfish industry
The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) is working on the modernization of the shellfish industry, BFAR-National Integrated Fisheries Technology and Development Center chief Dr. Westly Rosario said. “The ...
- October 19, 2017
Illegal fishers defy Sagay marine reserve restrictions
Illegal fishing continues at the country’s biggest marine reserve in Sagay City, Negros Occidental, even during the closed fishing season which was enforced beginning last month, a pro-environment group and other stakeholders ...
- December 9, 2017