ILOILO CITY – The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR)-6 is set to implement a three-month fishing ban in the Visayan Sea under Fisheries Administrative Order No. 167-3 starting Wednesday, November 15. FISHING boats at the port of Concepcion, a town in northern Iloilo province....
BUTUAN CITY (PNA) – The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) has warned residents in some coastal areas of Surigao del Sur and Surigao del Norte about the continuing red tide contaminations. In its bulletin issued Friday, the agency said shellfish collected and tested from the...
CEBU CITY – The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources-Central Visayas (BFAR-7) has lifted the red tide alert status in two towns in northern Cebu. In an advisory released on Thursday, October 26, BFAR-7 said that laboratory analysis showed that shellfish samples collected from the waters off...
CEBU CITY – Residents in some towns in northern Cebu have been advised to refrain from eating shellfish due to red tide. The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources-Central Visayas (BFAR-7) has raised a red tide alert over the Bogo-Medellin Bay. The red tide alert was raised after samples of...
The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) on Wednesday, October 18, cautioned residents against consuming shellfish and other seafood from seven coastal areas in the country which remain positive for red tide. In Shellfish Bulletin No. 24, the BFAR said these include four coastal waters...
Senators on Tuesday, October 17 expressed their support to the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources’ (BFAR) budget request for the purchase of three monitoring, control and surveillance (MCS) vessels to help fisherfolk in the West Philippine Sea. This was after BFAR Director...
TACLOBAN CITY (PNA) – Red tide phenomenon has recurred in three bays in Samar and Eastern Samar provinces, raising warning not to consume shellfish products in these areas, the Bureau of Fisheries Aquatic Resources (BFAR) said on Friday, October 6. These bays are Irong-Irong Bay in Catbalogan...
ILOILO CITY – The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) awarded the town of Ajuy in northern Iloilo province for its initiatives on proper management of coastal and fisheries resources. Ajuy, represented by Mayor Jett Rojas, was first runner-up in the 2022 Malinis at Masaganang...
China has justified its installation of floating barriers in the West Philippine Sea, which blocked Filipino fishermen from their fishing grounds, by saying it did so because a Philippine government vessel entered into the waters without its supposed permission. Wang Wenbin, spokesman of the...
The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) reported that three coastal areas in Aklan have been cleared from red tide. In Shellfish Bulletin No. 22, Series of 2023, issued on Wednesday, September 20, BFAR said the coastal waters of Altavas, Batan, and New Washington in Batan Bay are free...
The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) on Monday, Sept. 18, said it seeks to further expand the nation's fisheries sector to continue promoting economic growth. “Together with allied government agencies, fisher folk and fish farmers, and other key stakeholders in the industry, the...
The Department of Agriculture-Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (DA-BFAR) cautioned the public that the red tide warning is still up in the coastal waters of Aklan, Bohol, Capiz, Iloilo, and Zamboanga del Sur. In Shellfish Bulletin No. 21 issued on Friday, the bureau cautioned the public...
