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DFA launches information campaign on West Phi Sea
The government has launched the second part of a documentary on the West Philippine Sea dispute aimed at further raising local and international awareness of the issue. The documentary is also intended to help rekindle ...
- June 24, 2015
Fishermen hope to be ‘freely, totally’ allowed in Panatag
Raring to go back to Panatag (Scarborough) Shoal without the Chinese Coast Guard shooing them away, fisherfolk from this province are hoping President Duterte’s pronouncement that Filipinos could soon fish again in the ...
- October 26, 2016
BFAR says no major fish kill expected this year
Saying the situation is more manageable, the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) said no major fish skill is anticipated this year. BFAR director Asis Perez told local journalists here he is confident that the ...
- June 5, 2012
Oil spill from Myanmar ship probed
Local government officials in this town said they will take necessary steps to address whatever damage an oil spill might cause their fishing industry after a Myanmar ship sank 14 nautical miles from the coast here Sunday. ...
- February 20, 2013
Pangasinan town eyes bangus production moratorium
Fish pen owners in this town have agreed on a two-year moratorium in the production of milkfish after P27 million worth of stocks were affected by fish kill in the past week. he moratorium, which was agreed upon during a ...
- June 3, 2018
5 fishermen missing off Panatag Shoal
Five fishermen from Riverside in Sta. Cruz are missing in Panatag (Scarborough) Shoal. They have not returned after going to the shoal on a banca marked Tabat Antalan last Nov. 13, fisherman Oscar Tabat Sr. told The STAR ...
- November 28, 2016
Dagupan fisherfolk get boats
The city government yesterday distributed bancas to fishermen as part of its livelihood program for the marginalized sector. Of the 90 bancas, 30 each were given to fishermen in the coastal villages of Salapingao and Carael, ...
- August 31, 2016
BFAR lifts shellfish ban
Shellfish collected in all coastal areas in the country are now free of red tide toxins, based on the results of the latest laboratory analysis of the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) and local government ...
- February 28, 2015
Dagupan City eyed as aquaculture zone
This city known as the bangus (milkfish) capital is being eyed as an aquaculture zone north of Manila by the Philippine Economic Zone Authority (PEZA). Last Feb. 16, Emmanuel Lopez of PEZA met with city officials to discuss ...
- February 26, 2017
Cold weather affects fish, too, says fisheries expert
The prevailing cold weather affects not only humans but fish, too, like the bangus (milkfish) and tilapia, as it stops their spawning, slows down their growth, and makes them susceptible to diseases. Dr. Westly Rosario, ...
- January 22, 2014