Credit to Author: besguerra| Date: Sun, 14 Jul 2019 23:23:42 +0000
MANILA, Philippines — Casuals outnumber regular employees, three to one, at the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR), the Commission on Audit (COA) has found.
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Credit to Author: hniitsu| Date: Thu, 13 Jun 2019 04:24:52 +0000
The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources in Eastern Visayas (BFAR-8) warned the public against eating shellfish collected from Irong-Irong Bay in Samar, which had been tested positive for red tide toxins.
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Credit to Author: racosta| Date: Fri, 07 Jun 2019 08:54:55 +0000
A commercial fishing vessel was seized by the personnel of the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources in Eastern Visayas (BFAR-8) at 4:25 a.m. on Friday on the municipal waters of Barangay Rizal of Daram town, Samar.
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Read moreCredit to Author: besguerra| Date: Mon, 27 May 2019 21:17:43 +0000
Authorities are tracking down people or groups behind blast fishing in Linapacan, a fifth-class municipality in Palawan province, after personnel of the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) recently intercepted three fishing vessels loaded with marine products illegally caught with explosives.
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Credit to Author: clopez| Date: Wed, 22 May 2019 21:00:08 +0000
The coastal waters of Bolinao and Anda towns in Pangasinan province and Santa Maria town in Davao Occidental province are now free
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Read moreCredit to Author: lalos| Date: Fri, 05 Apr 2019 23:13:03 +0000
The mayor of Lobo town in Batangas province on Friday asked fishery authorities to inspect the site where a 2,990-ton Chinese-manned dredging ship had dropped anchor to determine whether it had caused damage to marine life.
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Credit to Author: jvicente| Date: Fri, 08 Feb 2019 06:06:54 +0000
Five coastal waters are positive for paralytic shellfish poison, Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) warned.
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Read moreCredit to Author: lalos| Date: Sat, 26 Jan 2019 23:24:55 +0000
The government is scrambling to save the popular tawilis which was recently declared an endangered species by the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN).
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Read moreCredit to Author: besguerra| Date: Tue, 15 Jan 2019 21:17:42 +0000
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY—The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) has warned the public against harvesting and consuming shellfish from Lianga Bay in Surigao del Sur province after authorities confirmed the presence of red tide toxin in the area.
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Read moreCredit to Author: besguerra| Date: Sun, 13 Jan 2019 23:23:52 +0000
SANTO DOMINGO, Ilocos Sur — Years of research and genetic improvements have transformed the tilapia to become one of the richest, most widely available sources of protein in the Filipino diet.
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