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...