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Typhoon kills 11k farmed Tuna in Japan
A powerful typhoon which lashed Japan last week has killed more than 11,000 farmed bluefin tuna, costing over US$10 million (S$13.7 million) in damage, local media said on Saturday. Typhoon Nangka made landfall in southwestern ...
- July 26, 2015
Navy beefing up Batanes forces: move comes amid frequent poaching in fish-rich area
The Philippine Navy has deployed more troops in Batanes Island and peripheral waters in a move to ward off foreign poachers in the fish-rich area, Navy Chief Vice Admiral Jesus Millan said on Thursday. The number of personnel ...
- June 26, 2015
'GG' fishing ban proposed
Because of overfishing of mackerel scada, popularly known as galunggong, the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources will impose a fishing ban off Northern Palawan within Sulu Sea from Nov.15 to January next year. BFAR ...
- October 19, 2015
Sunken vessel causes oil sheen in Iloilo sea
A joint Navy and Coast Guard team watching for oil spill from a sunken vessel in Iloilo Strait has reported a five-meter-wide and two-kms long “oil sheen,” Cdr. Armando Balilo, Coast Guard Information Officer, said. “The ...
- January 22, 2015
Climate change affects whales
The sight of thousands of whales surfacing, jumping and playing off the coast of South America as they migrate toward their breeding grounds is one of nature’s most majestic displays. But global warming is killing off their ...
- December 3, 2015
Fisheries bureau raises red tide alert in Davao
The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources yesterday raised the red tide alert in the coastal waters of Balite Bay in Mati, Davao Oriental. BFAR in its recent shellfish bulletin said that the coastal waters of Bolinao ...
- April 16, 2015
Fisheries bureau recognizes Pangasinan coastal program
The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources-Central Office has given the province of Pangasinan a national award dubbed Gawad Pasasalamat sa mga Kabalikat sa Pangisdaan 2015 for its significant contribution to fishery ...
- November 11, 2015
Alcala assures PH climate adaptation
Agriculture Secretary Proceso Alcala said the country is on the right track toward food security and climate change. “I think we are laying down a good foundation,” Alcala told the media here, citing the Benguet Agri-Pinoy ...
- January 27, 2015
Red tide in Bohol
The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources yesterday raised the red tide alert over the coastal waters of Daram Island in Daram, Western Samar. BFAR in its recent shellfish bulletin that based on the latest laboratory ...
- June 27, 2015
180-kilo bluefin tuna sells for $37,000 in Japan
A giant bluefin tuna sold for more than $37,000 in the first auction of the year at a Tokyo fish market on Monday, as Japan faces growing pressure to cut back on consumption of the threatened fish. The 180.4-kilogram ...
- January 6, 2015