PADRE BURGOS, Quezon – The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) is investigating an alleged fish kill at Tayabas Bay here. A fisherman, Edward Diaz, posted a video on social media showing assorted dead fish on Friday, May 15. Municipal agriculturist Franco Bondeci said that BFAR will...
TACLOBAN CITY – The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) on Wednesday confirmed the presence of toxic red tide in the coastal waters of Daram, Samar, based on an examination by the agency’s national laboratory. This prompted BFAR to raise a shellfish ban for the seawaters of Daram,...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources has issued a red tide warning in two areas in the Zamboanga Peninsula. Shellfish Bulletin No. 9 disclosed the presence of toxins in shellfish collected and tested from Dumanquillas Bay in Zamboanga del Sur and Tantanang Bay in...
ILOILO CITY – Around 3,000 fisherfolk in Western Visayas are set to receive fuel subsidy to ease the impact of the fuel crisis from the Middle East war. The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources-6, an attached agency of the Department of Agriculture (DA), started the distribution last week in...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources warned people against consuming shellfish as it reiterated its red tide warning in the Zamboanga Peninsula. The BFAR, in Shellfish Bulletin No. 4, Series of 2026, stated that shellfish collected and tested from Dumanquillas Bay in...
The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources-Region 1 (Ilocos) reported on Wednesday that two towns in Pangasinan tested positive for red tide. Laboratory results said shellfish samples collected from the coastal waters of Bolinao and Anda, Pangasinan yielded positive findings. The BFAR advised...
MALASIQUI, Pangasinan – Shellfish samples collected from the coastal towns of Anda and Bolinao now tested negative for red tide toxin, the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources in Ilocos region (BFAR-1) said. In an advisory issued Thursday night, BFAR-1 said the advisory was based on testing...
The Senate Committee on Agriculture, Food and Agrarian Reform on Wednesday, February 18 issued a show cause order against Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) Director Elizer Salilig to explain his non-appearance in the public hearing. Sen. Francis “Kiko” Pangilinan, chairman of the...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – The Bureau of Aquatic Resources-9 opened the 15th fishing season for sardines in Zamboanga Peninsula on Saturday. BFAR National Director Elizer Salilig emphasized the importance of implementing the law for the conservation of fishery resources in East Sulu Sea, Basilan...
A Chinese navy vessel repeatedly challenged a Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) maritime domain awareness (MDA) flight over Bajo de Masinloc (Scarborough or Panatag Shoal) in the West Philippine Sea (WPS) on Friday, Feb. 6, a ranking official said. The PCG, in coordination with the Bureau of Fisheries...
The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) warned the people that all shellfish and alamang harvested from the coastal waters of Bolinao and Anda in Pangasinan remain positive for paralytic shellfish poison or red tide and are not safe for human consumption. The advisory issued on Jan. 29...
TACLOBAN CITY – The shellfish ban remains in effect in Matarinao Bay in Eastern Samar and the coastal waters of Leyte, Leyte, after recent laboratory tests confirmed the presence of red tide toxins in shellfish and water samples. The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) said shellfish...
