Browsing BusinessWorld by Subject "FAO Code of Conduct for Responsible Fisheries"

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    • BFAR bans harvest of juvenile mangrove crabs, spiny lobsters 

      Ochave, Revin Mikhael D. (BusinessWorld, April 27, 2020, on page S1/10)
      The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) said it has banned the harvest of juvenile mangrove crabs and spiny lobsters to prevent overfishing and implemented a registration system for fishermen harvesting these ...

    • BFAR seizes nine vessels in Quezon for illegal fishing 

      Ochave, Revin Mickhael D. (BusinessWorld, January 8, 2021, on page S1/6)
      The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) said it seized nine commercial fishing vessels in Mauban, Quezon for using illegal fishing methods. In a virtual briefing Thursday, BFAR National Director Eduardo B. ...

    • Environmental groups demand protection of municipal waters 

      (BusinessWorld, September 13, 2018, on page S2/8)
      Oceana and Philippine Earth Justice Center (PEJC) oppose the opening of municipal waters to commercial fishers to give priority access to small fisherfolks and prevent further collapse of fishing grounds. “Our municipal ...

    • Fish supply declared sufficient until year's end 

      Ochave, Revin Mickhael D. (BusinessWorld, November 25, 2020, on page S1/6)
      The fish supply has been judged sufficient to meet demand up to the end of 2020, according to the Department of Agriculture. In a virtual briefing Tuesday, Undersecretary Cheryl Marie Natividad-Caballero said that at the ...

    • Fisheries bureau partly lifts ban on collecting seaweed 

      Ignacio, Reicelene Joy N. (BusinessWorld, October 8, 2018, on page S2/6)
      Fisheries Administrative Order (FAO) 250-2 will allow individual fishermen to collect, sell, trade, and transport Sargassum, a type of brown seaweed, subject to seasonal restrictions and permit requirements. The newly-published ...

    • Galunggong imports to arrive ahead of closed fishing season 

      Mogato, Anna Gabriela A. (BusinessWorld, August 16, 2018, on page S1/4)
      The Department of Agriculture (DA) has allowed the entry of up to 17,000 metric tons (MT) of round scad, commonly known as galunggong, which will reach markets ahead of the closed fishing season when supply of the fish is ...

    • Gov't pressed to lift vannamei shrimp ban 

      Natividad, Beverly T. (BusinessWorld, January 19, 2006, on page S1/3)
      The fisheries Aquaculture board (FAB) seeks the government’s immediate lifting of the ban on the commercial culture of the vannamei shrimps as initial experimentation showed that it can be bred locally free of disease. In ...

    • High seas pocket fishing rules released 

      (BusinessWorld, March 4, 2014, on page S1/6)
      Implementing rules for fishing in a tuna-rich high seas pocket were released yesterday. The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) issued the regulations on group tuna purse seine operations in High Seas Pocket ...