President Marcos assured Filipino fisherfolks that more fish ports will be built around the country as he cited that more people should be making a living from the sea, considering the Philippines ' archipelagic nature. In inaugurating the rehabilitated Philippine Fisheries Development...
A fishing boat capsized off El Nido, Palawan due to heavy rains and big waves caused by Tropical Storm “Crising” on Saturday, July 19. The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) said three fishermen were rescued from their fishing boat which flipped off Pasandigan Cove. According to initial...
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...
BACOLOD CITY – The Diocese of Bacolod has appealed to lawmakers, local government officials, and the Judiciary to reexamine the Supreme Court’s ruling allowing commercial fishing vessels within municipal waters. In a pastoral statement released on May 27, Bishop Patricio Buzon stressed that...
Over 500 fishermen from various parts of the country -- including Cavite, Laguna, Parañaque, Manila, Navotas, Malabon, Bulacan, Bataan, and Zambales -- gathered in Mendiola, Manila on Friday, May 30, calling on the national government to halt reclamation projects that destroy their livelihood. The...
BACOLOD CITY - Negros Occidental second district Rep. Alfredo Marañon III said they will file an appeal before the Supreme Court over the decision allowing commercial fishing vessels within the 15-kilometer municipal waters. MARAÑON “That is a great disservice to the two million marginal...
ILOILO CITY – The provincial government of Iloilo has joined the mounting opposition against the Supreme Court ruling that opened the 15-kilometer boundary of municipal waters to large-scale commercial fishing. FISHING boats off the coast of Concepcion, a town in northern Iloilo province....
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...
Surigao del Norte 2nd district Rep. Robert Ace Barbers (Ellson Quismorio/ MANILABULLETIN) Surigao del Norte 2nd district Rep. Robert Ace Barbers has sounded the alarm on China's alleged deployment of "fake fishing boats" in the West Philippine...
ILOILO CITY – The annual three-month fishing ban in the Visayan Sea, one of the country’s richest fishing grounds, is underway. The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) of the Department of Agriculture (DA) officially launched the closed fishing season under Fisheries Administrative...
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...
BURDEOS, Quezon – A fisherman was killed in a suspected dynamite explosion while fishing in the sea of this town on Monday morning, Oct. 28. Police identified the victim as Mario Macagaling. Investigation said a fellow fisherman, Richard Legaspi, heard an explosion from where the victim was...
