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Oil droplets from sunken ship reach 2 villages
Apart from a two-kilometer oil sheen, droplets of bunker oil the size of a five-peso coin from the sunken cargo ship M/V Sportivo have reached the shorelines of at least two villages in Guimaras province, the Philippine ...
- January 23, 2014
Red tide alert still on in Bataan coastal waters
Red tide has plagued the coastal waters of Bataan for six months now and is showing no signs of waning. The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) yesterday issued another appeal to the public to refrain from ...
- May 23, 2014
Commercial production of sea cucumber now possible
They are over exploited in the wild due to high demand from consumers for their reported medical, pharmaceutical, gastronomical and commercial use. Now, sea cucumber (Holothuria scabra) culture in hatcheries at the Bureau ...
- August 3, 2014
Palace: Fishermen can still go to Panatag
The government is making sure Filipino fishermen are not deprived of access to Panatag Shoal’s rich resources despite threats of being driven away even during inclement weather by intruding Chinese vessels. Presidential ...
- March 4, 2014
Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources, Shellfish Bulletin No. 12., Series of 2014, 19 May 2014.
Based on the latest laboratory results of the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) and Local Government Units (LGUs), shellfishes collected at Bataan coastal waters (Mariveles, Limay, Orion, Pilar, Balanga, ...
- May 22, 2014
Rescued whale released into the sea
Authorities released into the sea an injured pygmy sperm whale hours after it was rescued Thursday afternoon near a power barge in Maco town in Compostela Valley. Officials from Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources ...
- May 25, 2014
BFAR lifts shellfish ban in Bataan
A shellfish ban imposed in Bataan for almost 10 months was lifted yesterday by the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources. BFAR issued the latest shellfish bulletin after successive laboratory tests on sunset shells or ...
- August 19, 2014
BFAR: C. Valley losing P150 M worth of fish annually due to poaching
Bayombong, Nueva Vizcaya Cagayan Valley, one of the country's major sources of saltwater fish, is losing about ₱150 million worth of fish annually due to poaching, according to the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources ...
- January 22, 2014
BFAR probes whale shark's death in Cagayan
The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) is investigating the cause of death of a butanding (whale shark) that washed ashore in the Port of San Vicente in Sta. Ana, Cagayan last Sunday. BFAR regional director ...
- October 14, 2014
2 Pangasinan towns still under red tide alert
There's no feasting yet on shellfish from the coastal water of Bolinao Anda towns in Pangasinan as the red tide plague still up there, according to the latest advisory from the Bureau of fisheries and aquatic resources ...
- March 22, 2014