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Navy vows stricter campaign vs illegal fishing in Tañon Strait
The Naval Forces Central (Navforcen) vowed a stricter campaign against all forms of illegal and destructive fishing in Tañon Strait, the country’s largest marine protected area. In a joint maritime enforcement activity ...
- December 13, 2018
Gov’t, LGUs take tougher stance against Tañon Strait illegal fishers
Concerned government agencies and local government units (LGUs) will conduct more sea patrols and file cases against illegal and commercial fishers in Tañon Strait, the country’s largest marine protected area between Cebu ...
- January 26, 2017
More fish wardens for Bantay Dagat
Efforts to curb dynamite fishing that ruins corals and kill juvenile fishes daily has gained ground after the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) joined hands with the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF-Philippines) ...
- January 31, 2015
DA signs IRR amended Fisheries Code
The Department of Agriculture (DA) has signed the implementing rules and regulations (IRR) of the amended Philippines Fisheries Code, which reinforces the safeguarding of the country's seas from illegal, unreported and ...
- September 27, 2015
BFAR calls for fisherfolk listing
To give face to the legitimate fishermen in the country, the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) is pushing for the extensive implementation of the municipal fisherfolk registration or FishR. During the recent ...
- August 24, 2013
Illegal fishing fight stepped up
The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) has formed the Regional Law Enforcement Coordinating CommitteeSubcommittee on Fishing and Marine Environment Protection (RLECC-SFMEP) in Eastern Visayas to strengthen ...
- July 14, 2018
BFAR gets tough on illegal Manila Bay fishing: 17 vessels seized, 153 fishermen arrested off Cavite
The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) and the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) netted 17 vessels and 153 people engaged in illegal fishing in waters off Cavite last week. In a report to Agriculture Secretary ...
- September 14, 2010
No municipal waters commercial fishing drive pushed
An umbrella organization of small fishermen here is urging the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) and local government units (LGUs) to strengthen efforts against commercial fishing in municipal waters of the ...
- September 30, 2015
BFAR sets up surveillance center at tip of Batanes
Government officials have embarked on a six-day mission to the country’s northernmost territory to initiate the installation of a new monitoring facility in Amianan Island (Y’ami) of Itbayat, Batanes. Lawyer Asis Perez, ...
- May 24, 2016
238 fishing violations are brought to court
A total of 238 cases of violations of fishery laws and municipal ordinances have been filed in courts against commercial and municipal fishing operators in Western Visayas. The filing of the cases was made from July 1, ...
- July 31, 2017