Senator Cynthia Villar, together with Bataan Governor Abet Garcia, on Saturday, led a huge crowd in freeing more than a hundred marine turtle hatchlings into the sea during the annual celebration of the Pawikan Festival ...

SEAFDEC Aquaculture Department (SEAFDEC/AQD) provides technical assistance to fish farmers through ABOT (Agree-build-operate-transfer aquaculture business) and to communities through ICDSA (Institutional capacity development ...

The town of E. B. Magalona, known as the “blue crabs capital” of Negros Occidental, is stepping up its seafood production. Magalona Mayor Marvin Malacon said in a press conference Tuesday demand for seafood products had ...

A recent Court of Appeals (CA) ruling allowed fishpen owners to continue operating in Laguna de Bay, prompting a state agency to call the decision a “setback” in President Duterte’s campaign to clean and clear the country’s ...

Sen. Cynthia Villar welcomed yesterday the lifting of the ban imposed by the European Union on Philippine fish products to Europe due to the proliferation of illegal fishing. “We recognize the seriousness of this warning ...

The Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center/ Aquaculture Department (SEAFDEC/AQD) based in Tigbauan, Iloilo recently welcomed its new director in the person of Dr. Felix G. Ayson. A career fisheries scientist specializing ...

With the upcoming Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Summit happening in Manila, a discussion about the Code of Conduct on South China Sea (SCS) is expected to be brought up by its participating leaders. With ...

The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR-7) launched the Cebuano primer on the Fisheries Code that include provisions on vessel monitoring, Citizen’s Suits and Strategic Lawsuits Against Public Participation ...

The Ministry of Climate Change and Environment (MoCCAE) has started installing artificial caves in the fishing waters off the Ras Al Khaimah coast. The project is part of an agreement with the Delma Marine to build artificial ...

Fisherfolk in Purok Sigay, Sitio Masungay, Barangay Sicang-Airport here complained that fishers from Cadiz City, Negros Occidental were "encroaching" their barangay waters. The Sigay small Fisherfolk Association lodged a ...