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Anti-illegal fishing advocate killed
Gerlie Menchie Alpajora, Sagnay Tuna Fishers Association secretary, was gunned down while sleeping beside her two young children inside their home in Barangay Bongalon in Sangay, Camarines Sur, said Nonie Enolva, spokesperson ...
- August 14, 2015
Great barrier reef may never recover from bleaching- study
Australia’s Great Barrier Reef may never recover from last year’s warming-driven coral bleaching, said a study Wednesday that called for urgent action in the face of ineffective conservation efforts. Record-high temperatures ...
- March 17, 2017
Manila, Seoul ink pact on fisheries cooperation
The Philippines and South Korea have signed an agreement that aims to enhance their collaboration in aquaculture and fisheries, and promote fisheries trade and investment.
- November 28, 2019
Drive against illegal fishing sought
The unabated illegal fishing activities in the coastal waters of Ilocos Sur have caused the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) to raise alarm calling for reinforcement of counter offensive to stop the practice. ...
- December 1, 2015
Robredo rejects joint exploration with China
Vice President Maria Leonor “Leni” Robredo has rejected President Rodrigo Duterte’s proposal to jointly explore the West Philippine Sea (WPS) with China. In a television interview with veteran journalist Tina Monzon Palma ...
- June 22, 2018
BFAR seizes shipment of helmet shells
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 ...
- January 30, 2014
Gold Seas Tuna sustains coral rehabilitation
Junior Chamber International (JCI) Manila, in partnership with Gold Seas Tuna Chunks, recently held an underwater exhibition of which the exhibition pieces became artificial coral reefs. In 2011, JCI Manila launched project ...
- December 13, 2018
Displaced fishermen seek UN assistance
A group asked the United Nations to stop Beijing from harassing them as they cast their nets around Panatag (Scarborough) Shoal, which the Chinese Coast Guard annexed in 2012, their lawyer said on Thursday. which has ...
- June 26, 2015
Guardians of the gulf
Every day, Rohniel Estevez, chief operating officer of Legazpi City’s Integrated Coastal Resource Management (ICRM), serves as guardian of the sea. Estevez and his crew–rescue diver Dabbie Olimpo, diver Christian Talde and ...
- June 7, 2018
US, Philippines launch fishery sector program
The United States Agency for International Development (Usaid) and the Department of Agriculture-Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (DA-BFAR) led by Agriculture Secretary Proceso Alcala on Wednesday launched a new ...
- October 18, 2010