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    • 350-ha mangrove reforestation up in Capiz 

      Guillermo, Jemin (Panay News, May 16, 2014, on page 4)
      Three hundred fifty hectares of mangrove areas in Capiz are set for reforestation. These mangrove areas are in the municipalities of Ivisan, Panay, Pilar, Pontevedra, President Roxas and Sapian, said Valentin Talabero ...
    • Bantay Dagat reduces illegal fishing in Capiz 

      Philippine Information Agency (PIA) Capiz (Panay News, February 15, 2023, on page 6)
      An intensified house-to-house campaign in fishing villages is being conducted by the Provincial Bantay Dagat (PBD) to end illegal fishing activities within Pilar’s municipal waters. The PBD, locally known as “Task Force ...
    • Barbaza OFWs, kin to work on artificial reefs 

      Philippine News Agency (PNA) (Panay News, March 3, 2015, on page 5)
      Some active overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) or their families affected by supertyphoon "Yolanda" in Barbaza town may work on jackstone-type artificial reefs sometime this month. The job is for the last of the three batches ...
    • BFAR to establish fish-landing sites 

      Philippine News Agency (PNA) (Panay News, May 11, 2015, on page 6)
      The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) strengthens its efforts to reduce poverty among the fishermen by establishing at least 252 community fish-landing centers (CFLCs) nationwide. Alma Saavedra, BFAR 7 ...
    • BFAR: WV coastal waters free from red tide toxin 

      Zabal, Boy Ryan (Panay News, December 11, 2017, on page 6)
      The Dec. 5 bulletin showed that there are no red tide toxin in the waters of New Washington, Altavas and Batan in Aklan, Gigantes Group of Islands in Carles, Iloilo, and President Roxas, Pilar, Panay, Roxas City, Ivisan, ...
    • Capiz joins SEAFDEC, BFAR to boost fisheries 

      PN (Panay News, November 21, 2006, on page B1)
      The provincial government of Capiz has forged a collaboration with the Aquaculture Department of Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center (SEAFDEC-AQD) and Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) to pursue ...
    • DA assures support for Capiz farmers, fisherfolk 

      PN; Department of Agriculture (DA)-Region VI (Panay News, April 14, 2019, on page 7)
      The Department of Agriculture (DA) in Western Visayas assures support to all marginalized farmers and fisherfolk in Capiz. “We will provide the necessary interventions for you with the support of the provincial government,” ...
    • Over a thousand mangroves planted 

      PN; Philippine Information Agency (PIA)-Capiz (Panay News, February 7, 2016, on page 4-11)
      About 1,115 mangrove seedlings were planted in Barangay Agustin Navarra in Ivisan, Capiz during the World Wetlands Day celebration. The activity was led by the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) Region ...
    • Red tide still up in Pilar- expert 

      Mijares, Ralph John (Panay News, November 12, 2015, on page 5)
      Shellfishes in Pilar, Capiz, still have toxicity beyond the regulatory limit, an indication that red tide remains in the municipality, according an aquaculturist here. The regulatory limit for shellfish toxicity is 60 ...
    • Refrain from harvesting, eating green shells - Capiz guv 

      Tayona, Glenda (Panay News, September 24, 2022, on page 6)
      Gov. Fredenil Castro advised the public against harvesting and eating green shells from the waters of Pilar, President Roxas, Ivisan, and Roxas City. Water analysis by the Capiz Agri-Aqua Laboratory of the Provincial ...
    • Sea turtles rescued, released 

      Philippine Information Agency (PIA) (Panay News, June 21, 2017, on page 4)
      Two green sea turtles locally known as “pawikan” were tagged and released by the Provincial Environment and Natural Resources Office (PENRO) and Ivisan town Bantay Dagat recently at Sapi-an Bay. The release of the turtles ...
    • W. Visayas coastal waters still red-tide free 

      Zabal, Boy Ryan (Panay News, December 6, 2019, on page 12-14)
      The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) said coastal waters of Panay and Negros Islands’ remain safe from toxic red tide. In its Dec. 2 bulletin, BFAR issued no red tide advisory in the coastal waters of Aklan, ...
    • WV coastal waters free from red tide 

      Zabal, Boy Ryan (Panay News, October 16, 2017, on page 6)
      The coastal waters of Western Visayas are free from the red tide toxin, according to the latest Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) bulletin. The BFAR shellfish bulletin No. 34 showed that the coastal waters ...