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'Closed season' starts: 3-month fishing ban in Visayan Sea-BFAR 6
The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) is urging local government units and coastal communities to help enforce the yearly three-month closed fishing season in the Visayan Sea from Nov. 15 to Feb. 15 next ...
- November 17, 2021
Silly question: Did fishes at Iloilo River drown?
Something strange is happening at the Iloilo River which is actually not a river but and “arm of the sea” or an estuary. Every now and then, floating dead fish can be seen in this body of water, like what happened a few ...
- September 21, 2020
Warning: don't eat fish caught at the Iloilo River
The Iloilo River remains dirty, and perhaps even hazardous to human health. So do not eat fish caught from this body of water. In its latest physiochemical analysis, the Environment Management Bureau Region 6 found the ...
- March 7, 2020
CENRO assessment: No major damage from July oil spill
The City Environment and Natural Resources Office (CENRO) found no adverse environmental damage caused by the July oil spill in the Iloilo Straight. Noel Hechanova, CENRO chief, cited the result of his team’s months-long ...
- September 10, 2020
Oil spill a wakeup call
Thousands of liters of oil spilled into the waters off Iloilo on July 3, 2020 after an explosion at a power barge owned by AC Energy. Authorities’ earlier estimate was an area of around 1,200 square meters affected. This ...
- July 9, 2020
'Hutik-hutik' results to super fast spread of COVID at Iloilo Fish Port
In less than one week, the number of people infected with COVID-19 traced to the frequently crowded Iloilo Fish Port Complex in Barangay Tanza, Iloilo City ballooned to 105 by Friday last week. This super fast community ...
- August 10, 2020
Cop shoots illegal fishing suspect
A fisherman was shot dead by the police while four others were arrested. They were illegal fishing suspects in Barangay Nasidman, Ajuy, Iloilo. Angelito Domingo, 33, of Barangay Punta Mesa Manapla, Negros Occidental died ...
- May 7, 2022
How's Jalaur River Basin rehabilitation doing?
How is the 10-year Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA)-funded rehabilitation project in Region 6’s Jalaur River Basin (JRB) doing? The Jalaur River Basin encompasses almost entirely the province of Iloilo, with ...
- September 17, 2021
Tragedy at sea: Missing WV seafarers dead or alive?
Families of Western Visayan seafarers working in a China-bound cargo ship that sank in the stormy waters of Japan on Sept. 2 remain hopeful they would be found alive. The Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA) said ...
- September 7, 2020
New SEAFDEC facilities in Iloilo to boost aquaculture
The Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center (SEAFDEC) Aquaculture Department (AQD) in Barangay Buyuan, Tigbauan town recently inaugurated new multi-species hatcheries and broodstock tanks. These tanks are large ...
- December 13, 2021