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    • 3-month fishing ban on Visayan Sea ends in Feb. 

      Philippine News Agency (PNA) (Panay News, January 6, 2019, on page 3)
      The closed season in the Visayan Sea for sardines, herrings and mackerels that started on Nov. 15, 2018 would end next month. “Prohibiting fishers from catching them will increase the population of these species. It is ...
    • 3-month fishing ban: ‘Closed season’ in Visayan Sea starts Nov. 15 - BFAR 

      PN; Philippine Information Agency (PIA) (Panay News, November 1, 2017, on page 1-14)
      The yearly threemonth closed fishing season in the Visayan Sea, one of the country’s major fishing grounds suffering from overfishing, starts this Nov. 15. Sardines, herrings and mackerels make up one-third of the fish ...
    • BFAR gears up for fishing ban at PH ‘seafood capital’ 

      Beup, Glenn (Panay News, November 7, 2018, on page 13)
      The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) has officially launched in this “Seafood Capital of the Philippines” the “closed season” for sardines, herring, and mackerel at Barangay Baybay, Roxas City on Nov. 1. ...
    • BFAR woos canneries to locate in WV 

      Philippine News Agency (PNA) (Panay News, March 24, 2013, on page B1)
      Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) Regional Dir. Drusila Esther E. Bayate is encouraging more canneries to locate in Western Visayas because of the region's abundant marine resources. Bayate echoed what BFAR ...
    • 'Closed season' in Visayan sea looms: 20% increase in production seen – BFAR 

      Philippine News Agency (PNA); PN (Panay News, November 5, 2018, on page B1-B11)
      An increased production of fishery products is expected as the three-month fishing ban in the Visayan Sea is set to begin Nov. 15. The 20-percent boost in production in one of the country’s richest fishing grounds will ...
    • Fishermen complaint with closed season in Visayan Sea - BFAR-6 

      Philippine News Agency (PNA) (Panay News, October 4, 2018, on page B1)
      Fishermen are observing the three-month closed season in the Visayan Sea leading to the 20 percent jump in the production of sardines, herrings and mackerels, reported the regional director of the Bureau of Fisheries and ...
    • Fishing ban allows spawning 

      Philippine Information Agency (PIA) (Panay News, December 13, 2015, on page 5)
      No one is allowed to catch sardines, mackerels and herrings at the Visayan Sea for three months. The "closed season," which lasts until Feb 15, 2016, will allow these fish species to breed, according to the Bureau of ...
    • Fishing ban bodes well for Visayan Sea - BFAR 

      Sornito, Ime (Panay News, September 30, 2018, on page 2-14)
      A three-month fishing ban on herrings, mackerels and sardines has been proven to bode well for the Visayan Sea, according to the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources. Every “closed season” from Nov. 15 to Feb. 15 the ...
    • Fishing Ban Lifted 

      Sologastoa, Glenda (Panay News, March 21, 2013, on page 1-13)
      The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) in Region 6 has lifted the fishing ban it imposed on the Visayan Sea. The fishing ban started November 15 last year to give fishes in the area the time to breed, grow ...
    • Sardines supply in WV enough, BFAR assures 

      Sornito, Ime (Panay News, November 29, 2018, on page B1)
      The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources in Western Visayas said the region continues to produce sufficient volume of sardines. BFAR regional director Remia Aparri said there is no need to worry about the shortage of ...
    • Stop abusing Iloilo's rich fishery resources 

      (Panay News, February 3, 2019, on page 9)
      Here's one good news to fishermen, particularly those in northern Iloilo. The closed season in the Visayan Sea for sardines, herrings, and mackerels that started on Nov. 15, 2018, would end this Feb. 15. The fishing ban ...
    • Visayan Sea fishing ban lifted 

      Sornito, Ime (Panay News, February 20, 2020, on page 4)
      It’s open season again for fishing in the Visayan Sea. The three-month fishing ban from November 2019 to February 2020 was lifted on Sunday, Feb. 16. The ban covered herrings, mackerels and sardines. Now fishermen could ...