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    BFAR: Fish population is simply rising
    Fuentes, Kaiser Jan (Sun • Star Publishing, 2024-02-07)
    Amid concerns sparked by the beaching of thousands of fish along the shores of two towns in southern Cebu, a fisheries official has assured the public the events should not be taken as a precursor to an earthquake or an impending tsunami. “It should be treated as a positive result. Let us not associate it with any geological or weather phenomenon,” Johann Tejada, spokesman of the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (Bfar) 7 told SunStar Cebu on Monday, Feb. 19, 2024.
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    Build roads, stop fish smuggling'
    Romero, Maria (Concept & Information Group, Inc., 2022-12-19)
    A network of agriculture groups said the government must ramp up efforts to scrutinize smugglers and importers diverting fish products to the wet market that violates existing regulations. In a press statement early this week, Tugon Kabuhayan, an umbrella group of food security advocates, said government authorities should hasten the construction of more roads from fish facilities to markets.
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    BFAR mulls moratorium on crackdown vs imported fish
    Cariaso, Bella (The Manila Times Publishing Corporation, 2022-12-01)
    The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) on Wednesday said it was considering imposing a moratorium on the crackdown of imported frozen fish in wet markets amid criticisms that it was anti-poor. In a radio interview, Nazario Briguer, BFAR Information and Fisherfolk Coordination Unit chief, said he had informed BFAR Officer in Charge Demosthenes Escoto on the developments in the Senate after Senators Raffy Tulfo and Mary Grace Poe questioned the move of the agency to crack down on pampano and salmon starting on Dec. 4, 2022.
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    BFAR imposes 3-month fishing ban in Visayan sea
    Semilla, Nestle (Philippine Daily Inquirer, Inc., 2022-11-18)
    For the next three months, fishing of some species at the Visayan Sea would be prohibited, said the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources in Central Visayas (BFAR-7). Starting on Nov. 15 until Feb. 15, 2023, fishers would not be allowed to catch pelagic species such as sardines, herrings and mackerels from the Visayan Sea to allow them to spawn and flourish in number, BFAR-7 said in a social media post on Thursday. The ban, which was based on the Fisheries Administrative Order No. 167-3 issued in 2013, was also intended to sustain the livelihood of small-scale or municipal fishers.
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    DA sets stricter rules for importing fish
    Rivera, Danessa (Philippine Star Printing Co., Inc., 2022-12-15)
    The Department of Agriculture (DA) has intensified the requirements for importing certain fish products including pompano to prevent their sale in wet markets. The action was made after lawmakers urged the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) to focus its efforts against smugglers and importers who are diverting fish products to the wet market in violation of existing regulations.
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    Closed fishing season in Visayas lifted
    Jocson, Luisa Maria Jacinta C. (BusinessWorld Publishing Corporation, 2022-02-18)
    The annual three-month closed fishing season in the Visayan Sea has been officially lifted on Feb. 15, according to the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR). The closed season, implemented from Nov. 15 to Feb. 15, prohibits the catching of sardine, herring (Clupeidae) and mackerel (Scombridae) within the conservation area.
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    Senators slam BFAR on order vs. salmon, pampano sale
    (Philippine Manila Standard Publishing, Inc., 2022-12-13)
    Senators slammed the apparent late action taken by the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) against the illegal diversion of pink salmon and pampano to wet markets. Senators Raffy Tulfo and Cynthia Villar, at a Senate hearing, grilled the BFAR over the issue. BFAR officer-in-charge Demosthenes Escoto explained that the bureau had been implementing the Fisheries Administrative Order (FAO) No. 195 since 1999. But they were prompted to reinforce this due to the prevalence of illegally diverted pampano and pink salmon to markets, GMA News reported.
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    Gensan bats for fisheries department
    Sumangil, Franz (The Manila Times Publishing Corporation, 2022-09-01)
    The stakeholders of the tuna fishing industry in General Santos City are pushing for the creation of a department for fisheries and aquatic resources to achieve the full potential of the country's fisheries sector. Currently, the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources, an agency responsible for the development, improvement, management, and conservation of the Philippine fisheries and aquatic resources, is under the Department of Agriculture. In a press conference on Monday for the 22nd National Tuna Congress on September 1-2, Rosanna Contreras, executive director of the Soccsksargen Federation of Fishing and Allied Industries Inc., said their initial proposal for a separate department for fisheries has not prospered.
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    BFAR needs at least 6 more vessels to monitor waters, marine resources — advocacy group
    Ochave, Revin Mickhael D. (BusinessWorld Publishing Corporation, 2021-06-29)
    The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) should have more big vessels for patrolling Philippine waters, food advocacy group Tugon Kabuhayan said. Tugon Kabuhayan convener Asis G. Perez, a former BFAR national director, said in a virtual briefing on Monday that the agency currently has two specialized ships used in patrolling the country’s waters and for humanitarian missions.
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    Commercial fishing continues to hurt small fishers in municipal waters - Oceana
    Ochave, Revin Mickhael D. (BusinessWorld Publishing Corporation, 2021-09-24)
    Commercial fishing in municipal waters pervades amid the coronavirus pandemic and the government should step up its monitoring and apprehension of violators to protect small fisherfolk, according to marine conservation group Oceana. Oceana said in a statement on Thursday that 42,934 commercial vessels were detected within municipal waters in 2020, about 4.7% lower than the 44,952 reported the previous year. The figures were sourced from Karagatan Patrol, a digital platform that uses Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) and senses lure lights that are likely used by commercial fishing boats.