The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) and elements of the Philippine National Police confiscated on Saturday some 106 boxes of helmet shells at the Chinese pier in Jolo, Sulu. The BFAR reported that the ...

The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) has found that shellfishes from Bolinao and Anda towns in Pangasinan being sold in Baguio City are not free of the so-called red tide and are therefore poisonous. Results ...

United Nations on Tuesday kicked-off talks on a 2020 treaty that would regulate the high seas, which cover half the planet yet lack adequate environmental protection. Four sessions of talks, each lasting two weeks, are ...

The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) has warned the public from harvesting and eating shellfish from Lianga Bay in Surigao del Sur and the coastal waters of Milagros in Masbate that have been added to a ...

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, ...

A Filipino scientist said the country can achieve self-sufficiency for fish and marine products if it implements strategies and programs to increase biomass in the seas. Angel Alcala PhD, a former environment secretary ...

Agriculture Secretary Proceso Alcala has recently sworn in Dr. Felix Ayson, as the new chief of the Aquaculture Department (AQD) of the Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center (SEAFDEC), in Tigbauan, Iloilo. Ayson ...

The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) in Cagayan Valley (Region 2) on Thursday said it has dispersed 210,000 fingerlings to underutilized bodies of water under its Balik-Sigla sa Ilog at Lawa (BASIL) project. ...

US President Donald Trump told his Vietnamese counterpart Sunday he is ready to help resolve the dispute in the resource-rich South China Sea, which Beijing claims most of. “If I can help mediate or arbitrate, please let ...

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 ...