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Four arrested for illegal fishing
Four fishermen were arrested at the Pilar Bay for allegedly engaging in dynamite fishing at 2 p.m. on Oct. 10. Police Inspector Ruby Magallanes, Pilar police chief, indentified the four suspects as Pedro Berry, Reynaldo ...
- October 13, 2015
US hits out at China on sea reclamation
The United States on Saturday vowed to keep sending military aircraft and ships to disputed parts of the South China Sea and called for an immediate halt to reclamation works by Beijing in the tense region. US Defense ...
- May 31, 2015
How dirty is the Iloilo River?
The Iloilo River is among the trademarks of this capital city. It is an estuary – an arm of the sea – which now became an attraction with kilometer-long esplanades built on its banks. Locals and non-locals enjoy a walk or ...
- August 18, 2018
Manufacturers to ask for canned sardines' price hike due to TRAIN
Manufacturers of canned sardines will ask the government for a price increase because of higher production costs due to the Tax Reform for Acceleration and Inclusion (TRAIN) Law. A report on 24 Oras said canned sardines ...
- March 11, 2018
Sea turtle trapped in fishing nets released
A female Olive Ridley sea turtle (Lepidochelys olivacea) that was accidentally trapped in fishermen’s net was released back into the sea in Barangay Central Tabao, Valladolid Negros Occidental. The sea turtle locally known ...
- August 2, 2019
'War remark' on PH Rise not for China - Palace
“China has already recognized that we have sovereign rights over the area,” Presidential Spokesman Harry Roque. Duterte on Wednesday said countries seeking to conduct experiments and research as well as fishing in Philippine ...
- March 3, 2018
Loren mulls new fisheries agency
A bill filed in the Senate seeks to create a Department of Fisheries aimed at conserving the country's fisheries and aquatic resources. In enhancing fish production, Sen. Loren Legarda's Senate Bill No. (SBN) 242 mandates ...
- August 25, 2016
'Giant' Arevalo stingray trapped
A huge stingray got trapped in a fisherman's fishnet in the coastal barangay of Calaparan, Arevalo district. By the time the stingray was found over the weekend, it was already dead. The stingray weighed almost 200 kilos. ...
- January 6, 2016
City not in a hurry to lift shellfish ban
The Provincial Martina Bio-Toxin Testing Center of the Office of the Provincial Agriculturist conducted the laboratory analysis. The results showed progressive increases of the algal population in the city's coastal waters, ...
- January 4, 2016
WV coastal waters free from red tide
The coastal waters of Western Visayas are free from the red tide toxin, according to the latest Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) bulletin. The BFAR shellfish bulletin No. 34 showed that the coastal waters ...
- October 16, 2017