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More aid for 'Yolanda'-hit WV fishers
Fisherfolk in Western Visayas affected by super typhoon “Yolanda” in November 2013 have received P300 million worth of aid from the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) Region 6. The assistance was in the form ...
- November 12, 2017
Bantay Dagat nets 'palupad' fishers
Sixteen fishermen, including their boat captain, from Brgy. Bara, Roxas City have been arrested over the weekend for using trawl, an active gear, within the municipal waters of Concepcion town. Engaging in trawl fishing, ...
- October 11, 2017
100 farmers, fisherfolk attend 1st regionwide agri-fishery confab
Around 100 farmers, fisher folk, municipal agriculturists, farmer associations, and local government units participated in the first regionwide agri- fishery consultative assembly in Region 6 on Thursday in the province ...
- May 16, 2017
No more red tide in Carles' Gigantes group of islands
Recent laboratory analysis on shellfish samples from the islands showed these did not anymore have paralytic shellfish poison, according to the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR). The gathering of samples and ...
- October 14, 2017
Guimaras fisherfolk get P18 million in projects
Under the Targeted Actions to Reduce Poverty and Generate Economic Transformation Program, the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) constructs CFLCs to reduce poverty incidence in coastal communities. BFAR, as ...
- August 26, 2017
WINFISH forum matches women fish processors with potential exports
The National Network on Women in Fisheries in the Philippines, Inc. (WINFISH) recently held a fisheries women entrepreneurs forum at Amontay Beach Resort, Nasipip, Agusan del Norte. The was conducted in collaboration with ...
- August 8, 2017
Why destroy mangroves for a jogging area?
Just how serious is the damage that the expansion of the Iloilo Esplanade has wrought on mangroves at the Iloilo River? During a visit here on Aug. 8 and 9, Piñol said he was “bothered to see the construction of a pathway ...
- August 16, 2017
Tañon Strait celebrates 19th year as protected area
Tañon Strait, a 161-kilometer strip which separates the islands of Cebu and Negros, is celebrating nearly two decades as a protected area. It is host to 62 percent of the country's coral species, plus 14 species of whales ...
- June 11, 2017
BFAR gives fishing gears to 15 towns in Antique
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 ...
- August 26, 2017
Fish center, boats for Guimaras coastal brgy
A community fish landing center was inaugurated in Barangay Sebario, San Lorenzo, Guimaras. It was a project of the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) in Western Visayas, which also turned over to the fisherfolk ...
- August 25, 2017