March 5, 2012
The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources has lifted the three-month ban on sardine fishing in a conservation area in Mindanao.
BFAR director Asis Perez said the fishing grounds of East Sulu Sea, Basilan Strait and Sibuguey Bay were now open to commercial fishermen effective March 2, three months after a sardine fishing ban was imposed to replenish the sardines’ stock in those areas. Read the rest of this entry »
March 2, 2012
THE Philippines is full of ironies. Imagine an archipelago with more than 7,100 islands and a coastline longer than 36,000 kilometers not having enough fish for people to eat. But that just might be our future.
Earlier this week, Agriculture Sec. Proceso Alcala warned that it was “inevitable” for the Philippines to import fish in the future in order to meet domestic consumer demand. The backdrop to the dim forecast is the poor performance of the fisheries sector in 2011, when output fell 4.1 percent. Worse, the output also decreased in 2010 by 3.47 percent. Read the rest of this entry »
February 2, 2012
THE Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) on Wednesday admitted that it was compelled to open the domestic market to imported fish because of the continued decline of domestic catch. Read the rest of this entry »
January 13, 2012
December 15, 2011
CLARK FREEPORT, Philippines – The Philippines ranked fourth in Asia in fishery product exports in an international fishery trade. Read the rest of this entry »
August 29, 2011
Zamboanga City—Tens of placard-bearing workers in the fishing industry here staged a protest on Sunday against a ban ordered by the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) on sardine fishing this year. Read the rest of this entry »
July 17, 2011
MANILA, Philippines – The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) and the Department of Agriculture (DA) have forged a partnership to help farmers and fishermen grow their business.
The two agencies will help farmers and fishermen in business licensing, trade facilitation and export market exposure. Read the rest of this entry »
June 4, 2011
MANILA, Philippines — The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) distributed P67.57 million in cash assistance for farmers and fisherfolk in 10 regions to help them cope with the rising prices of commodities and fuel during the lean months. Read the rest of this entry »
May 18, 2011
Philippine fish invasion
MANILA, Philippines -When the law was passed in 1998 by Philippine Congress, then the administration of former military general President Fidel V. RamosFidel V. Ramos promised the fisherfolk that social justice would soon reign in troubled waters. Read the rest of this entry »
May 1, 2011
MANILA, Philippines – When lawyer Malcolm I. Sarmiento retired recently as national director of the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR), the fishing industry used his send-off party as an occasion to celebrate the various milestones in fisheries conservation and development that marked his 12-year stewardship of the country’s premier fishery regulatory agency. Read the rest of this entry »
