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29 boats grounded for trawl fishing
Owners and crews of 29 fishing boats in the province of Iloilo were slapped with sanctions and complaints for using trawl within the municipal waters of San Dionisio, Concepcion, Carles, Estancia and Barotac Viejo earlier ...
- August 17, 2015
Red tide-stained shells sold in city
BFAR-6 sought IPPO's assistance after it received reports of shellfish from red tide-infested areas being sold in Iloilo City markets. Senior Supt. Roderick Augustus Alba, provincial director, Iloilo Police Provincial ...
- January 29, 2016
Tighter rules vs 'hulbot-hulbot' fishing out
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 ...
- July 31, 2018
Tilapia, crablets dispersed in Iloilo River
The Iloilo City Agriculturist’s Office and City Environment and Natural Resources Office dispersed 10,000 Saline Resistant Tilapia fingerlings and 4,000 crablets or mud crab juveniles along Zone 4 of Iloilo River on Oct. ...
- October 21, 2017
'Fish Holiday' Commercial fishers protest stiffer fines, requirements
Iloilo-based commercial fishing operator Jun Borres, along with Edgar Borres and Atty. Jackie Yao announced the fish holiday September 19 afternoon to Iloilo City Hall reporters at his home on De la Rama Street, City Proper. ...
- September 22, 2015
BFAR opens Fish Conservation Week
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 ...
- October 17, 2017
Fish holiday to impact WV's yield
More or less 30 percent of Western Visayas fisheries production will be affected by the fish holiday mounted by commercial fishers, September 22-24. Remia Aparri, director of Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources ...
- September 24, 2015
Fisherfolks seek ban exemption
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 ...
- January 14, 2014
Cultured crablets released in northern Iloilo
Millions of blue swimming crablets were released into the sea in the coastal barangay of Mangorocoro, Ajuy, Iloilo, to increase its population. Iloilo Board Member Jett Roxas of the fifth district and chairman of Committee ...
- December 12, 2012
BFAR to tackle total ban vs. 'hulbot-hulbot'
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 ...
- February 16, 2012