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Mariculture zone to boost Pangasinan 'bangus' industry
The status of Pangasinan province as the country’s top “bangus” (milkfish) producer was further bolstered with the establishment of an 86-hectare mariculture zone park (MZP) in this coastal town facing the West Philippine ...
- July 15, 2021
Marine animal rescuers race against time to save dolphin
Marine conservationists are in a race to save “Tala,” hoping it would become the first stranded dolphin to survive in this part of the country. On Carias Island in the Hundred Islands National Park, the Bureau of Fisheries ...
- July 13, 2018
Ilocos salt industry losing its savor
Rene Aruelo, 52, was in his teens in the 1980s when he would rake mud at a fishpond in a village in La Union province facing the Lingayen Gulf. His family, like most households in their community, would troop to the pond ...
- May 16, 2021
BFAR wants to relocate Pangasinan’s fishpond zones after fishkill
After a massive fishkill on May 20, the aquaculture areas in Kakiputan Channel in Bolinao and Anda towns, Pangasinan province, should be relocated due to their deteriorating water qualities there, according to officials ...
- June 1, 2020
Shellfish alert raised in Pangasinan town
The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) has asked consumers to stop buying and eating shellfish harvested from the Wawa River in Bani town, after tests showed that these were positive for harmful microorganisms. ...
- April 27, 2010
Dagupan launches ‘name our bangus contest’
This Pangasinan city produces what it markets as the “world’s tastiest bangus,” but its milkfish has no official brand and still goes by its generic name. The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) launched last ...
- March 28, 2013
Blast fishing blamed for dolphin stranding
Five adult dolphins washed ashore in different towns in Ilocos Sur province on Sunday and Monday, but three of them died, and marine mammal experts were pointing to blast fishing as the possible cause of the mass stranding. ...
- December 7, 2022
Moon watching more fun at BFAR
At the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources' (BFAR) demonstration center in this city, fishery specialists are moon watchers. They observe lunar phases not because they are romantics, but because the moon's appearance ...
- September 12, 2012
Marine experts: Stop sand mining in Lingayen Gulf
Asserting that the proposed massive black sand mining in the waters off Pangasinan province threatens Lingayen Gulf, the University of the Philippines Marine Science Institute (UPMSI) added its voice to the growing clamor ...
- November 19, 2021