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Fishing ban in Visayan Sea seen to boost fish production
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 ...
- November 5, 2018
Food wrappers top list of collected garbage
Collected food wrappers numbering to 7,047 topped the list of collected garbage during the International Coastal Clean-up (ICC), which cleaned the 5-kilometer stretch of coastal areas of Brgy. Sto. Niño Sur in Arevalo ...
- October 26, 2018
'Closed season' at Visayan Sea starts today
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) ...
- November 15, 2017
WV registers 143,267 fishers
Western Visayas has a total of 143,267 municipal fisherfolks as of the second week of October 2015.
Iloilo has the highest registration with 443,011; Negros Occidental is second with 39,526; Antique, 21,648; Capiz, 1, ...
- November 29, 2015
Mayor willing to swim in dangerous waters
Iiloilo City Mayor Jose Espinosa III said he is willing to swim in coastal barangays in the metro to prove his seriousness in cleaning up the polluted coastlines. “Kon ako lang kinahanglanon, ako lang anay eh. Somebody has ...
- March 13, 2019
Ang biyahe sang tubig
Maliempyo nga tubig, indi pa naton matilawan, kon kaisa naga baha-baha sa ibabaw sang kabukiran, maayo iya ang MIWD, ila ini nasolbar, pag abot sa Iloilo City, liempyo nga tubig aton matilawan, sang water treatment facility ...
- March 4, 2019
7 LGUs to get P1-M fishery projects
Seven towns and cities in Region 6 are entitled to receive P1 million worth of projects from the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) for registering the highest number of municipal fisherfolk. The seven LGUs ...
- January 29, 2015
BFAR, partners ink pact on marine conservation
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 ...
- October 17, 2017
LGUs told to protect flora, fauna in Iloilo
Manila graced the 3rd Iloilo Biodiversity and Watershed Week opening ceremonies, Nov. 21, 2016 at the Iloilo Provincial Capitol. The Provincial Environment and Natural Resources Office led by lawyer Arturo Cangrejo led the ...
- November 22, 2016
PNLG delegates visit TanLuc MPA
Delegates to the East Asian countries visited the Tando–Lucmayan Marine Protected Area (TanLuc MPA) in Nueva Valencia, Guimaras last November 30, 2018 as part of the arranged field visits for the members of the Partnerships ...
- January 4, 2019