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    No red tide in CL
    Arcellaz, Princess Clea (Sun • Star Publishing, 2024-10-19)
    The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) said shellfish samples collected in Central Luzon are free from the toxic red tide. Based on Shellfish Bulletin No. 26 Series of 2024 issued October 16, 2024, BFAR said the coastal waters of Bataan, Pampanga, Bulacan and Zambales are safe from the water toxin. Alll types of shellfish gathered from these areas are safe for human consumption, the BFAR said.
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    Boodle fight held in Rosario, Cavite to promote seafood industry after oil spill
    Dena, Carla (Manila Bulletin Publishing Corporation, 2024-09-10)
    The local government unit (LGU) of Rosario held a fish port boodle fight on Tuesday, Sept. 10, to show to the public that locally caught fish and seafood are now safe to eat. Rosario Public Information Officer Sid Samaniego told the Manila Bulletin that the local fish trade bore the brunt of the recent shellfish ban imposed by the provincial government on Aug. 1 due to the Bataan oil spill. The shellfish ban was lifted on Aug. 29 after the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) declared shellfish from Cavite safe to consume.
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    Oil siphoning from Terra Nova nearing completion
    Macairan, Evelyn (Philippine Star Printing Co., Inc., 2024-09-09)
    With a little over 100,000 liters of industrial oil left in the sunken motor tanker Terra Nova, the siphoning process is now almost complete, according to the Philippine Coast Guard. The PCG said that of the 1.4 million liters of industrial oil that the tanker was carrying when it sank in the waters off Limay, Bataan on July 25, salvor firm Harbor Star has so far siphoned close to 1.3 million liters of oily materials.
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    Oil siphoning from Terra Nova stopped due to Enteng
    Macairan, Evelyn (Philippine Star Printing Co., Inc., 2024-09-03)
    Rough sea conditions due to Tropical Storm Enteng prompted the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) to stop the oil siphoning operations on the sunken motor tanker Terra Nova yesterday. “The contracted salvor, Harbor Star, secured all siphoning lines and containment equipment, closed all hot taps and postponed the transfer of oily waste,” the PCG said.
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    Bataan fishermen receive livelihood aid from BFAR
    De Leon, Jovi (Sun • Star Publishing, 2024-03-15)
    Members of the 1Bataan Pawikan Conservation Alliance Network (1PawiCAN) recently received livelihood assistance from the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) in Central Luzon. The 1PawiCAN fisherfolk were awarded a total of 222 gill nets and 50 multifilament polyethylene nets for sustainable fishing.
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    Sunken dredger towed to Bataan-Coast Guard
    Macairan, Evelyn (Philippine Star Printing Co., Inc., 2023-05-03)
    Three days after it sank in the waters of Corregidor Island, the dredger vessel MV Hong Hai 189 was towed to Mariveles, Bataan, the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) said yesterday. In a statement, the PCG said it monitored the motor tugboat MTUG Tirad Pass safely tow the Sierra Leone-flagged MV Hong Hai 189 to Barangay Sisiman in Mariveles, Bataan, some 400 yards from Sisiman Lighthouse.
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    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.
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    Bataan fisherfolk livelihood beefed up
    Reyes, Jonas (Concept & Information Group, Inc., 2022-08-08)
    The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources in Central Luzon (BFAR3) has provided payaos to fisherfolk in the province as part of the agency’s thrust to develop the fishing industry in the area. In coordination with Bataan Provincial Fisheries Office (PFO) Harlyn Recabar-Purzuelo, Municipal Agriculture’s Officer (MAO) Nonato Manalastas said that two fisherfolk associations were given three sets of payaos which can help fisherfolk here catch bigger fish.
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    Shellfish banned in several provinces due to red tide
    Jocson, Luisa Maria Jacinta (BusinessWorld Publishing Corporation, 2021-12-13)
    The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) has banned shellfish from coastal waters of several provinces in central and southern Philippines due to red tide. The waters of Leyte, Bataan, Masbate, Bohol, Eastern Samar, Zamboanga del Sur, Surigao del Norte and Surigao del Sur tested positive for paralytic shellfish poison (PSP) or toxic red tide beyond the regulatory limit, it said in a Dec. 10 bulletin, citing laboratory results.
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    Villar, Legarda question DA's 60,000-ton fish import
    Casayuran, Mario (Manila Bulletin Publishing Corporation, 2022-01-25)
    Senator Cynthia A. Villar and House Deputy Speaker Loren Legarda on Monday, Jan. 24 questioned the decision of the Department of Agriculture (DA) to import 60,000 metric tons of fish. During her hybrid hearing on issues surrounding the fish industry as chairwoman of the Senate Agriculture, Food and Agrarian Reform committee, Villar said the DA should have suspended the closed fishing season instead of deciding to import fish for the first quarter of 2022.