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Amend Fisheries Code, Capitol Urged
A group of commercial fishing operators in Cebu is asking the provincial government to amend the existing Cebu Provincial Fisheries and Aquatic Resources Code for being biased against commercial fishing. Patrick Topalla, ...
- January 28, 2014
300,000 tilapia fingerlings released in Pangasinan
Governor Amado I. Espino, III on February 10 led the seeding of about 300,000 tilapia fingerlings at the mouth of the National Irrigation Administration (NIA) re-regulating pond in San Roque, San Manuel town. It was reported ...
- February 12, 2017
Saving our seas: the world’s last ecological frontier faces the threat of commercialization
Early this year, an international media group together with a resort developer announced that it will open an underwater resort just off the coast of Palawan. The 400-hectare master-planned project will be developed in the ...
- February 5, 2017
B.F.A.R. Listing
The Region-13 office of the bureau of fisheries and Aquatic resources (BFAR-13) will launch the two-day municipal fisherfolk registration (fishR). program here next week. The fishR will make use of the database of fishermen ...
- August 15, 2013
Guidebook on coral reef protection launched
Local government units (LGUs) and fisherfolk in the Philippines, which encompasses the Coral Triangle Region, known as the world's center of marine biodiversity, will find a useful guide to monitor marine protection in a ...
- July 1, 2010
New mussel species seen to help revolutionize PH shellfish industry
A new species of mussel or tahong found recently by fishery experts in Calmay River can potentially boost the shellfish farming industry in the country. Westly Rosario, director of the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic ...
- July 23, 2015
Scarborough now accessible to PH fishermen - Palace
A malacanang official said that there are no longer Chinese Coast Guard (CCG) vessels in Scarborough Shoal and that Filipino fishermen are now able to freely access the area. This development comes one week after President ...
- October 29, 2016
DSWD eyes ₱4.6-B intervention plan for El Niño-affected farmers, fisher folks
The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) has proposed a P4.6-billion intervention plan to assist some 274,000 fisherfolk-families being affected adversely by the El Niño. The proposed interventions to be ...
- May 13, 2019
Boats for fishers
The local government, along with the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR), distributed at least 18 motorized bancas and other equipment to fisher Isla Bonita Resort, here. Bancas, fishing nets and life jackets ...
- October 4, 2015
Time to consider the creation of a Dep't of fisheries and aquatic resources
The recent decision of President Duterte to return the National Food Authority (NFA), the National Irrigation Administration (NIA), the Philippine Coconut Authority (PCA), and the Fertilizer and Pesticide Authority (FPA) ...
- May 13, 2018