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    • Baby dolphin found on Ormoc beach 

      Marticio, Marie Tonette Grace (Manila Bulletin, July 18, 2018, on page 7)
      A baby dolphin washed up on a beach in Barangay Macabug here Monday. A fisherman, Alfonso Agordo, found the beached mammal and reported to the authorities. Irish Belmonte, head of the Fishery Research and Development ...
    • BFAR hopes rain will flush red tide from Samar bay 

      Marticio, Marie Tonette Grace (Manila Bulletin, September 13, 2018, on page 7)
      The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) in Eastern Visayas is hoping the coming rainy season will clear Matarinao Bay in Eastern Samar of red tide contamination. BFAR Regional Director Juan Albaladejo said ...
    • Biliran waters still red tide infested 

      Marticio, Marie Tonette Grace (Manila Bulletin, June 8, 2018, on page 11)
      The coastal waters of Biliran remain positive for paralytic shellfish poison based on the latest laboratory results from the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) and local government units. Biliran Provincial ...
    • ‘Colorum’ commercial fishing boats thrive in Eastern Visayas 

      Marticio, Marie Tonette Grace (Manila Bulletin, September 19, 2018, on page 14)
      All but 5 percent of the 32,000 commercial fishing vessels in Eastern Visayas are registered with authorities, according to the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) regional office. BFAR Regional Director Juan ...
    • Environmental science in focus at conference 

      Marticio, Marie Tonette Grace (Manila Bulletin, June 14, 2018, on page 6)
      Dr. Ryohei Kada, professor of Agricultural Economics at Shijonawate Gakuen University, in Osaka, Japan, and one of the keynote speakers, stressed the need for a deeper understanding of the relationship between environment ...
    • Illegal fishing fight stepped up 

      Marticio, Marie Tonette Grace (Manila Bulletin, July 14, 2018, on page 14)
      The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) has formed the Regional Law Enforcement Coordinating CommitteeSubcommittee on Fishing and Marine Environment Protection (RLECC-SFMEP) in Eastern Visayas to strengthen ...
    • N. Samar fishermen receive P30-M aid 

      Marticio, Marie Tonette Grace (Manila Bulletin, December 23, 2018, on page 16)
      Agriculture Secretary Emmanuel Piñol, together with Undersecretary for Fisheries Eduardo Gongona distributed six motorized fiberglass boats and other equipment worth P30 million to fishermen in Barangays Manaybanay, Burgos ...
    • Red tide alert for Samar bay 

      Marticio, Marie Tonette Grace (Manila Bulletin, August 8, 2018, on page 6)
      Villareal Bay in this province has been found to be contaminated with red tide, according to the regional Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR). Laboratory examination by the Regional Fisheries Laboratory in ...
    • Red tide returns to Cancabato Bay 

      Marticio, Marie Tonette Grace (Manila Bulletin, November 17, 2019, on page 15)
      The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) has reported that red tide had returned to Cancabato Bay just two weeks after the agency lifted the shellfish ban in the area. BFAR 8 Regional Director Juan Albaladejo ...
    • Whale dies after being washed ashore by rough seas 

      Marticio, Marie Tonette Grace (Manila Bulletin, January 5, 2019, on page 9)
      An adult melon-headed whale, which was washed ashore by the rough seas churned by tropical depression Usman, has died. The whale was sighted last December 28 near Alimasag Fisherman area in Cancabato Bay here. It was brought ...