Browsing Panay News by Subject "overfishing"

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    • 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 ...

    • Amended fisheries law betters prod'n-Villar 

      Golez, Prince (Panay News, March 1, 2016, on page 11)
      The Philippines is seen to export more fish because of the amended Fisheries Code, according to a legislator. Exports of fish products, specifically to European countries, generated P9.4 billion in 2013, the Bureau of ...

    • Bangrus 

      Jamolo, Runji Rocio (Panay News, October 8, 2018, on page 11-14)
      Mahapos nga indi pagsapakon ang bangrus kapin pa kon kita may pagapilian man. Masami nga ginarason kon ngaa ginasikway ang bangrus sang sa tamudios ang kabukog sini nga isda kag kinahanglan nga himbisan. Apang bisan sina, ...

    • Biodiversity in Samar Sea 

      Yap, Julio Jr. (Panay News, October 5, 2016, on page 12)
      The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) has warned that by 2050, catches of main fish species could decline by up to 40 percent in the tropics, where livelihoods, food and nutrition security ...

    • Closed Season 

      (Panay News, November 21, 2016, on page 14-14)
      Feom Nov. 15, 2016 to Feb. 15, 2017 it is prohibited to catch sardines, herrings and mackerels in the Visayan Sea – a rich fishing ground bordered by the islands of Panay, Negros, Cebu, and Masbate. The annual closed season ...

    • Conservation efforts focus on coastlines in N. Haiti 

      Associated Press (AP) (Panay News, June 9, 2015, on page 14)
      Only little fish are pulled from the coastal waters off Haiti. Over the decades, impoverished Haiti has gained a reputation as an environmental wasteland. The country has only about 2 to 3 percent of its original forest ...

    • Conserving our seas 

      (Panay News, November 28, 2018, on page 12)
      Iloilo City is currently hosting a four-day East Asian Seas (EAS) Congress which seeks to further strengthen the implementation of the Sustainable Development Strategy for the Seas of East Asia. The goal is the conservation ...

    • Country's first shark, ray sanctuary established 

      Yap, Julio P. Jr. (Panay News, July 8, 2015, on page 6)
      The Cebu provincial government strengthened its commitment to protect shark and ray species by establishing the country's first shark and ray sanctuary located off Malapascua Island in Daanbantayan town. This welcome ...

    • Cynthia worries about PH marine resources 

      Golez, Prince (Panay News, November 9, 2017, on page B2)
      Sen. Cynthia Villar has raised concerns about the Philippines' seas resources becoming depleted. Villar said she wants to review the draft plan and various inputs and recommendations of industry players on the National ...

    • Freedivers for ocean conservation 

      Albay, Rhick Lars Vladimer (Panay News, March 1, 2020, on page B6-B8)
      “It's quite a liberating experience to explore the sea in such an immersive way, not weighed down by heavy equipment, seeing firsthand how amazing, yet also so delicate, the underwater world is,” related Riza Ornos on her ...

    • Good news for crab farmers: Simple techniques double crablet production 

      de la Cruz, Joesyl Marie (Panay News, April 5, 2020, on page B1-B2)
      Crab farmers will be happier, and the environment hopefully better, with recent improvements at the mangrove crab hatchery of the Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center Aquaculture Department (SEAFDEC/AQD) in Tigbauan, ...

    • 'Higher fines to save marine resources' 

      Sologastoa, Glenda (Panay News, October 6, 2016, on page 2-15)
      According to Director Asis Perez, it was a decade ago yet when experts warned that the country's seas were suffering from overfishing. The amended Republic Act 10654 (Philippine Fisheries Code of 1998) exacts heavy fines ...

    • Illegal Fishing 

      (Panay News, July 8, 2017, on page 10)
      Illegal fishing remains a concern in Iloilo province although the Bantay Dagat is doing all it can to catch poachers. Some quarters may find this concern picayune compared to illegal drugs. Increasing national productivity ...

    • Iloilo seeks to conserve blue crab population 

      Nepomoceno, Jezza A. (Panay News, February 27, 2018, on page 3-14)
      The provincial government will put up a crab hatchery worth P5-million in Concepcion town this year to help conserve and restore the population of the kasag or blue swimming crabs. In partnership with the Bureau of Fisheries ...

    • Indian fishermen try new nets for healthier oceans 

      (Panay News, June 4, 2017, on page 7)
      Sindhudurg, India - The fishermen were dubious when ocean experts suggested they could save their dwindling marine stocks just by switching to new nets. It took years for the UN Development Program to convince the fishing ...

    • 'Invasion': Local fishers lament inaction on 'illegal fishing' in Cauayan 

      Adiong, Eugene (Panay News, March 16, 2013, on page 8)
      Fishermen in Cauayan, Negros Occidental decried their municipal government's lack of action on what they claimed to be "illegal incursions" of big-time fishing operators in their municipal waters. Ramon Gregas, vice chair ...

    • Malaysia establishes biggest 1-million-hectare marine park 

      (Panay News, June 10, 2016, on page B3-B14)
      Malaysia has just established the biggest marine protected area (MPA) in the country. The Tun Mustapha park (TMP) occupies 1m hectares (2.47m acres) of seascape off the northern tip of Sabah province in Borneo, a region ...

    • New law to protect 97 PH 'critical areas' 

      PN (Panay News, July 5, 2018, on page 13)
      A new law will strengthen the conservation of 97 ecologically “critical areas” in the country. Republic Act 11038, or the Expanded National Integrated Protected Areas System Act of 2018, was approved on June 22. “The ...

    • 'Ninja' sharks seen off Malapascua 

      (Panay News, August 21, 2015, on page 7)
      Scientists spotted endangered and rarely seen "ninja" sharks off Malapascua Island in Cebu. Marine scientists Thomas Grothues, an associate research professor from Rutgers University in the United States, and Simon Oliver ...

    • Overfishing in Guimaras Strait could deplete fish population 

      (Panay News, March 22, 2023, on page 7)
      Guimaras Strait is the body of water that separates the island province of Guimaras and Negros Island. It is a rich fishing ground. Small fishing boats and big commercial fishing vessels benefit from its bountiful marine ...