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'Red tide' alert up in Mindanao
The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) issued a warning on Thursday that four areas in Mindanao are positive for toxic "red tide" or paralytic shellfish poison which is beyond the regulatory limit. These areas ...
- February 12, 2010
Tacloban fishermen: What happened to P32.6-M Yolanda fishery fund?
Local fishermen are asking no less than President Duterte to investigate the long delayed implementation of projects under the P32, 645,000 Yolanda Rehabilitation Funds for the fishery sector in this city. Losanto P. ...
- June 24, 2018
Mariculture parks
Three mariculture parks are up for development in Palawan by the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) in partnership with Land Bank of the Philippines (LBP) for fish culture and other products in the open sea. ...
- May 31, 2018
Research helps bangus industry grow
In technology development, the Iloilo-based research center SEAFDEC or the Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center pioneered the artificial propagation of milkfish as far back as 1976, and collaborated with BFAR in ...
- September 2, 2010
DA allows imports of black tiger shrimps
Government has allowed the importation of broodstock and post-larvae of black tiger shrimps. The Department of Agriculture (DA), through the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR), has issued three administrative ...
- January 20, 2010
CL provinces red tide-free
The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) announced yesterday that the provinces of Bataan, Zambales, and Bulacan in Central Luzon, have maintained a healthy coastal area for shellfish and other palatable treasures ...
- February 1, 2013
PH Coast Guard heightens sovereignty patrols in West PH Sea
The country has stepped up maritime exercises and sovereignty patrols in the West Philippine Sea (WPS), the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) said on Sunday, April 25. PCG spokesperson Commodore Armand Balilo said the BRP ...
- April 26, 2021
Gov't bans fish harvesting, sale in 7 Pampanga towns
In the wake of reports of fish in several towns om this province in the past weeks, the provincial government has enjoined mayors of affected areas to temporarily prohibit harvesting and selling of fish and other aquatic ...
- August 4, 2015
BFAR earmarks ₱1.7B for Cordova
The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) has earmarked ₱1.7 billion for the residents of Cordova, Cebu who were severely affected by the oil spill caused by the sinking of "M/V St. Thomas Aquinas" two weeks ...
- August 31, 2013
Locsin thanks Vietnam for 'act of mercy and decency'
Malacañang said the government is now determining the extent of liabilities in the ramming of a Filipino fishing boat by a Chinese vessel to know what legal remedy is available to bring justice to the Filipino fishermen. ...
- June 19, 2019