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BFAR patrol boats used for tourism flagged by state auditors

Adrian Ayalin, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 17 03:52 PM

The Commission on Audit has flagged the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources for the use of 5 patrol boats, acquired through partial funding from the United States, for tourism activities and not for law enforcement. Read more »

Bangus, taas-presyo sa ilang palengke; BFAR: 'sapat' ang suplay

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 03 08:27 PM

Tumaas ng P20 ang presyo ng kada kilo ng bangus sa ilang pamilihan, na isinisisi ng mga tindero sa kakulangan ng suplay ng naturang isda. Pinabulaanan naman ito ng BFAR. Read more »

Galunggong, former staple fish, is now inflation pace-setter

Joel Guinto, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Sep 03 06:04 PM

Fish is outpacing price spikes in other commodities, with supply hampered by the monsoon season, and as inflation held at its fastest in nearly a decade. Read more »

Fossilized shells, nahukay sa Lapu-Lapu City

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 29 01:35 AM

Dalawang malalaking tipak ng hinihinalang perlas ang nahukay ng isang lalaki sa Lapu-Lapu City, Cebu. Read more »

May formalin sa galunggong? Agriculture chief, bumuwelta

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 28 10:33 PM

Bumuwelta si Agriculture Secretary Emmanuel "Manny" Piñol matapos lumutang ang isyung may halong formalin ang mga inangkat na galunggong. Read more »

Nagbebenta online ng endangered coral, taklobo, arestado sa Cavite

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 23 10:00 PM

Itinanggi ng suspek na nagbebenta siya at sinabing libangan lang daw niya ang pangongolekta ng coral. Read more »

‘No to galunggong imports'

Mark Demayo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 22 07:41 PM

Members of Pamalakaya, Amihan, and Anakpawis picket in front of the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources in Quezon City on Wednesday.  Read more »

2 lumba-lumba, nasagip sa Cagayan

Harris Julio, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 21 01:46 AM

Nasagip ang 2 lumba-lumba o dolphin na napadpad sa dalampasigan ng Barangay San Vicente sa bayang ito noong Biyernes. Read more »

Pamilya ng mga OFW, kinakapos dahil sa mahal na bilihin

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 20 11:14 PM

Dumadaing na ang mga pamilya ng ilang overseas Filipino worker na nahihirapang pagkasyahin ang perang ipinadadala sa kanila dahil sa mga nagtataasang presyo ng mga bilihin. Read more »

Presyo ng galunggong patuloy ang pagtaas; DA payag na mag-import

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Aug 17 12:08 AM

Ang itinalagang suggested retail price ng Department of Agriculture sa galunggong ay nasa P140 kada kilo pero lumalagpas na rito ang ilang palengke. Read more »

Red tide alert, nakataas pa rin sa Puerto Princesa at Honda Bay

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 14 05:15 AM

PUERTO PRINCESA CITY - Nagbabala ang Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) nitong Lunes na positibo pa rin sa paralytic shellfish poison ang Puerto Princesa at Honday Bay sa Palawan. Read more »

8 mangingisdang nanghuhuli ng seahorse sa Negros Occidental, arestado

Marty Go, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jul 29 07:42 PM

Arestado ang 8 lokal na mangingisda nang mabuko nitong Biyernes ang kanilang panghuhuli ng mga seahorse sa karagatang sakop ng bayang ito. Read more »

Kaunting huli dahil sa ulan, daing ng mga mangingisda sa Scarborough

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 15 10:28 PM

Iniinda ng mga mangingisdang Pilpino sa Panatag Shoal (Scarborough Shoal) ang ilang araw nang kakaunting huli dahil sa masamang panahon. Read more »

Pagbaba ng oxygen level, dahilan ng fish kill sa Lanao del Sur: BFAR

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 15 03:02 AM

May paliwanag ang BFAR sa sanhi ng pagkamatay ng mga isda. Read more »

Mga mangingisda dumaing ng 'kulang' na pagpapatrolya sa Scarborough Shoal

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jun 14 08:17 PM

Inirereklamo ng mga mangingisda ang hindi anila masusing pagbabantay ng navy at coast guard ng Pilipinas sa pinag-aagawang Panatag Shoal. Read more »

Duterte wants new survey ships for PH Rise

Dharel Placido, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 06 05:49 PM

MANILA - President Rodrigo Duterte is seeking to purchase survey ships so the Philippines can fully explore the resources that can be tapped in the Philippine Rise (Benham Rise), Malacañang said Tuesday. Read more »

Fishermen push for rights

George Calvelo, ABS CBN News
Posted at Feb 23 08:39 PM

Members of the Pambansang Lakas ng Kilusang Mamamalakaya ng Pilipinas (PAMALAKAYA-Pilipinas) march to Mendiola for the 20th anniversary of the enactment of the Philippine Fisheries Code of 1998 on Friday. Read more »

BFAR lifts shellfish ban in Bataan

Kate Cunanan, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 22 01:40 AM

The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) has lifted the shellfish ban in eight towns in Bataan.   Read more »

'Kontra dengue': Isdang kumakain ng kiti-kiti, libreng ipinamamahagi

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 07 05:53 PM

Batay sa feeding behavior ng itar, kaya nitong kumain ng isa't kalahating gramo ng itlog ng lamok o kiti-kiti. Read more »

OPINION: What’s going on in Benham Rise?

Ellen T.Tordesillas
Posted at Jan 29 05:37 PM

The decision of the Duterte government to allow Chinese scientists to do research in Benham Rise, renamed Philippine Rise, a 13-million-hectare undersea region off the provinces of Isabela and Aurora, has generated heated discussions layered with patriotism, nationalism, ignorance, Sinophobia – all combined. Read more »