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  • Gov't urged: Keep pressing China for Panatag access
    Mangosing, Frances (Philippine Daily Inquirer, Inc., 2022-10-17)
    The Philippine government should continue to work to ensure that Filipino fisherfolk would have unhindered access to Panatag (Scarborough) Shoal, according to a maritime law expert. “Negotiation should be for them to stop harassing/interfering with our fishing vessels. Our fishermen should be free to go in and out as needed,” Jay Batongbacal of the University of the Philippines’ Institute for Maritime Affairs and Law of the Sea told the Inquirer.
  • BFAR: Recent beaching of 'tuloy' no threat to sardine run tourism
    Flores, Claudine (Sun • Star Publishing, 2024-11-08)
    There is no need to worry about the recent beaching of Indian oil sardines, locally known as “tuloy,” at Panagsama Beach in Barangay Basdiot, Moalboal, Cebu, as it poses no threat to the area’s popular “sardine run” tourism, an officer from the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources in Central Visayas (BFAR 7) said. In an exclusive interview with SunStar Cebu, Johann Tejada, spokesperson for BFAR 7, assured on Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2024, that the sardine beaching event will not impact the region’s vibrant underwater sardine population or its standing as a top diving destination.
  • PCG, BFAR operations nab illegal fishers
    Recuerdo, Elmer (Concept & Information Group, Inc., 2024-01-19)
    The Philippine Coast Guard teamed up with the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources to conduct patrols in Samar Sea to curb illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing activities in the rich fishing ground of Eastern Visayas. This week, the joint team apprehended two commercial fishing boats operating on the said water that were using the banned Modified Danish Seine locally known as hulbot-hulbot. BFAR regional information officer Christine Gresola said that the two commercial fishing vessels were found fishing on the municipal waters of Daram Island and Tarangnan town in Samar.
  • Coast Guard: Capsized dredger sinks, spills oil off Bataan waters
    Dantes, Charles (Philippine Manila Standard Publishing, Inc., 2023-05-08)
    The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) said Sunday that the capsized MV Hong Hai 189 has sunk in waters off Mariveles, Bataan, and released about 30 to 50 liters of oil and other mixed substances. The MV Hong Hai, a Sierra Leone-registered dredger, sank 400 yards away from Sisiman Lighthouse in Mariveles at around 5:21 a.m. on Saturday, after colliding with the MT Petite Soeur, a a Marshall Island-flagged chemical and oil product tanker in the waters off Corregidor Island.
  • Oil spill-affected Mindoro coastal towns to get fishing ground sharing scheme
    Atlenza, Kyle Aristophere (BusinessWorld Publishing Corporation, 2023-05-05)
    The National Government will provide a fishing ground sharing scheme for coastal towns in Oriental Mindoro that are still affected by a major oil spill from a sunken fuel tanker. The Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) and the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources “will adopt a cluster approach to ensure that all affected fisherfolk will have a place to go and congestion in one fishing area will be avoided,” DILG Secretary Benjamin Abalos, Jr. said in a statement.
  • P1.4-M illegal fish seized in major anti-poaching ops
    Baylon, Jen (Panay News, Inc., 2023-11-16)
    In a significant move against illegal fishing, the Iloilo Police Provincial Office (IPPO) successfully conducted a week-long operation, culminating on Monday, Nov. 13. Illegally-caught fish valued at nearly P1.4 million were recovered. A big portion of the seizure, worth over P1.1 million, was from the coastal town of Concepcion were there’s a high incidence of illegal fishing.
  • Projects on shrimp and 'ludong' set to boost PH inland aquatic production and management
    Obrero, Genevic R. (Daily Guardian Multi-Media Services, Inc., 2022-08-19)
    The shrimp and ludong industry in the country will benefit from the accomplishments of the four completed projects aimed at improving the production and management of these two inland aquatic commodities. These projects were funded and monitored by the Philippine Council for Agriculture, Aquatic and Natural Resources Research and Development of the Department of Science and Technology (DOST-PCAARRD).
  • Visayan Sea fishing ban lifted
    Sornito, Ime (Panay News, Inc., 2020-02-19)
    It’s open season again for fishing in the Visayan Sea. The three-month fishing ban from November 2019 to February 2020 was lifted on Sunday, Feb. 16. The ban covered herrings, mackerels and sardines. Now fishermen could catch them again, according to the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) Region 6.
  • Record fish unloading in major ports
    Miraflor, Madelaine B. (Manila Bulletin Publishing Corporation, 2021-03-26)
    The implementation of stricter two-week quarantine measures in the Greater Manila Area has not affected supply of fish with the Fisheries Development Authority (PFDA) reported of record high weekly fish unloading from March 16 to 23 period. The National Capital Region and nearby provinces are still under the general community quarantine (GCQ) status, but the government has reimposed stricter quarantine protocols from March 22 up to April 4 on due to surging COVID-19 cases in these areas. PFDA recorded the unloading of 5,533.76 metric tons (MT) of fish supply for consumers in the National Capital Region (NCR) and several areas in Central and South Luzon.