The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) warned the public on consuming shellfish from five areas that were recently identified positive for red tide. A red tide is an event that occurs on the coastline when algae, a plant-like organism, grows out of control. (BFAR PHOTO) In a...
Top officials of the Department of Agriculture (DA) and Bureau of Customs (BOC) are in the list of suspected smugglers or protectors of smuggling of agri-fishery products worth P667.5-million from 2019 to 2022. The list was submitted to President-elect Ferdinand ‘’Bongbong’’ R. Marcos Jr....
AGLIPAY, Quirino -- The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) established first-ever techno-demo project of red tilapia in landlocked areas in San Antonio, Aglipay, Quirino on June 23, 2022. Photo courtesy of BFAR About 8,000 red tilapia fingerlings with an initial Average Body Weight...
Tilapia is the Philippines’ second-most important farmed fish, after bangus. It is also the most consumed fish in the Philippines, according to the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). The most predominant species in the country is Nile tilapia ( Oreochromis niloticus...
Although the Philippines has long been recognized as the world’s center of marine biodiversity, policies to protect marine life in the Philippine seas from illegal fishing and other human activities are not strictly enforced. As a result, almost half of the fishery products in the country, or...
TACLOBAN CITY – A fisherman was killed while two others were injured while allegedly blast fishing in the sea of Sitio Salvacion, Barangay Ilijan, Sto. Niño, Samar last Tuesday, June 7. The fatality was identified as Emiliano Davila, 40, a resident of the barangay. Injured were Rolan Davila, 28,...
QUEZON -- The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR-4A’s) -- Fisheries Protection Law Enforcement Group (BFAR-FPLEG) has caught a fishing vessel in the act of fishing using the prohibited ‘buli-buli’ system in Tayabas Bay on Wednesday, June 1. The erring vessel was caught in the...
PANGASINAN -- The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) Region 1 advised all consumers and vendors to be careful when buying fish and other fishery products to prevent food poisoning. Fish vendors. (Photo courtesy of Liezle Basa Inigo) BFAR Region 1 Director Rosario Segundina Gaerlan...
PANGASINAN – The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources Region 1 has advised local government units to require their markets to demand ‘auxiliary invoice’ to determine the point of origin of all fishery products. Specifically, the inspectors, the quarantine officers and the administrators...
PANGASINAN -- The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources announced Wednesday, April 7, that coastal waters of Bolinao are positive for paralytic shellfish poison (PSP) or red tide toxin. (Photo from the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources via Liezle Basa Inigo) BFAR-Regional Fisheries...
It is no secret that senatorial candidate Sonny Matula will push for the protection of the labor sector if he wins, but he also explained that a strategy to end labor-only contractualization in the country is to raise employer penalty to a higher range from P30,000 to P50,000 per violation. Labor...
Senators on Thursday, February 10, chided the Department of Agriculture (DA) and its attached agency, Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR), for their dependence on fish importation to address purported fish shortage that only supposedly benefit the rich. Senator Cynthia Villar, Senate...
