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'Strict enforcement of fisheries laws key to food, economic security'
the Philippine chapter of the world's largest marine conservation group stresses on Tuesday that strict enforcement of the country's fisheries law is the key to ensuring a sustainable fisheries sector that would lead to ...
- December 11, 2015
Farmers avail of P53-M loan from DA special credit program
Hundreds of farmers and fisherfolk in Negros Occidental have benefited from about PHP53 million in loans from the Production Loan Easy Access (PLEA) program of the Department of Agriculture -Agricultural Credit Policy ...
- March 16, 2019
Fishermen complaint with closed season in Visayan Sea - BFAR-6
Fishermen are observing the three-month closed season in the Visayan Sea leading to the 20 percent jump in the production of sardines, herrings and mackerels, reported the regional director of the Bureau of Fisheries and ...
- October 4, 2018
Fishing at Davao Gulf banned for three months
The 308,000-hectare Davao Gulf is now closed for commercial fishing until August 31 to give tuna and pelagic fishes such as mackerels, scads and sardines to spawn and let key fishing grounds to recover, an official of the ...
- June 2, 2019
NegOcc earmarks priority agro-fishery projects
The Office of the Provincial Agriculturist (OPA) has identified nine priority projects for the agro-fishery industry in Negros Occidental to be funded by the 20 percent Provincial Development Fund for 2018. OPA Chief Japhet ...
- February 17, 2018
P20-M agro-fishery lab center to rise in NegOcc
A PHP20-million agro-fishery laboratory center under the Office of the Provincial Agriculturist (OPA) will rise in Negros Occidental this year. “There is a need for the province to improve its laboratory services especially ...
- February 28, 2018
Closed season in Visayan Sea takes effect
Gathering of sardines, herring, mackerel, and other pelagic fishes in the Visayan Sea by commercial fishers is prohibited starting November 17. The move is in compliance with Fisheries Administrative Order 167-3 that ...
- November 18, 2015
BFAR to establish 252 fish-landing sites nationwide
The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) will establish at least 252 community fish-landing centers (CFLCs) nationwide as part of efforts to reduce poverty among fisherfolk. The Bureau has already identified ...
- May 11, 2015
Visayan Sea fishing season to start February 15 - BFAR
The fishing season for sardines, mackerel and herring in the Visayan Sea will officially start February 15, according to Regional Director Remia A. Aparri of the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) – Western ...
- February 9, 2017