Fishing at the Visayan Sea has resumed since March 15 after the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) lifted the four-month ban on sardine, mackerel and herring fishing. BFAR-6 regional director Drucila Esther Bayate said the catching and selling of fishes locally known as bulao, hasa-hasa, lupoy, and balantiyong are allowed again. Bayate said the annual fishing ban which began in November 1989 was implemented to curb the declining population of the three different fish species.

Yap, T. (2013, March 21). Visayan Sea fishing ban lifted. The Daily Guardian, pp. 1, 7.