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Shellfish ban issued
The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) has banned the consumption of shellfish collected in the provinces of Zamboanga del Sur, Zamboanga del Norte, and Misamis Occidental after the seafood showed positive ...
- May 31, 2013
Prevent fish kills, government urged
Our government should minimize, if not eliminate, massive fish kills in the country, said AGHAM party-list Rep. Angelo Palmones. Government data showed that, two years ago, about 1,900 tons of fish in fish pens and fish ...
- May 18, 2013
Bureau of Fisheries: Catch in spill zone edible
Despite the oil spill, fish caught in Rosario, Cavite, is safe to eat, according to the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources. Lawyer Asis Perez, BFAR director, said water samples were found negative for any contamination. ...
- August 15, 2013
Red tide alert up in E. Samar bay
Beware of shellfish taken from Matarinao Bay in Eastern Samar. This, after the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) found red tide microorganisms in the bay, prompting a ban on the harvesting and selling of ...
- June 7, 2013
Massive oil spill hits Manila Bay
A huge oil spill shut down parts of Metro Manila's vital fishing industry yesterday, jeopardizing the livelihoods of tens of thousands of people living along Manila Bay's diesel coated coast. Dead fish floated on the water ...
- August 10, 2013
Shellfish from Mindanao bays still positive for red tide-BFAR
Shellfish collected from two bays in Mindanao remain positive for red tide, the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) said ahead of Holy Week, when many Filipinos eat less meet and more seafood. In its Shellfish ...
- March 25, 2013
Cavite gov downplays diesel spill destruction
A diesel oil spill on Manila Bay that raises potential environmental and health hazards and threatens to ruin the capital’s vital fishing industry has “95-percent” evaporated, leaving only “a thin film” of fuel on the ...
- August 10, 2013
CL red tide-free - BFAR
Coastal areas of Bataan and Zambales province remain clear from paralytic shellfish poison or most commonly known as red tide that commonly occurs during rainy season, authorities assured yesterday. The bureau of fisheries ...
- September 24, 2013