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Enforcement plan for PH’s largest marine protected area strengthened
The enforcement plan for the country’s largest marine protected area (MPA), Tañon Strait, underwent a fresh review, a move that will further protect the channel from commercial, illegal, and destructive fishing operations. ...
- December 15, 2016
BFAR invites local fishermen to catch fish in the West PH Sea
The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) in Mimaropa is inviting local vessels and large commercial fleets to catch fish in the West Philippine Sea (WPS) to help meet the country's fish consumption targets. ...
- November 2, 2018
BFAR sets up surveillance center at tip of Batanes
Government officials have embarked on a six-day mission to the country’s northernmost territory to initiate the installation of a new monitoring facility in Amianan Island (Y’ami) of Itbayat, Batanes. Lawyer Asis Perez, ...
- May 24, 2016
Region 1 still red tide-free
The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) regional office here disclosed that the coastal waters of Region 1 are still negative of red tide toxins despite the mild occurrence of the El Niño phenomenon. Nestor ...
- February 19, 2010
238 fishing violations are brought to court
A total of 238 cases of violations of fishery laws and municipal ordinances have been filed in courts against commercial and municipal fishing operators in Western Visayas. The filing of the cases was made from July 1, ...
- July 31, 2017
Endangered shell sales to be probed
The Sangguniang Panlalawigan (SP) of Aklan is set to investigate the alleged rampant selling of porcelain clams or China Clams and helmet shells on this famed island. Provincial Board Member Russia Soviet Dela Cruz said ...
- December 7, 2015
Gov't addresses bay's knife fish' infestation
The population of invasive species called "knife fish" in the Laguna de Bay has reached 10,000 kilograms, prompting national and local agencies and private companies to intensify effort to contain the infestation. " For ...
- June 25, 2013
Villar scolds BFAR at Senate
At the inquiry of the Senate Committee on Agriculture and Food, BFAR officials were grilled by its committee chairman, Villar, for supposedly snubbing the panel’s requests for reports on the implementation of the Republic ...
- March 20, 2018
Private investors eye fish hatchery in Tawi - Tawi
Representatives of private companies have been visiting Luuk Pandan and Panglima Sugala, Tawi-Tawi, lately because a ₱5-million mariculture park will be built there soon. USAID’s Growth with Equity in Mindanao (GEM) program ...
- March 25, 2006
Lake Mainit alliance to protect PH's 4th largest lake
A joint, concerted effort to regulate the exploitation and protect the country’s fourth largest lake – Lake Mainit – has been launched that will be composed of the technical working group (TWG) of the Lake Mainit Development ...
- July 25, 2015