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BFAR angling for P6.6-B budget, off-books fishers
The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) seeks a P6.6-billion budget in 2016, the bulk of which would be spent on programs to combat illegal, unreported, and uncontrolled fishing (IUUF), as supported by the ...
- October 29, 2015
BFAR plans more floating fish cages in mariculture parks
The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) will expand marine agriculture (mariculture) zones in Eastern Visayas by setting up floating fish cages in Leyte’s open seas. The Fisheries bureau will also redevelop ...
- September 23, 2010
Fisheries 5-year plan due
The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) is launching next month a five-year plan that will promote "optional development and long-term sustainability" of the benefits derived from the country's marine resources. ...
- January 8, 2016
Need for fisheries dep't cited vs illegal fishing
Municipal fishing interests are pushing for legislation to create a Department of Fisheries to ensure adequate enforcement of the recently amended Fisheries Code. The Bureaus of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR), an ...
- October 21, 2015
New fishing regulations mandate monitoring devices for tuna boats
The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) has published new guidelines for the tuna fishing industry, which for the first time will require monitoring systems specifically for commercial tuna fishing boats. On ...
- July 2, 2015
Senate panel grills BFAR over missed targets on illegal fishing, incomplete data
The Department of Agriculture’s Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) failed by a wide margin to meet its P1-billion annual target for fines collected in connection with illegal fishing activities, a Senate panel ...
- March 20, 2018
BFAR charting shrimp roadmap
To increase local shrimp production and exports, the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) is now creating a shrimp roadmap, which will be completed this month, an official said yesterday. “Secretary Alcala has ...
- August 20, 2013
Pangasinan now red tide-free
The entire province of Pangasinan is now red tide-free after waters off its eastern coast have been cleared of a high concentration of algae by the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR). Laboratory analyses of ...
- August 2, 2013
New methods could control fish disease
Scientists at the Iloilo-based Aquaculture Department (AQD) of the Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center (SEAFDEC) have developed methods and vaccines to control the viral nervous necrosis disease in economically ...
- January 28, 2010
BFAR prepares Mindanao food processors for ASEAN integration
The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) stressed the need to train small and medium entrepreneurs (SMEs) on the proper processing, packaging and labeling requirements for halal fish and fishery products to ...
- April 24, 2014