The local industry may have been experiencing a setback due to the prevalence of certain viral diseases affecting the vannamei variety. It is a variety of prawn of the eastern Pacific Ocean that is commonly caught or farmed ...

The towns were given a 30-footer fiberglass-reinforced plastic patrol boat each. BFAR also gave 20 units of post-harvest kits to Bugasong, 230 units of seaweed farm implements to Culasi, Pandan and Libertad, 10 units of ...

"If we are to ensure environmental protection, we must strongly implement environmental laws" said Department of Environment and Natural Resources regional director Jim Sampulna during the Learning Event on Environmental ...

The need to protect mangrove and beach forests against the devastating effects of climate change has come to the fore with the aftermath of super typhoon "Yolanda". In the light of possible typhoons that could damage ...

Firefighters investigating a reported petroleum stench at a California beach last month didn’t take long to find a spill — oil was spreading across the sand and into the surf. Tracing the source, they found crude gushing ...

An alarmed Iloilo Police Provincial Office (IPPO) and provincial government have joined forces with the Regional Maritime Unit (RMU). They agreed to conduct joint operations against illegal fishing called the campaign ...

Aklan fisherfolks' children who are high school graduates or graduating and potential Top 10 placers of their class have a chance to get free college education through the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) ...

Seaweed farmers in this island town asked for support from the local government. They also want to get more involved in the growing tourism industry. Growing seaweeds, locally known as tambalang, has become one of the ...

On Jan. 20, 2015, the Philippine government received from the US government the full requested amount of P87,033,570.71 as compensation for the damage caused to Tubbataha Reef by the grounding of the "USS Guardian". The ...

A cooperative suspected that the high coliform level in the waters in this island resort was causing mass coral die-off. A member of the Sankalikasan Producers Cooperative, Jose Rodriguez, said they have monitored two usual ...