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- No fish shortage: Western Visayas 125% fish sufficient - BFAR(Panay News, Inc., 2023-06-08)The campaign against illegal fishing is paying off. Western Visayas is “more than 100 percent sufficient” in fish, according to the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR). The region’s fish sufficiency is at 125 percent, Regional Director Remia Aparri told Panay News. She cited local government units (LGUs), partner government agencies, fisherfolk and other stakeholders for supporting BFAR’s campaign against illegal fishing and the annual three-month closed season observed in the Visayan Sea (November to February) to give fishes time to spawn, repopulate and grow.
- All set for importation of 30K MT of small pelagic fishPelonia, Ada (Philippine Business Daily Mirror Publishing, Inc., 2024-09-04)It’s all systems go for the importation of 30,000 metric tons (MT) of small pelagic fish during the closed fishing season, according to the Department of Agriculture (DA). Agriculture Secretary Francisco Tiu Laurel Jr. issued Special Order (SO) 1272 which assigned Isidro Velayo Jr., officer-in-charge of the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR), as the approving official for the issuance of sanitary and phytosanitary import clearances (SPSICs).