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    • 18 face illegal fishing charges 

      Nepomoceno, Jezza (The Daily Guardian, March 31, 2017, on page 2)
      The Iloilo Provincial Bantay Dagat Task Force filed multiple charges against 18 fishermen who were caught fishing using the forbidden Danish seine in the coastline of Gigantes Island at Barangay Abong, Carles. These fishermen ...
    • Anti-illegal fishing cops receive threats 

      Conserva, Louine Hope (The Daily Guardian, August 8, 2017, on page 2)
      The Iloilo Bantay Dagat Task Force and the Iloilo provincial police claimed to have received threats following their steadfast campaign against illegal fishing. Provincial Administrator Raul Banias, who also received a ...
    • BFAR to tackle total ban vs. 'hulbot-hulbot' 

      Garcia, E. C. (The Daily Guardian, February 16, 2012, on page 2)
      The total ban on "Hublot-Hublot" ( fishing vessel using Danish Seine fishing gear) is among the issues to be discussed by Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) Director Atty. Asis G. Perez during the 4th Visayan ...
    • 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 ...
    • '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 ...
    • Super hulbot fishers criminal raps 

      Conserva, Louine Hope (The Daily Guardian, March 2, 2018, on page 2-10)
      The eight were charged with violation of the Fisheries Code of the Philippines; assault on a person in authority; and frustrated homicide. The cases were filed Mar 1, 2018 before the Provincial Prosecutor’s Office at the ...
    • 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 ...