As the ongoing dredging activities in the Southern part of Manila Bay continues to "affect" the municipal capture fisheries, a group of fisherfolk will be seeking for a dialogue with the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) officials to present the adverse impacts of such on...
The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) forged an agreement with the National Coast Watch Center (NCWC) and Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) on Tuesday, Jan. 24, to improve the monitoring of the country’s marine environment. Photo: Philippine Coast Guard / PCG Admiral Artemio Abu, PCG...
Senate Majority Leader Joel Villanueva on Wednesday, January 18, expressed his disgust at the failure and confusion among government agencies on questions about the importation of salt or importation permit issues. Villanueva was referring to a hybrid public hearing by the Senate agriculture...
The contract for the system that allows the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) to monitor marine vessels real-time has already expired. This was confirmed by lawyer Ma. Neiseria Ailah G. Tuquero based on the response to the letter she sent to the BFAR on Dec. 14. She was referring to...
For page 1 Senators on Monday chided officials of the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) over its late action against the illegal diversion of pink salmon and pompano to wet markets. Senator Raffy Tulfo, who first questioned BFAR's sudden strict implementation of the Fisheries...
A fisherfolk group called on the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) to go after importers who violated the Fisheries Administrative Order (FAO) No. 195. Pambansang Lakas ng Kilusang Mamamalakaya ng Pilipinas (Pamalakaya), amid the debates on importation, urged BFAR to spare small fish...
Senator Grace Poe on Friday, December 2 asked the Department of Agriculture (DA) to lift its ban on the sale of imported salmon and pompano while it is studying whether it would lift it or not. Poe said she does not see any compelling safety reason to implement the DA Administrative Order 259...
There is something fishy in the issuance by the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) of a ban on the sale of pink salmon and pompano at wet markets starting December 4. The ban was apparently tacked on the Fisheries Administrative Order (FAO)195 which was issued in 1999 because Senate...
What's the deal with the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources' (BFAR) crackdown on the sale of imported fish in the local market? Cavite 4th district Rep. Elpidio Barzaga (PPAB) Cavite 4th district Rep. Elpidio Barzaga Jr., chairman of the House Committee on Natural Resources, wants to know....
Senator Imee Marcos today warned that the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) would have limited success in its campaign against fish smuggling if it overlooks online sellers. The BFAR had said it would start confiscating unauthorized fish imports on December 4 while a seasonal...
The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) of the Department of Agriculture (DA) has rolled out a new campaign against the selling of imported fish unauthorized for wet markets, particularly those that are diverted frozen fish commodities that are supposed to be for canning, processing,...
ILOILO CITY – Red tide recurred in the waters of popular tourist destination Gigantes Islands in Carles town, Iloilo province, less than two months after the area was cleared of the toxin. WOMEN process scallops in Barangay Gabi, Gigantes Island, Carles, Iloilo. (Tara Yap) In a shellfish...
