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Don't eat dead fish from oil spill-hit areas, BFAR warns
The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) in Western Visayas has issued a warning against eating dead fish in coastal areas contaminated by bunker fuel from a barge damaged by an explosion last week. Remia Aparri, ...
- July 9, 2020
Iloilo eyes collab with SEAFDEC to maximize aquaculture production
Iloilo's Gov. Arthur Defensor Jr. is eyeing an institutional partnership with the Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center-Aquaculture Department (SEAFDEC-AQD) to maximize the province’s aquaculture production. Defensor ...
- July 7, 2023
Red tide still up in WV waters
All varieties of shellfish and Acetes sp., commonly known as alamang or hipon, from specific coasts in Western Visayas are still deemed unsafe for human consumption. Recent samples collected from Panay, Pilar, President ...
- September 22, 2023
PBBM reaffirms PH's support to aquaculture sector through SEAFDEC
President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. reaffirmed the Philippine government’s support to the aquaculture sector through the Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center (SEAFDEC). His message for 45th Meeting of the SEAFDEC ...
- December 7, 2022
River fish kill puzzles Hinoba-an authorities
After the fish kill in a river early this week, the Hinoba-an municipal government submitted fish and water samples for analysis to the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR). Affected areas covered at least a ...
- February 22, 2020
Capiz waters still positive for red tide
The seawater around Capiz province is still positive for red tide toxins. In Shellfish Bulletin No. 22 on Nov. 4, the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) announced that shellfish collected and tested from the ...
- November 11, 2022
Visayan Sea closed season starts
The three-month closed season for fishing in the Visayan Sea started yesterday until Feb. 15, 2023. Fisherfolks are banned from catching, selling and buying sardines, mackerel and herring in a portion of the marine ...
- November 16, 2022
Carles waters positive for red tide
The seawaters of Gigantes Island in Carles, Iloilo tested positive for red tide toxins. In a local red tide warning, the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) Western Visayas disclosed that shellfish samples ...
- November 18, 2022
'Closed season' starts: 3-month fishing ban in Visayan Sea-BFAR 6
The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) is urging local government units and coastal communities to help enforce the yearly three-month closed fishing season in the Visayan Sea from Nov. 15 to Feb. 15 next ...
- November 17, 2021
New SEAFDEC facilities in Iloilo to boost aquaculture
The Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center (SEAFDEC) Aquaculture Department (AQD) in Barangay Buyuan, Tigbauan town recently inaugurated new multi-species hatcheries and broodstock tanks. These tanks are large ...
- December 13, 2021