Search
Now showing items 61-70 of 92
48 illegal fishers nabbed in Concepcion
Forty-eight fishermen onboard 14 motorboats were apprehended for illegal fishing off Tagubanhan Island in Barangay Bagongon, Concepcion town. The Provincial Bantay Dagat Task Force said the fishermen were using active gears ...
- January 23, 2015
Fisherfolks complain rampant sea cucumber gathering
Fisherfolks in Brgy. Punta Cogon here are complaining about the rampant illegal gathering of sea cucumber, locally known as "balat," since it destroys the coal reefs. Some 200 fisherfolks complained that divers from other ...
- January 26, 2010
Vessel monitoring tech can save lives of Pinoy fisherfolk
Proper vessel monitoring can save lives and make fishing more sustainable.
Seven sailors drowned when a Filipino merchant ship crashed into the USS Fritzgerald in the sea of Japan last 17 June. The accident was caused ...
- September 25, 2017
Bantay Dagat catches 'super hulbot' fishers
Thirteen fishermen from San Remigio, Cebu were apprehended off the coast of Barangay Asluman, Carles town for illegal fishing. The Iloilo Provincial Bantay Dagat Force led by Police Officer 1 Hendrick Bunday and Marvin ...
- June 9, 2018
Info campaign on amended fisheries code stepped up
The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) Region 6 is stepping up its information and education campaign on Republic Act (RA) 10654, a new law which amended the Philippine Fisheries Code. RA 10654, an act to ...
- November 27, 2015
Concepcion fines 38 men for illegal fishing
A total of P45,000 fines were slapped against 38 fishermen caught using trawl and round haul seine within 15 kilometers from Concepcion town's coastline. The use of active gears in municipal water violates Section 95 of ...
- March 2, 2016
Negros 'hulbot' fishers nabbed
The captain and crew of a fishing boat from E.B. Magalona, Negros Occidental have been arrested and charged of illegal fishing here. M/BCA Inday Janen, piloted by Joenel Barba with crews Herman Lumanog and Rafael Egoinio, ...
- May 8, 2015
1.5 tons of 'endangered' giant clams seized in Sagay
Around 127 pieces of “endangered” giant clams weighing about 1.5 tons were confiscated from three fisherfolk in Barangay Molocaboc, Sagay City, Negros Occidental. Nabbed for violation of the act preventing the illegal, ...
- April 13, 2019
New Bantay Dagat patrol boats for Manapla, Cauayan
Gov. Alfredo Marañon Jr. renewed his call for coastal communities to band together and police their territorial waters to, alongside the Provincial Bantay Dagat, fight illegal fishing. Marañon was in the coastal village ...
- August 20, 2013
‘Palukso’ fishermen arrested in Carles
Ten fishermen manning fishing vessel Michael were apprehended for illegal fishing in Barangay Piagao, Carles town. They were caught fishing using a modified drift trawl locally known as palukso two kilometers from the ...
- June 23, 2018