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‘Colorum’ commercial fishing boats thrive in Eastern Visayas
All but 5 percent of the 32,000 commercial fishing vessels in Eastern Visayas are registered with authorities, according to the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) regional office. BFAR Regional Director Juan ...
- September 19, 2018
Puffer fish meal kills 3 in family
Three members of a family, including three children, died after partaking in a meal of puffer fish, locally known as “tikong” or “butete,” on the island barangay of Cabugao, here, last Thursday. Bureau of Fisheries and ...
- March 3, 2017
Fishermen Ask For Ban Exemption
Citing the ill-effects of super typhoon Yolanda, small scale fishermen in northern Iloilo province are asking Government not to implement the total banning of hulbot-hulbot for the next three years. The Carlesanon Small ...
- January 16, 2014
360 kilos of blasted fish seized in Real
More or less 360 kilos of blasted fish were confiscated in a joint anti-illegal fishing operation in Real, Quezon province last Tuesday, the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) said. The seized kilos of fish were approximately ...
- November 17, 2017
Fishery technology transfer demo set
The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) is holding technology transfer demonstration that will allow fisherfolks to learn new technologies in fisheries helpful producing higher value-added fish products and ...
- April 16, 2001
DENR tapped as lead agency to protect marine ecosystems of Philippine Rise
President Duterte has ordered the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) to take administrative jurisdiction and control of Philippine Rise Marine Resource Reserve (PRMRR) to ensure the protection of the ...
- May 19, 2018
Taiwanese poachers charged
The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) has filed charges against the purported Taiwanese poachers apprehended off Babuyan Claro in Cagayan province last June 11. Based on the incident report by the quick ...
- June 19, 2015
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
Aquaculture tech benefits local fisheries
Environment-friendly aquaculture technologies are now benefiting fisherfolk in coastal as well as landlocked communities in central Philippines. Such technologies include those on raising mudcrab ("alimango") in mangorve, ...
- May 11, 2000