DAVAO CITY – The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources-Davao (BFAR-11) announced on Monday the start of this year’s three-month closed fishing season at the Davao Gulf, from June 1 to August 31. In a press briefing, Elaine Vera Belvis, BFAR-11 Fisheries Management and Regulatory Enforcement...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources-9 has declared Nov. 15, 2024 to Feb. 15, 2025 as closed fishing season for sardines in the Zamboanga Peninsula. BFAR Regional Director Al Zhat Kunting leads the send-off ceremony in Zamboanga City for the 14th closed fishing season...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources-9 (Zamboanga Peninsula) formally opened the 13th sardine fishing season at Basilan Strait, East Sulu Sea, and Sibugay Bay during ceremonies on Wednesday, February 14, at the BFAR conference room here. BFAR-9 Regional Director Al-Zath...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources led send-off activities Thursday, Dec. 1, at the Majini Pier of the Naval Station Romulo M. Espaldon in Calarian, Zamboanga City to signal the start of the closed fishing season at the Zamboanga Peninsula. DEPARTMENT of Agriculture,...
After it opposed the importation of 25,000 metric tons of fish until January 2023, a fisherfolk group dared President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. to ban imported fish from China. “Nakakabahalang pangunahing pinanggagalingan ng ating inaangkat na isda ay China, ang bansang nangangamkam at...
Small-scale Filipino fishermen expressed their opposition to the national government’s plan to import 25,000 metric tons of fish amid the closed fishing season which will last until January 2023. A fisherman in Cavite (Manila Bulletin File Photo) Fisherfolk group Pambansang Lakas ng Kilusang...
MAP of the Philippines with Davao Region highlighted. DAVAO CITY – Prices of fish in the Davao Region will likely increase due to the implementation of the three-month closed fishing season at Davao Gulf, an official of the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR)-Davao said. BFAR-Davao...
Open fishing season starts with a bang on the gong during a ceremony at the Sangali Fishing Port, Zamboanga City on Tuesday, March 1. (Photo by Ely Dumaboc) Some 34,000 sardine factory workers are expected to return to work during the start of the Open Season for Sardine Fishing in Zamboanga...
The Department of Finance (DOF) urged authorities to be “more liberal” with importations after prices of meat and fish rose at a much faster pace in November compared with the previous month. In an Economic Bulletin on Monday, Dec. 13, Finance Chief Economist Gil S. Beltran noted that meat...
The three-month closed fishing season in the Visayan Sea could trigger “artificial shortage and fuel an inflation spike,” a fisherfolk group said Tuesday, Nov. 16. Pambansang Lakas ng Kilusang Mamamalakaya ng Pilipinas In a statement, the Pambansang Lakas ng Kilusang Mamamalakaya ng Pilipinas...
Visayan fishermen fear that there will be an artificial fish shortage – which could trigger an increase in fish prices – amid the implementation of a state-imposed three-month fishing ban within their coastal areas. In a statement, Pambansang Lakas ng Kilusang Mamamalakaya ng Pilipinas...
The Department of Agriculture’s (DA) Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) has announced the start of the closed fishing season in Northern Palawan on November 1, 2021. This is to further boost the growing abundance of galunggong in the province. 43226 From November 1 to January 31 of...
