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    • BFAR, partners ink pact on marine conservation 

      Ogatis, James Earl E.; Toreno, Sheila Mae H. (The Daily Guardian, October 17, 2017, on page B7)
      Regional Director Remia Aparri of the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) 6 signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with two local government units and other enforcement agencies to strengthen the protection ...
    • BFAR-6 filed most number of illegal fishing cases 

      French, Lilibeth A. (The Daily Guardian, October 21, 2017, on page 3-10)
      The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) Regional Office 6 has the most number of cases filed on illegal fishing among 16 regions of the country. From July 2016 to June 2017 BFAR has filed 863 cases against ...
    • Deadly dynamite still a plague in Iloilo seas 

      Napomoceno, Jezza (The Daily Guardian, May 31, 2016, on page 2)
      A 35-year-old fisherman is in jail for allegedly using improvised dynamite while fishing along the coastline of Colebra Island in Concepcion, Iloilo. Benjie F. Lacson of Alipata village, Carles left his wife and two children ...
    • 'Illegal fishermen' fined 

      Nepomoceno, Juan A. (The Daily Guardian, June 17, 2015, on page 4)
      The municipal government of Concepcion, Iloilo collected some P90,000 in fine from 36 fishermen who dared to operate without permits earlier this week. Task Force operatives apprehended 24 fishermen catching squid eight ...
    • 'Kasag' hatchery eyed within the year 

      Conserva, Louine Hope (The Daily Guardian, June 11, 2018, on page 2)
      The Iloilo provincial government is eyeing to establish the first blue crab hatchery in Iloilo in 2018 at Northern Iloilo Polytechnic State College (NIPSC) in Concepcion town. Provincial Agriculture Office head Dr. Ildefonso ...
    • Nurseries for baby crabs to increase production 

      Zerrudo, Isabella Marie (The Daily Guardian, December 11, 2017, on page B1-B2)
      Bue crabs or kasag production in Western Visayas declined by 45 percent from 1992 to 2015, prompting efforts to enhance the sought-after crustacean’s survival. During the Media Brunch on Blue Economy for Sustainable Seas, ...
    • Students to help protect sea cows 

      (The Daily Guardian, May 16, 2017, on page B7)
      Dugongs, also known as “sea cows” once grazed in the thousands on the seabed off the Philippines. In order to raise awareness on the conservation and protection of Dugong (Dugong dugon), an awareness campaign was conducted ...