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- DA-BFAR retains fishingban in Oriental MindoroSausa, Radee (Concept & Information Group, Inc., 2023-04-13)The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) has recommended keeping the fishing ban in oil spill-hit municipalities in Oriental Mindoro. The Department of Agriculture (DA-BFAR) has been monitoring the situation in fishing areas affected by the recent oil spill. Fish samples collected and analyzed from select sites in Oriental Mindoro on March 10 showed low-level contaminants or polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH).
- Oil spill-affected Mindoro coastal towns to get fishing ground sharing schemeAtlenza, 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.