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'Invasion': Local fishers lament inaction on 'illegal fishing' in Cauayan
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 ...
- March 16, 2013
BFAR deputizes LGUs to go after poachers
The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) in Western Visayas has granted authority to local government units (LGUs) in the province to run after fishermen who continue to poach on protected waters. But before ...
- June 2, 2013
Guimaras moves to fortify local laws vs illegal fishing
To address the rampant incidents of marine resource exploitations and illegal fishing in the coastal waters of the provine, local government units here agreed to harmonize their municipal fishery ordinances. Officials ...
- May 21, 2013
Fishing Ban Lifted
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 ...
- March 21, 2013
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
16 boats seized for illegal fishing
Operatives of the provincial Task Force Bantay Dagat have recently apprehended 16 fishing vessels engaged in illegal fishing in the 5th District. Five vessels were seized off the coast of Concepcion town on May 30, Task ...
- June 7, 2013
Guv: No time to rest in drive vs illegal fishing
The campaign of the provincial government against illegal fishing is gaining ground and this must be sustained, said Gov. Arthur Defensor Sr. He cited the Bantay Dagat for guarding the coastal resources of the province, ...
- February 4, 2013