The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) Regional Office 6 has the most number of cases filed on illegal fishing among 16 regions of the country. From July 2016 to June 2017 BFAR has filed 863 cases against fishing operators over illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing activities nationwide. Specifically, BFAR-6 racked up 238 cases in said period.

French, L. A. (2017, October 21-22). BFAR-6 filed most number of illegal fishing cases. The Daily Guardian, pp. 3, 10.