Browsing The Daily Guardian by Subject "FAO Code of Conduct for Responsible Fisheries"

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    • Agriculture Department expands sardine fishing ban 

      GMA News (The Daily Guardian, October 19, 2012, on page B3)
      Agriculture Secretary Proceso Alcala announced Wednesday that the government is expanding its three-month sardine fishing ban. It will now include the Visayan Sea in addition to the Zamboanga waters. Alcala said during the ...

    • BFAR opens Fish Conservation Week 

      (The Daily Guardian, October 17, 2017, on page B7)
      The Department of Agriculture- Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (DA-BFAR) opened on Oct 16, 2017 the week-long Fish Conservation (FishCon) celebration with ceremonies at Iloilo Provincial Fishery Office, Fishing ...

    • Closed season in Visayan Sea takes effect 

      Philippine News Agency (PNA) (The Daily Guardian, November 18, 2015, on page 1-10)
      Gathering of sardines, herring, mackerel, and other pelagic fishes in the Visayan Sea by commercial fishers is prohibited starting November 17. The move is in compliance with Fisheries Administrative Order 167-3 that ...

    • 'Closed season' at Visayan Sea starts today 

      Subong, Elsa S. (The Daily Guardian, November 15, 2017, on page 3)
      The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources has declared November 15, 2017, to February 15, 2018, as closed season for sardines, herrings and mackerels fishing, as provided in the Fisheries Administrative Order (FAO) ...

    • Endangered devil ray seized in Miagao Public Market 

      Santiagudo, Emme Rose (The Daily Guardian, April 4, 2019, on page 2)
      The Miagao Bantay Dagat Task Force confiscated an 80-kilo devil ray or giant devil ray (Mobula mobular) Wednesday morning at the Miagao Public Market. According to Carl Dexter Nonaillada of Provincial Bantay Dagat Task ...

    • Fisherfolks seek ban exemption 

      Yap, Tara; De Los Santos, Michael Angelo (The Daily Guardian, January 14, 2014, on page 1-7)
      TWO groups of small-scale fisherfolks want to be exempted from the ban on destructive fishing methods to help them recover from the effects of super typhoon Yolanda last year. In a letter dated Jan. 8, 2014, the Carlessanon ...

    • Fishing ban in Visayan Sea seen to boost fish production 

      Philippine News Agency (PNA) (The Daily Guardian, November 5, 2018, on page 3-15)
      The three-month fishing ban in the Visayan Sea which will start on November 15 is expected to boost production by 20 percent in one of the country’s richest fishing grounds. Remia Aparri, regional director of the Bureau ...

    • 'Hulbot-hulbot' more destructive than dynamite 

      Cabarga, Herchelle Anne (The Daily Guardian, August 3, 2018, on page 2-15)
      An environmentalist urged owners and operators of “hulbot-hulbot” or Danish seine fishing to stop their illegal activities to preserve one of the richest fishing grounds in the world. Renowned environmentalist and lawyer ...

    • '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 ...

    • Tighter rules vs 'hulbot-hulbot' fishing out 

      Santiagudo, Emme Rose (The Daily Guardian, July 31, 2018, on page 3-19)
      Coastal municipalities in Western Visayas can expect a more intensified campaign against “hulbot-hulbot” fishing with the signing of the amended Fisheries Administrative Order (FAO) 246 which bans Danish Seines and Modified ...