PB’s call: File cases against fishers who killed thresher sharks

Nestle L. Semilla 09/26/2016

THE Cebu Provincial Board is asking the Provincial Environment and Natural Resources Office (Penro) and Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources Central Visayas (BFAR-7) to file appropriate cases against the 13 fishermen who killed 19 thresher sharks…

Lapu-Lapu firm investigated

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 09/10/2016

THE Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources in Central Visayas (BFAR-7) is investigating the Lapu Lapu City-based company that was blamed for exporting scallops that caused a Hepatitis A outbreak in Hawaii. Elvie Flores of the Fisheries…

Philippine seaweeds safe, says industry leader

Victor Anthony V. Silva 09/07/2016

GROUPS making claims that the seaweeds from the Philippines spread diseases should make sure their reports are based on thorough study as these statements are hurting local farmers, an industry leader said. Maximo Richohermoso, chairman of the…

Stakeholders to meet in Oslob for whale shark watching

Carmel Loise Matus 07/17/2016

ENVIRONMENT and fishery officials will soon meet up with officials of Oslob town and the provincial government to discuss ways to regulate human interaction with whale sharks. This came after the International Union of Conservation of Nature…

Bangus sardines project Farming, fishing sectors in Tuburan get boost

Victor Anthony V. Silva 07/10/2016

Tuburan town’s fishing and farming sectors are getting a boost from the local government’s thrust to make bangus sardines a town industry and a local coffee chain’s plan to help coffee farmers improve their products and to…

Living and loving the law

Atty. Gloria Estenzo Ramos 07/10/2016

His gentle demeanor and frail-looking appearance belie the steely inner strength and fierce determination to implement our largely lying “in the doldrums” fisheries and other environment laws. As Bantay Dagat (sea guardian), he holds sacred his pledge…

DSWD-7 launches second database of poor households

06/29/2016

THE Department of Social Welfare and Development in Central Visayas (DSWD-7) launched its second Listahanan Database for Central Visayas at the Cebu Parklane International Hotel on Monday morning. Formerly known as the National Household Targeting System for…

Compromise reached on Monad Shoal damage

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 06/21/2016

The Cebu provincial government and other entities that suffered damage after the cargo vessel MV Belle Rose ran aground in the waters off Daanbantayan town last week have formally agreed to settle the matter amicably and allow…

BFAR-7 launches probe on thresher shark killings

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 06/21/2016

THE Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR-7) has started its investigation on the killing of thresher sharks in Moalboal following reports that two dead sharks, with their body parts mercilessly cut up, were found floating in…

For the love of the sea

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 06/10/2016

With binoculars in hand, Norlan Pagal, 46, scanned the waters off the shore of his coastal village, Anapog, in northern Cebu’s town of San Remigio. For Pagal, watching over the sea off his village, which is part…

BFAR to identify illegal fishing hotspots in Cebu

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 03/10/2016

THE regional Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR-7) will focus on identifying hotspots of illegal fishing in northern Cebu. “I am meeting with the Coastal Law Enforcement Alliance Region (CLEAR-7) and we will soon divulge the…

BFAR warns public against eating ‘biya’

02/20/2016

THE Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) has reminded the public of its ban on fishing, selling and eating goby fish following the deaths of three children who have eaten the poisonous fish in Camarines Norte.…

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