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BFAR taps NegOcc to strengthen Visayan Sea fishing restriction
The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) has engaged the Negros Occidental provincial government for stronger implementation of the closed fishing season in the Visayan Sea, an official said Wednesday. In a ...
- September 13, 2019
BFAR-6 to spend P10M for fingerling dispersal project
The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) will spend around P10 million for its free fingerling dispersal project in Western Visayas this year. In an interview Tuesday, BFAR-6 director Remia A. Apari said the ...
- January 5, 2017
Sagay illegal fishing: 2 nabbed, 6 escaped
Two men were arrested for illegal fishing in a marine reserve in Sagay City, Negros Occidental. Six others managed to evade arrest by jumping off their fishing boat around 8:15 a.m. on Friday, according to the police. Chief ...
- August 5, 2018
5 arrested for illegal fishing in Concepcion
The continuing seaborne patrol operation of the Iloilo Provincial Bantay Dagat Task Force led to the arrest of five suspected illegal fishers in Barangay, Concepcion town. According to a report from Charlie Asturias, the ...
- April 27, 2016
8 Illegal fishers arrested
Eight fishers from Panay, Capiz have been arrested for violating the town’s anti-illegal fishing ordinance. “Nagmulta ini sila, depende sa ila nga violation,” Municipal Environment and Natural Resources Officer Ramie Detaro ...
- July 6, 2018
2 nabbed for illegal fishing
For fishing in the waters of Dumangas town using fine mesh nets and active fishing gears, two men were arrested. Their fishing boat was impounded, said Inspector Francis Albert Fortunado, Dumangas police chief. The suspects ...
- April 19, 2015
Conserving our seas
Iloilo City is currently hosting a four-day East Asian Seas (EAS) Congress which seeks to further strengthen the implementation of the Sustainable Development Strategy for the Seas of East Asia. The goal is the conservation ...
- November 28, 2018
Illegally caught starfish seized
The Cebu Anti-Illegal Fishing Task Force (CAIFTF) seized some 300 kilos of illegally caught starfish in Carmen, Cebu on Monday, amid an intensified campaign against illegal fishing in the province. The dried starfish were ...
- July 22, 2015
Stop abusing Iloilo's rich fishery resources
Here's one good news to fishermen, particularly those in northern Iloilo. The closed season in the Visayan Sea for sardines, herrings, and mackerels that started on Nov. 15, 2018, would end this Feb. 15. The fishing ban ...
- February 3, 2019
BFAR deputizes LGUs to go after poachers
The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) in Western Visayas has granted authority to local government units (LGUs) in the province to run after fishermen who continue to poach on protected waters. But before ...
- June 2, 2013