Browsing Manila Bulletin by Place "Negros"

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    • Enforcement plan for PH’s largest marine protected area strengthened 

      Miraflor, Madelaine B. (Manila Bulletin, December 15, 2016, on page B-3)
      The enforcement plan for the country’s largest marine protected area (MPA), Tañon Strait, underwent a fresh review, a move that will further protect the channel from commercial, illegal, and destructive fishing operations. ...

    • Fishing ban in Visayan Sea on 

      Yap, Tara (Manila Bulletin, November 23, 2016, on page 13)
      The annual ban on fishing of three different species along the Visayan sea is on. Since Nov. 15, the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) started enforcing the three-month ban on fishing for herrings mackerels ...

    • Gov't asked to get tough on illegal fishers 

      Yap, Tara (Manila Bulletin, August 2, 2019, on page 7)
      A group advocating the protection of the seas’ resources said there is a need to prosecute more illegal fishers caught in the Visayan Sea, one of the country’s richest fishing grounds. “Our courts also need to prioritize ...

    • Guimaras’ marine life threatened anew 

      Yap, Tara (Manila Bulletin, January 28, 2014, on page 13)
      It could very well be déjà vu, but the oil spill from last week’s sinking of cargo vessel M/V Sportivo in Iloilo Strait is now threatening mangroves and marine life in the island province of Guimaras. Engr. Raymund Moderes, ...

    • Negros, Panay to join nationwide 'fish holiday': amended Fisheries code akin to putting a gun to our heads - PAFISBO 

      Yap, Tara (Manila Bulletin, September 21, 2015, on page 21)
      Along with the umbrella Alliance of Philippine Fishing Federations, Inc., Borres said PAFISBO will support the vigil of small-scale fish operators at Plaza Dilaw in Manila. The action will be held to indicate opposition ...

    • Prawn culture leads Negros' diversification 

      Orig, Thor S. (Manila Bulletin, April 5, 1988, on page 14)
      Negros, downed a couple of years back by a major slump in world sugar trading is back on the agribusiness scene again, this time with a flourish. Likened to the pliant and sturdy Philippine bamboo, hardworking Negrenses ...

    • Visayan Sea fishing resumes 

      (Manila Bulletin, February 20, 2017, on page 8)
      After a three-month ban, fishing of three different species at the Visayan Sea has resumed. The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) declared last February 15 that the vast Visayan Sea is now open to fish for ...

    • Volunteer group gives hope to the hopeless 

      Echaluce, Charina Clarisse L. (Manila Bulletin, January 12, 2014, on page 17)
      Over a thousand fishermen in Negros and Panay Islands who lost their bancas- an essential work tool- from super typhoon Yolanda that ravaged parts of the Visayas in November last year are now back at sea fishing, thanks ...