menu.header.image.unacom.logo
 

03. Science and Technology (Natural Sciences) Committee

Permanent URI for this communityhttps://repository.unesco.gov.ph/handle/123456789/3

In creating a culture of peace and addressing sustainable development challenges, UNESCO aims to cultivate the generation and application of scientific knowledge among its Member States. At UNACOM, we facilitate access to UNESCO’s international programmes in the sciences, such as the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC), Man and the Biosphere (MAB) Programme, and International Geoscience and Geoparks Programme (IGGP), among others.

Through this sector, the Commission aims to contribute to the following SDGs: 11 - Sustainable Cities and Communities, 13 - Climate Action, 14 - Life Below Water, and 15 - Life On Land. With the overarching vision of the 2023-2028 Philippine Development Plan (PDP), UNACOM targets grassroots-inspired cultural heritage and biodiversity protection and conservation, as well as multi-stakeholder partnerships for SDGs promotion.

Browse

Filters

2022 - 20257

Settings

AGROVOC Keyword: search.filters.agrovoc.fisheries lawCorporate body as subject: search.filters.corporate_as_subject.Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR)

Search Results

Now showing 1 - 7 of 7
  • No Thumbnail Available
    Probe SC ruling favoring commercial fishers
    Subingsubing, Krixia (Philippine Daily Inquirer, Inc., 2025-01-30)
    Opposition lawmakers have asked the House of Representatives to look into the “adverse impacts” of a recent Supreme Court ruling allowing commercial fishing in municipal waters. ACT Teachers Rep. France Castro, Gabriela Rep. Arlene Brosas, and Kabataan Rep. Raoul Manuel filed on Jan. 28 House Resolution No. 2202 asking the committee on aquaculture and fisheries resources to look into the matter.
  • No Thumbnail Available
    Iloilo fisherfolk, coastal LGUs oppose commercial fishing in municipal waters
    Sornito, Ime (Panay News, Inc., 2025-01-31)
    The provincial government, through the Provincial Agriculture Office (PAgrO), is compiling position papers from coastal municipalities, fisherfolk groups, and other concerned parties to formally oppose the Supreme Court (First Division) ruling allowing commercial fishing vessels to operate within the 15-kilometer municipal water zone. PAgrO head Dr. Ildefonso Toledo confirmed that submissions have started arriving at his office and are expected to increase in the coming days. He warned that allowing commercial fishing in municipal waters would severely impact small-scale fisherfolk, who rely on these areas for their livelihood.
  • No Thumbnail Available
    ‘More effective, defined’: BFAR consults fishing groups on fisheries code amendments
    Castor, Rjay (Daily Guardian Multi-Media Services, Inc., 2023-07-06)
    The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) said there are ongoing discussions with fishing communities and stakeholders in the fishing industry on the possible amendments to the country’s fisheries law. Rommel Adolf I. Diciano, head of BFAR’s conservation and environmental protection section, said the bureau is actively collaborating with lawmakers and stakeholders to strengthen its legal framework through the amendment of Republic Act (RA) No. 10654.
  • No Thumbnail Available
    Breeding zones off-limits to fishers-Marcos
    Dela Cruz, Jovee Marie (Philippine Business Daily Mirror Publishing, Inc., 2023-09-24)
    The Palace has clarified that the government will only implement a fishing restriction in the breeding zones, not a fishing ban. President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. said the government will not impose a fishing ban as it will affect the income of the country’s small-scale fishermen.
  • No Thumbnail Available
    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.
  • No Thumbnail Available
    Moratorium on imported fish ban issued
    Piatos, Tiziana Celine (Concept & Information Group, Inc., 2022-12-03)
    The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources announced on Friday a moratorium on its planned crackdown on vendors of imported fish in local markets effective immediately, which means selling imported pampano and pink salmon is still allowed in wet markets, groceries and online stores. BFAR officer-in-charge Demosthenes Escoto declared the moratorium on market crackdowns over the imported pink salmon, pompano and other frozen fish products after considering recommendations from fisheries stakeholders and lawmakers.
  • No Thumbnail Available
    Importation not key to fish shortage-lawmakers to DA
    Fernandez, Butch; Dela Cruz, Jovee Marie (Philippine Business Daily Mirror Publishing, Inc., 2022-01-25)
    The closed fishing season should have been suspended by the Duterte administration instead of allowing fish importation by the Department of Agriculture (DA), Senator Cynthia Villar asserted on Monday. Villar, who chairs the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Food and Agrarian Reform, questioned the DA’s decision to greenlight the importation of 60,000 metric tons of galunggong (round scad) and other fish varieties at the first quarter of the year.