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 year. Catching, trading, selling, and marketing of sardines, herring and mackerel in the Visayan Sea are prohibited within the said period, said BFAR-6 director Remia Aparri.

Sornito, I. (2021, November 17). 'Closed season' starts: 3-month fishing ban in Visayan Sea-BFAR 6. Panay News, pp. 1, 14.