The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) on Wednesday, October 18, cautioned residents against consuming shellfish and other seafood from seven coastal areas in the country which remain positive for red tide.In Shellfish Bulletin No. 24, the BFAR said these include four coastal waters in...
Senators on Tuesday, October 17 expressed their support to the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources' (BFAR) budget request for the purchase of three monitoring, control and surveillance (MCS) vessels to help fisherfolk in the West Philippine Sea. This was after BFAR Director...
TACLOBAN CITY (PNA) – Red tide phenomenon has recurred in three bays in Samar and Eastern Samar provinces, raising warning not to consume shellfish products in these areas, the Bureau of Fisheries Aquatic Resources (BFAR) said on Friday, October 6.These bays are Irong-Irong Bay in Catbalogan City,...
ILOILO CITY – The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) awarded the town of Ajuy in northern Iloilo province for its initiatives on proper management of coastal and fisheries resources.Ajuy, represented by Mayor Jett Rojas, was first runner-up in the 2022 Malinis at Masaganang Karagatan...
China has justified its installation of floating barriers in the West Philippine Sea, which blocked Filipino fishermen from their fishing grounds, by saying it did so because a Philippine government vessel entered into the waters without its supposed permission.Wang Wenbin, spokesman of the...
The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) reported that three coastal areas in Aklan have been cleared from red tide.In Shellfish Bulletin No. 22, Series of 2023, issued on Wednesday, September 20, BFAR said the coastal waters of Altavas, Batan, and New Washington in Batan Bay are free of...
The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) on Monday, Sept. 18, said it seeks to further expand the nation's fisheries sector to continue promoting economic growth."Together with allied government agencies, fisher folk and fish farmers, and other key stakeholders in the industry, the...
The Department of Agriculture-Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (DA-BFAR) cautioned the public that the red tide warning is still up in the coastal waters of Aklan, Bohol, Capiz, Iloilo, and Zamboanga del Sur.In Shellfish Bulletin No. 21 issued on Friday, the bureau cautioned the public...
MAUBAN, Quezon – Authorities arrested four fishermen for blast fishing in the sea of this municipality on August 27.Danilo Larita Jr. of the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources 4-A-Fisheries Protection Law Enforcement Group Western Seaboard said Tanggol Kalikasan received information from...
ILOILO CITY – The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR)-6 (Western Visayas) confirmed the presence of red tide in 10 coastal areas in Panay Island following the death of a boy after eating "tahong" or green mussels."To safeguard human lives, the public is strongly advised to stop...
ALLACAPAN, Cagayan â€" Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources-2 (Cagayan Valley) Director Angel B. Encarnacion and the local government unit here inspected the two circular high-density polyethylene fish cage projects at the Silagan small water impounding project in Barangay Silagan here on...
TACLOBAN CITY – The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR)-8 announced that there is no shellfish ban in Eastern Visayas as of Thursday, August 17.However, seawater samples collected from Matarinao Bay in the municipalities of General Macarthur, Hernani, Quinapondan, and Salcedo in...
