Search
Now showing items 1731-1740 of 1747
Grim beach scene
A 6-meter long juvenile humpback whale was found dead on the beach in Barangay Lipit in Dipaculao, Aurora recently. The Bureau of Fisheries and Aqautic Resources said the whale may have been attacked by predators.
- March 30, 2017
BFAR 11 sets sights on record fish catch in Davao Gulf in 2017
The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources in Region 11 (BFAR 11) is looking at an increase in fish catch in the Davao Region in 2017 in a bid to set a record fish haul of 65,597 metric tons (MT). BFAR 11 director Fatma ...
- January 3, 2017
Catching of 'Ludong' fry banned in Cagayan
Poachers are warned not to collect the fry of the extremely rare Ludong fish that will migrate upstream of the Cagayan River this February, Jack Enrile, adviser to his father, Senate President Juan Ponce Enrile, and the ...
- January 7, 2010
Duterte bares reason tension escalated in South China Sea
The United States had a chance to nip in the bud the territorial conflict in the South China Sea years ago but has “done nothing” about it, according to President Duterte. The President has sharply rebuked the United States ...
- March 25, 2017
Saving the 'Taklobo' giant clams of Samal
Adecor, Island Garden City of Samal - Fifteen years ago, giant clams locally known as "Taklobo" were already considered rare in the areas of the Island Garden City of Samal (IGACOS) as their numbers have continued to ...
- July 5, 2015
Lanao Norte gets ₱25-M aid for fishery projects
The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) has awarded a financial assistance worth ₱25 million to finance the implementation of the development of the province's "mariculture" and "aqua" tourism projects in Lanao ...
- March 5, 2010
MIMAROPA 15,000 fisherfolk affectedby 'Nona' - BFAR
The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) in Oriental/Occidental Mindoro Occidental, Marinduque, Romblon, and Palawan (Mimaropa) revealed yesterday that some 15,000 fisherfolk have been displaced by recent typhoon ...
- January 12, 2016
Hundreds of 'bangus' turn up dead in Sual, but mayor denies fish kill
Hundreds of rotten "bangus" or milkfish were spotted floating along the bay in Barangay Pangcasan, here, last Saturday. "All those fish were not just dead but rotten and stinking," said Sammy Luzala one of the residents ...
- August 31, 2015
Trawl fishers fall in Iloilo
Authorities arrested 12 fishermen using trawl off the coasts of Baliguian Island in Concepcion on Thursday. The fishermen from Victorias City, Negros Occidental were intercepted by the Iloilo Provincial Bantay Dagat Task ...
- February 21, 2015
Duterte to grace Philippine Rise rites
President Duterte is heading to the Philippine Rise (formerly Benham Rise) this week to assert the country's ownership and sovereignty over the resource-rich underwater plateau and lead the commemoration of the awarding ...
- May 15, 2018