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    • GenSan fishermen seek fuel subsidies 

      Gorgonio, Gilbert Jr (Daily Tribune, September 10, 2023, on page B16)
      The last Tuna Congress here has urged the city government to hear the plea of local fisherfolks to grant them fuel subsidies amid rising petrol prices. City administrator, Atty. Franklin Gacal, said that Mayor Loemrelie ...

    • Davao fisherfolk receive needed aid 

      Trozo, Prexx (Daily Tribune, September 22, 2023, on page B16)
      More than 2,000 fisherfolks received rice and cash support from Davao City First District Representative Paolo Duterte during the ongoing distribution which will end today. The lawmaker’s son Rodrigo “Rigo” Duterte II led ...

    • BFAR hands Paombong 900K fingerlings 

      Reyes, Jonas (Daily Tribune, September 10, 2023, on page B15)
      The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources has sent 900,000 bangus fingerlings to aquafarm operators in Paombong, Bulacan. The fingerlings were sourced from the Saranggani Fry Finfish Hatchery in coordination with the ...

    • Joining forces to combat plastic pollution 

      (Daily Tribune, September 4, 2023, on page F30)
      Plastic pollution has become a growing problem, negatively affecting many livelihoods and ecosystems sustained by oceans and waterways. Babyflo, a leading personal care brand under PHILUSA Corporation, has partnered with ...

    • Lanao Norte fisherfolk get boost 

      Echeminada, Perseus (Daily Tribune, September 9, 2023, on page B16)
      The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources has distributed fingerlings and feeds to   farmers and fisheries groups in Lanao del Norte to support the livelihood of fisherfolk communities there. The BFAR Northern Mindanao ...

    • China can't make arrests in disputed sea 

      Kabagani, Lade Jean (Daily Tribune, September 10, 2023, on page A2)
      China does not have the “authority or power” to conduct law enforcement operations on waters under the Philippine exclusive economic zone, or EEZ, an official of the National Task Force for the West Philippine Sea said. ...

    • Over 4K fisherfolk elated on gov't aid 

      Trozo, Prexx (Daily Tribune, September 29, 2023, on page B15)
      A total of 4,451 fisherfolk from five barangays here were happy and grateful to receive rice and cash assistance from the Office of Davao First District Representative Paolo Duterte. The recipients came from barangays 21-C, ...

    • Eastern Visayas waters clear of red tide 

      Recuerdo, Elmer (Daily Tribune, July 23, 2022, on page B16)
      The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources in Eastern Visayas (BFAR8) announced that three waters in the region are now deemed as red-tide free just a week after they were declared positive of toxins that cause paralytic ...

    • U.S. gives $20M oil spill assistance 

      Ayeng, Raffy (Daily Tribune, April 13, 2023, on page A3)
      The Philippine government is set to receive $20 million or P1.104 billion in financial aid from the United States government to be used in mitigating the oil spill brought by the sunken MT Princess Empress in Oriental ...

    • BBM's fishing vessels monitoring measures lauded 

      Recuerdo, Elmer (Daily Tribune, June 27, 2023, on page B16)
      Fisherfolk and environmental groups have recently lauded President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. for directing the Department of Agriculture and Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources to work closely with the Office of the ...

    • Fish price shocks feared 

      Romero, Maria (Daily Tribune, June 9, 2023, on page A1)
      The price of fish in the local market may soar to record highs once a government-issued regulatory measure said to be detrimental to the commercial fishing community is reinstated. Fisheries Administrative Order 266 issues ...

    • BFAR releases baby eels 

      Reyes, Jonas (Daily Tribune, October 29, 2022, on page B16)
      The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources Region 1 has released 38,000 elvers or baby eels in the Agno River in Barangay San Felipe here as part of the agency’s stock enhancement activity. The stock enhancement activity ...

    • WPS marine ecosystem threats resolution eyed 

      Kabagani, Lade (Daily Tribune, October 30, 2022, on page B14)
      The Armed Forces of the Philippines’ Western Command and the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources are partnering with United States Agency for International Development to address the marine ecosystem threats in the ...

    • BFAR, USAID partner vs illegal fishing 

      Reyes, Jonas (Daily Tribune, October 26, 2022, on page B15)
      The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources Central Luzon and the United States Agency for International Development recently conducted a Training of Trainers on the Philippine Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated Fishing ...

    • BFAR provides aid to Aurora orgs 

      Reyes, Jonas (Daily Tribune, September 27, 2023, on page B16)
      Two people’s organizations from this province received livelihood assistance worth P37,500 each from the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources. According to BFAR OIC- Provincial Fishery Officer Rex Sabaluca, the two ...

    • Food security 

      (Daily Tribune, October 13, 2022, on page A4)
      Hardy Filipino fishermen are doing more against rising inflation than those swathed in banker’s barong. Droves of Filipino fishermen fishing in Bajo de Masinloc’s fish-rich waters, while being mindfully shadowed by the ...

    • Red tide invades Eastern Visayas waters 

      Recuerdo, Elmer (Daily Tribune, October 14, 2022, on page B15)
      The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources in Eastern Visayas reported two more waters in the region as infected with red tide toxins. The BFAR-8 said Cancabato Bay in Tacloban City and Irong-Irong Bay in Catbalogan ...

    • Manila flood traced on Dolomite project 

      Murcia, Alvin (Daily Tribune, August 10, 2022, on page B18)
      Acting Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) general manager Baltazar Melgar traced Tuesday the flooding experienced in Manila the past weekend on an ongoing drainage project related to the Dolomite Beach ...

    • Germans, Poles finger-point over fish kill 

      (Daily Tribune, August 14, 2022, on page B13)
      Thousands of fish have washed up dead on the Oder river running through Germany and Poland, sparking warnings of an environmental disaster as residents are urged to stay away from the water. The fish floating by the German ...

    • Bataan fisherfolk livelihood beefed up 

      Reyes, Jonas (Daily Tribune, August 8, 2022, on page B31)
      The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources in Central Luzon (BFAR3) has provided payaos to fisherfolk in the province as part of the agency’s thrust to develop the fishing industry in the area. In coordination with ...