Browsing The Manila Times by Subject "FAO Code of Conduct for Responsible Fisheries"

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    • Ban on Danish Seine fishing method strengthened 

      Gomez, Eireene Jairee (The Manila Times, July 13, 2018, on page B5)
      The nationwide ban on the use of the fishing device Danish Seine (hulbot-hulbot) that destroys marine habitats has been strengthened after the Department of Agriculture (DA) approved an order declaring mere possession of ...

    • BFAR assures nonstop fight against illegal fishing 

      Gomez, Eireene Jairee (The Manila Times, April 7, 2020, on page B1)
      The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) on Monday assured its continuous monitoring, control and surveillance of the country’s waters to counter illegal fishing attempts of groups or individuals trying to take ...

    • BFAR lifts sardine fishing ban in Visayan Sea 

      Gomez, Eireene Jairee (The Manila Times, February 18, 2021, on page A7)
      The Department of Agriculture’s Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (DA-BFAR) has lifted the three-month fishing ban in the Visayan Sea effective Tuesday. Under the Fisheries Administrative Order 167-3, series of ...

    • BFAR seeks to boost fishery areas 

      Domingo, Leander C. (The Manila Times, February 26, 2020, on page A7)
      The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) in Region 2 rolled out a measure to establish fisheries management areas (FMAs) to provide science-based solutions, enhance stakeholder participation and increase ...

    • BFAR urged to fast track fishing vessel trackers 

      Gomez, Eireene Jairee (The Manila Times, May 21, 2020, on page A7)
      The government needs to install tracking devices in commercial fishing vessels, that has been delayed for four years now. The League of Municipalities of the Philippines in Romblon (LMP-Romblon), Pangisda Natin Gawin Tama ...

    • BFAR-Region 2 enforces crab-saving measures 

      Domingo, Leander C. (The Manila Times, May 2, 2020, on page B2)
      The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR)-Region 2 (Cagayan Valley) has rolled out two measures expected to conserve and protect crab and lobster species in the region. Milagros Morales, BFAR-Region 2 director, ...

    • DA to call for fish imports before closed season 

      Gomez, Eireene Jairee (The Manila Times, August 13, 2018, on page B2)
      The Department of Agriculture (DA) is pushing for fish imports ahead of the closed fishing season from November to March to stabilize supply and domestic market prices. According to Agriculture Secretary Emmanuel F. Piñol, ...

    • DA to import up to 17,000 MT of galunggong 

      Gomez, Eireene Jairee (The Manila Times, August 16, 2018, on page A3)
      The Department of Agriculture (DA) will import 17,000 metric tons of galunggong (round scad) to curb the increasing prices of fish and ensure food security. Agriculture Secretary Emmanuel Piñol signed a Certificate of ...

    • Department of Agriculture Administrative Circular No. 09, Series of 2020 

      Department of Agriculture (DA) (The Manila Times, July 7, 2020, on page A4)
      Allowing the transport of wild caught mangrove crablets and juvenile mangrove crabs (Scylla spp). that are already in stock prior to the effectivity of Fisheries Administrative Order No. 264, Series of 2020.

    • Department of Agriculture, Fisheries Administrative Order 264, Series of 2020 

      Department of Agriculture (DA) (The Manila Times, April 14, 2020, on page A7)
      Subject: Regulation on the catching, possession, transporting, selling, trading and exporting of mangrove crablets, juvenile mangrove crabs and gravid mangrove crabs (Sylla spp.)

    • Department of Agriculture, Fisheries Administrative Order 265, Series of 2020 

      Department of Agriculture (DA) (The Manila Times, April 14, 2020, on page B3)
      Subject: Regulation on the catching, possession, transporting, selling, trading and exporting of puerulus, juvenile and gravid spiny lobsters (Palinuridae).

    • Department of Agriculture, Fisheries Administrative Order No. 259, Series of 2018, Rules and regulations on the importation of frozen fish and fishery/aquatic products for wet markets during closed and off-fishing seasons of during the occurrence of calamities 

      Department of Agriculture (DA) (The Manila Times, September 14, 2018, on page B6)
      WHEREAS, there is significant increase in the price of fish which can be attributed to the increasing fuel prices, presence of unnecessary market layers, adverse weather conditions, inadequate post-harvest infrastructure, ...

    • Department of Agriculture, Office of the Secretary, Fisheries Administrative Order No. 266: (Series of 2020) 

      Department of Agriculture, Office of the Secretary (The Manila Times, October 15, 2020, on page A6)
      Subject: Rules and regulations on the implementation of Vessel Monitoring Measures (VMM) and Electronic Report System (ERS) for commercial Philippine flagged fishing vessels amending FAO 260 Series of 2018.

    • Fisherfolk now earn little from less catch-Oceana 

      Galvez, James Konstantin (The Manila Times, August 19, 2015, on page B2)
      Filipino fishermen are catching less and less from depleted oceans compared with previous decades as a result of overfishing, illegal activities, and going for juvenile catch. In the process, the fisherfolk are earning ...

    • Fisheries bureau eyes no more areas for adequate supply 

      Gomez, Eireene Jairee (The Manila Times, November 5, 2018, on page B2)
      BFAR National Director Eduardo Gongona told The Manila Times the agency had submitted its proposal to the National Fisheries and Aquatic Resources Management Council (NFARMC) designating 15 major fishing grounds as FMAs. ...

    • 'FMAs need science-based management policies' 

      Gomez, Eireene Jairee (The Manila Times, December 13, 2020, on page B2)
      Data, knowledge and management measures must be properly applied to efficiently implement science-based policies for designated fisheries management areas (FMAs) in the country, experts urged on Friday. During the first ...

    • 'Govt failed to stop illegal fishing' 

      Adlaw, Jerry (The Manila Times, September 3, 2015, on page A7)
      A group of tuna fishers in General Santos City decried the government’s failure to step up efforts to curb illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing that threaten the local tuna fishing industry. Jake Fajurano, ...

    • Oceana supports BFAR in pushing sustainable management of fisheries 

      Gomez, Eireene Jairee (The Manila Times, February 6, 2021, on page B5)
      National and local government units (LGUs) have committed to do their part to strengthen sustainable fisheries management in the Philippines. “We’re starting 2021 with renewed hope for our oceans and our artisanal fisherfolk ...

    • PH, countries called to protect marine ecosystem for shark species 

      Domingo, Leander C. (The Manila Times, October 26, 2017, on page B5)
      Marine conservation groups have urged the Philippine government to pass a comprehensive law to protect and conserve all shark species in the country even as it called the world’s nations to ensure protection of whale sharks ...

    • Tuna group slams officials over illegal fishing 

      Adlaw, Jerry (The Manila Times, June 27, 2018, on page A7)
      A GROUP of tuna fishers in General Santos City (GenSan) decried the government’s failure to curb illegal fishing that threatens the local tuna industry. Jake Fajurano, owner of Melvi Fishing Industry and officer of the ...