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UI law students to help protect Visayan Sea
Students of the University of Iloilo's (UI) College of Law volunteered to help preserve the Visayan Sea. The college’s In Solidum Student Council presented to Gov. Arthur Defensor Sr. a manifesto offering support and help ...
- March 15, 2018
Prov'l Bantay Dagat nets 45 trawl fishers
Operatives of the Iloilo Provincial Bantay Dagat Task Force arrested 45 fishermen engaging in trawl fishing off the coast of Naburot Island and Manlangabang Island in Concepcion town on Wednesday. The fishermen, who lacked ...
- March 3, 2015
Fish council backs stricter fishing policy
BFAR has already insisted that the same rules apply -- that no commercial fishing vessels should be in municipal waters to give way to other fishers and violators will be penalized. The new measures that were passed by ...
- July 28, 2015
Carles illegal fishers nabbed
Six fishermen engaged in dynamite fishing off the island barangay of Balbagon in Carles town were apprehended by the Provincial Bantay Dagat Task Force on March 31. Recovered from them were 30 kilos of dynamited fishes, a ...
- April 1, 2015
Iloilo green programs showcased at UN gab
Gov. Arthur Defensor Sr. shared the provincial government’s various eco-friendly programs and projects to participants of a three-day international environment workshop organized by the United Nations (UN) in Bangkok, ...
- July 26, 2018
Illegal fishers caught in Concepcion waters
The Iloilo Provincial Bantay Dagat Task Force apprehended a commercial fishing boat engaged in purse seine fishing and two motorized boats engaged in shell gathering with the use of air compressor off the waters of Concepcion, ...
- September 18, 2015
'PH needs more marine reserves'
No-take marine reserves (NTMRs) are areas of the sea, usually with coral reefs -- but could include other coastal ecosystems such as mangroves and seagrasses -- that are fully protected from fishing. The area around MPAs ...
- June 21, 2015
Bureau of Fisheries on fish holiday
The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources of the Depart of Agriculture (DA-BFAR) recognizes the sentiments of the fisheries sector - particularly, the fisherfolk. The agency shares the fisherfolk's interest to make ...
- September 5, 2015
2 persons nabbed for ‘illegal fishing’
Two persons were nabbed for alleged illegal fishing in the waters of Barangay Zone 15, Talisay City, Negros Occidental. They were Regie Dela Torre, 19, of Barangay Singcang-Airport and Rolando Dayon, 48, of Barangay 2, a ...
- May 15, 2020
'Fish Holiday' vs New Law
Local fish traders and fishermen are being urged to join three days of nationwide "fish holiday" beginning today. The "fish holiday" is a protest against Republic Act (RA) 10654 that, among others, imposes stiff penalties ...
- September 22, 2015