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Illegally caught fish found in Bacolod
The Philippine Coast Guard-Negros Occidental and the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources yesterday seized five boxes of fish worth ₱20,000 allegedly illegally caught through dynamite fishing in Cadiz City, Negros ...
- June 28, 2020
Farmer held for selling P30-M 'taklobo' in Cebu
Authorities arrested a 46-year-old farmer for selling endangered giant clams locally known as “taklobo” worth P30 million in Barangay Bongoyan, Borbon, Cebu last Wednesday. The suspect was identified as Anecito Pogado of ...
- October 16, 2022
Aquaponics facility in Las Piñas
Sen. Cynthia Villar, together with the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR), has set up an aquaponics facility to benefit a community in Las Piñas. Urban aquaponics is part of BFAR’s fisheries resiliency projects ...
- June 20, 2020
Red tide alert
Shellfish in three areas in the Visayas and Mindanao have tested positive for red tide, the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) said yesterday.
- August 23, 2022
Red tide downs 25 in Masbate
Twenty-five persons, including four minor, were hospitalized after eating windowpane oyster, also known as "katipay" or "tipay", infected with red tide in Milagros, Masbate on Wednesday. Nonie Enolva, Bureau of Fisheries ...
- October 14, 2022
New SEAFDEC chief still unknown
Government still has to formalize its choice on who should head the Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center-Aquaculture Department (SEAFDECAQD) in Tigbauan, Iloilo. A treaty agency, SEAFDEC-AQD has been the leading ...
- April 7, 2012
₱460,000 dried seahorses seized in Bacolod port
The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) Negros Occidental seized about 15.2 kilos of dried seahorses worth P460,000 at the Banago port here Friday. PCG provincial head Capt. Ludovico Librilla Jr. said they were informed by the ...
- March 28, 2021
Sabotage eyed in Manila Bay fish kill
Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) Undersecretary Benny Antiporda on Friday did not discount the possibility of “sabotage’’ in the recent fish kill in Manila Bay. In an interview over GMA News, Antiporda ...
- September 19, 2020
PCG to install more floating markers in WPS
Six more navigational buoys will be installed in the West Philippine Sea (WPS) within this year to ensure safety, security, and peace and order in the country’s territorial seas, the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) said. This ...
- May 16, 2023
Red tide detected in 8 Panay coastal areas
The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR)-6 warned the people that red tide is still present in eight coastal areas of Panay Island. “All types of shellfish and ‘alamang’ (shrimp fry) are not safe from human ...
- November 29, 2023