The country's bangus production is seen increasing this year with the support of government to increase the efficiency and production capacity of state-run hatcheries. Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) National Director Eduardo Gongona said the country is on the right track to...
The Department of Agriculture (DA) is close to securing the approval for the Fisheries and Coastal Resiliency (FishCoRe), a P10-billion project to be funded by World Bank. The project, which will run for seven years, is the first World Bank project to be implemented with the Bureau of Fisheries and...
The Department of Agriculture's (DA) Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) has raised concern over the continued presence of foreign vessels conducting fishing operations in the West Philippine Sea (WPS). Among others, Chinese Maritime Militia vessels have been monitored in big numbers...
The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) has monitored anew the presence of Chinese fishing vessels within the Philippine territory of the South China Sea amid the ongoing tension over territorial dispute in the area. In a report, BFAR said its personnel in the West Philippine Sea (the...
The Philippine government will intensify its seaborne patrol through a strengthened partnership between the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) and Philippine National Police (PNP). The Department of Agriculture's BFAR and PNP's Maritime Group (PNP-MG) have signed a memorandum of...
The government has warned interested importers about potential fraud in relation to the ongoing importation of 60,000 metric tons (MT) of fish. The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) and the Philippine Fisheries Development Authority (PFDA) have issued a joint advisory about a person...
The Philippine government, through the Philippine Fisheries Development Authority (PFDA) and Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR), has formally opened the application for importers who intend to fulfill the importation of as much as 60,000 metric tons (MT) of fish, a move aimed towards...
While groups of local fishermen, traders, and aquaculture players already expressed what they think about the government’s decision to approve the importation of 60,000 metric tons (MT) and how they think this may not necessarily bring down fish prices, Ateneo Professor Karlo Fermin Adriano has...
The United States Coast Guard Cutter Munro (WMSL 755), together with its counterparts from the Philippine Coast Guard and the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR), have concluded bilateral operations and security exercises in the West Philippine Sea. Munro, a 418-foot national security...
The Department of Agriculture’s (DA) Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) has successfully conducted the first trial run of its second tilapia intensive hatchery in the CALABARZON region, a development that will help boost the productivity of tilapia farmers. Tilapia Located in Los...
Food security advocacy group Tugon Kabuhayan is worried that the government’s planned fish importation during the second half of the year is ill-timed and may be detrimental to local fishermen. (Unsplash) In a statement, Tugon Kabuhayan convenor and former Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic...
The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) has assured unhampered delivery of fish supply in the National Capital Region (NCR) and nearby provinces while the government implements stricter lockdown measures amid COVID-19 delta variant spread. LIVE CORALS SEIZED – BFAR Central Visayas...
