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DA urges suspension of LGU officials who fail to stop illegal fishing
The Department of Agriculture (DA) will recommend to President Rodrigo Duterte the suspension of local government officials, even mayors, and barangay chairmen, who will fail to stop illegal fishing in their areas. The ...
- January 5, 2017
Panatag Shoal still open to local fishermen - Palace
The government has not closed down Panatag Shoal for fishing activity despite between the Philippines and China, Malacañang said on Monday. Presidential Spokesman Edwin Lacierda affrimed that Filipino fishermen are still ...
- March 4, 2014
More fish wardens for Bantay Dagat
Efforts to curb dynamite fishing that ruins corals and kill juvenile fishes daily has gained ground after the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) joined hands with the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF-Philippines) ...
- January 31, 2015
Fishing Devices
The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) launched here Saturday the nationwide deployment of fish aggregating devices or "payao" for small fishermen operating within the country's municipal fishing areas. BFAR ...
- March 10, 2013
DA signs IRR amended Fisheries Code
The Department of Agriculture (DA) has signed the implementing rules and regulations (IRR) of the amended Philippines Fisheries Code, which reinforces the safeguarding of the country's seas from illegal, unreported and ...
- September 27, 2015
"Pole-vaulting" a sustainable fisheries industry
By the 21st century, meeting and sustaining food security will become a major concern as population continues to grow and the natural resources, particularly the farmlands and forest, become less productive as before. ...
- October 22, 1997
BFAR calls for fisherfolk listing
To give face to the legitimate fishermen in the country, the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) is pushing for the extensive implementation of the municipal fisherfolk registration or FishR. During the recent ...
- August 24, 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
'Go out there in West PH Sea,' Esperon urges Pinoy fishermen
More Filipino fishermen should go out and fish in the West Philippine Sea (WPS), urged National Security Adviser Hermogenes Esperon Jr. on Thursday, Nov. 5. “I would rather encourage more fishermen (to go out) there but ...
- November 6, 2020
‘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