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Illegal trawls swapped with legally allowed fishing gears in Cagayan
With the aim to put a halt to the use of active gear in municipal waters and at the same time ensure that fishers continue their main source of livelihooh, the fisheries bureau here currently implements a mechanism on ...
- January 12, 2019
Fishing nets, fish seized in anti-illegal fishing drive
Elements of Bantay Dagat and Tago Municipal Police Station (MPS) have seized four fine fishing nets, freshly-caught fish, and other illegal fishing paraphernalia during an anti-illegal fishing drive in the vicinity of Tago ...
- April 26, 2015
Fishing outlaws
Police operatives arrested four fishermen and seized their boats off the coast of Santo Tomas town, this province, the other day for allegedly employing illegal fishing methods. Police identified the suspects as Arnulfo ...
- June 8, 2013
12 Pinoy fishermen nabbed off Malaysia
Twelve Filipino fishermen were recently apprehended by Malaysian authorities after they were caught illegally fishing off Tanjung Pantau-Pantau, Semporna. Reports quoted a ranking official of the Malaysian Maritime Enforcement ...
- August 18, 2015
3 arrested for illegal fishing
Three fishermen were caught red-handed while using dynamite in fishing in waters off Ternate, Cavite, the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) reported Friday. They were taken to the Coast Guard Substation Naic for investigation ...
- June 30, 2018
Misamis Oriental fishing firms to Congress: Amend Fisheries Code
Commercial fishing firms in Misamis Oriental are set to appeal to Congress to introduce amendments to the country’s Fisheries Code. Commercial Fishing Association of Misamis Oriental (CFAMO) President Carlitos A. Baculio ...
- November 26, 2016
Action to protect crab resources
Three municipalities in northern Cagayan have come-up with legislation aiming to protect and conserve crabs, as well as other fishery resources. The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources here, on the other hand, continues ...
- January 19, 2019
Fishermen's group to gov't: Reform fishing laws, address registration woes
A fishermen’s group blamed the dwindling catch in municipal waters to the provisions of the amended Fisheries Code under the Republic Act 10654, including the registration and licensing schemes. The Pambansang Lakas ng ...
- January 8, 2018
Banker cautions Land Bank, BFAR on rent-a-cage plan
A banker formerly engaged in fish cage culture has cautioned the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) and Land Bank on its plan to lease fish cages for mariculture parks to groups of small fisherfolk. Manuel ...
- March 15, 2010
Fishery laws
A group of fishermen here is urging local officials to strictly implement laws governing fishing activities within the municipal waters. Pepito Lagman, a fishermen and resident of Barangay San Roque here, said that illegal ...
- March 15, 2013