ZAMBOANGA CITY – The Department of Agriculture-Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources-9 (Zamboanga Peninsula) has raised a red tide alert in Zamboanga del Sur and Zamboanga Sibugay provinces. Regional Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council-9 Memorandum No. 032, Series of 2025,...
A People's Liberation Army-Navy warship cruises Bajo de Masinloc in the West Philippine Sea on March 24, 2025 as spotted during a maritime domain awareness flight by the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) and Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR). (Photo: PCG) The Philippine Coast Guard...
More than fifty Chinese maritime militia vessels are monitored by the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) and Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) during an aerial patrol in Pag-asa Island, West Philippine Sea on Feb. 20, 2025. (Photo: PCG) The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources...
New Zealand called the recent action of China's Navy helicopter against an aircraft of the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) over Bajo de Masinloc as "concerning" and poses risks undermining regional stability. A People's Liberation Army-Navy (PLA-N) helicopter flies over Bajo de...
The United States said it stands with the Philippines in condemning China for its Navy plane's "unsafe and irresponsible actions" against a Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) aircraft over Bajo de Masinloc. A People's Liberation Army-Navy (PLA-N) helicopter flies over Bajo de Masinloc...
Senate deputy minority leader Senator Risa Hontiveros on Wednesday, February 19, slammed China’s Peoples Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) for applying its bullying tactics even on the country’s own airspace. “Hindi na nakuntento ang Tsina sa pambubully sa karagatan, pati sa himpapawid...
ILOILO CITY — The campaign to sustain the Visayan Sea as a rich fishing ground should go beyond the annual fishing ban, the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources said. FISHING boats at the port of Concepcion, a town in northern Iloilo province. (Tara Yap) “The three-month fishing ban...
The Philippines is "deeply disturbed" over the "unprofessional and reckless" actions of a Chinese Navy aircraft on a Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) aircraft over Bajo de Masinloc, the National Maritime Council (NMC) said. PLA-Navy Harbin Z-9 helicopter with tail number 68 (Photo...
Authorities recently rescued 37 fishermen stranded in Balabac, Palawan while on their way to the West Philippine Sea. The fishermen onboard F/V Andrei Sarah left San Jose, Occidental Mindoro on Jan. 18. BRP Datu Pagbuaya of the BFAR. They encountered rough seas and engine failure and the boat...
Bicol Saro Party-list Rep. Brian Raymund Yamsuan (Facebook) Bicol Saro Party-list Rep. Brian Raymund Yamsuan is confident that newly-appointed Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) Director Elizer Salilig will maintain the...
(MANILA BULLETIN) Bicol Saro Party-list Rep. Brian Raymund Yamsuan is questioning the Supreme Court's (SC) decision to allow commercial fishing in municipal waters, as he warns of its consequences amid the Philippines’ declining fisheries...
The Office of the Ombudsman (OMB) has upheld its indictment of former Department of Agriculture (DA) undersecretary for fisheries Eduardo B. Gongona over the alleged anomalous 2018 contract for the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources' (BFAR) Integrated Marine Environment Monitoring System...
