BFAR Region 7: REGION'S ACTIVITIES | NEWS | UPDATES

 

August 6, 2020

• Press Release | BFAR-7 warns Negrenses, red tide toxins spotted in Tambobo Bay and Bais Bay August 6, 2020

 

August 5, 2020

• TOP NEWS | CFLC opens in Guihulngan, Negros Oriental to help local fishers

August 4, 2020

• Fisheries Scholarship Program (FSP) coordinators of BFAR Region 7 facilitated on July 27 and 28 the signing of contract of this school year's incoming scholars from Cebu province
• BFAR Region 7 has partnered with Cebu Caritas, Inc. in providing food to those affected by the coronavirus pandemic in Cebu City
• BFAR livelihood aid continue to pour in for small fisherman groups in Negros Oriental

July 30, 2020

• "Lambaklad" project operator in Siquijor earns big, yields 400 kgs of fishes
• Tubigon marginal fishers earn P84K from first bangus harvest in offshore fish cage

July 29, 2020

• Livelihood assistance from BFAR Region 7 is reaching more and more towns in Negros Oriental amid the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic
• BFAR 7 - Negros Oriental Provincial Fishery Office (PFO), for its part, continues to monitor the availability of fishery commodities and their prices
• Valaga Small Fishermen Association in Mabini town, Bohol was provided with at least 5,500 bangus fingerlings from BFAR 7 - Bohol Provincial Fishery Office (PFO) on July 29, Wednesday
• BFAR7 facilities geared with new focus to help reboot the fishery sector
• New bangus fish cage in Carmen, Cebu to help 15 marginal fishers

July 25, 2020

• BFAR 7 - Fisheries Production and Support Services Division (FPSSD) conducted on July 24, Friday, monitoring of prices of fish commodities available at one of the major wet markets in the region

July 24, 2020

• BFAR 7 - Negros Oriental Provincial Fishery Office gave on July 23, Thursday, at least 10 units of lighting materials with scoop nets to San Jose Municipal Government
• BFAR 7 - Negros Oriental Provincial Fishery Office turned over on July 23, Thursday, several fishing materials to Manjuyod Municipal Government
• BFAR 7 - Negros Oriental Provincial Fishery Office (PFO) turned over on July 23, Thursday, three units of fish boxes and one stainless steel table to Bindoy Municipal Government

July 23, 2020

• More fish farmers are getting livelihood aid from BFAR Region 7

 

July 22, 2020

• At least five tilapia fish farmers are expected to receive livelihood assistance from BFAR Region 7

 

July 20, 2020

• BFAR 7 - Negros Oriental Provincial Fishery Office (PFO) has turned over on July 17, Friday, several fishing materials to the Guihulngan City Government to support the needs of marginal fisherfolks

July 17, 2020

• BFAR Region 7, through its Fisheries Production and Support Services Division (FPSSD), has continuously monitored the availability of fishery commodities in the region's major wet markets

July 14, 2020

• BFAR -Region 7 throws out a clear message to illegal fishers that keep operating despite the ongoing pandemic
• Negros Oriental Provincial Fishery Office (PFO) turned over at least 138 bags of feeds to the Bayawan Municipal Government

July 10, 2020

• BFAR Region 7 encourages the public to patronize fishery commodities
• Negros Oriental Provincial Fishery Office (PFO) has conducted price monitoring today (July 10) at the public market in Dumaguete City

July 8, 2020

• 120-member Toledo City Fisherfolk Workers Association (TCFWA) in Toledo, Cebu has once again shared their fish catch to help frontliners and other sectors affected by the coronavirus crisis
• BFAR 7 - Cebu Provincial Fishery Office (PFO) assisted the Cogon East Fishermen Association from Carmen, Cebu in constructing marine floating fish cage
• Negros Oriental Provincial Fishery Office (PFO) has turned over on July 8 at least 23 units of scoop nets, locally known as "sigpaw," to the Sibulan Municipal Government

July 7, 2020

• Community Based Multi Species Hatchery (MSH) in Medellin, Cebu has produced on June 8 at least 225,000 milkfish or "bangus" fry that will soon be dispersed into different fishery areas in the region

July 3, 2020

• BFAR 7 through the Cebu Provincial Fishery Office had continued it's assistance to the fish farmers of the province

July 1, 2020

• Bangus Culture partial sales of 249,360.00 from the Pangangan Organic Farmers and Fisherfolk Association in, Calape Bohol

June 24, 2020

• (FRPG) of the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources in Region 7 apprehended on June 22 (Monday) six municipal fishers from Carles, IloIlo reportedly caught fishing with the use of dynamite in the Visayan Sea or in the waters off Bantayan Island, Cebu

June 17, 2020

• BFAR 7 – Cebu Provincial Fishery Office (PFO) facilitated the distribution of the donated 366 kilograms of fresh fishes

June 5, 2020

• BFAR 7 - Cebu Provincial Fishery Office (PFO) has facilitated today, June 5, the distribution of 225 kilograms of fresh fishes donated by the Toledo City Fisherfolk Workers Association
• Sandel United Fishers and Farmers Livelihood Organization receives at least 3,450 milkfish or "bangus" fingerlings from BFAR Region 7
• BFAR 7 - Fisheries Production and Support Services Division (FPSSD) has conducted price monitoring at Carbon Public Market

 

June 3, 2020

• BFAR Region 7 continues to heighten the inspection procedures on the movement of fish and other fishery products transported via Mactan-Cebu International Airport
• BFAR 7 - Bohol Provincial Fishery Office (PFO) has granted the request of the fish farmers from Bilar town
• BFAR 7 - Bohol Provincial Fishery Office (PFO) has dispersed recently 26,000 common carp (Cyprinus Carpio) fingerlings
• Bohol PFO led by its head Candido Samijon gave 5,000 tilapia fingerlings to the Sto. Niño Talibon Small Water Impounding Irrigators Association from Talibon town to support its floating fish cage project
• BFAR Region 7 continues to conduct price monitoring in Bohol's biggest wet market - the Dao public market in Tagbilaran City

May 30, 2020

• KADIWA market system facilitated by BFAR Region 7 in Cebu has marked nearly P97,000 in gross sales

May 29, 2020

• The BFAR 7 - Ubay Brackishwater Fish Farm (UBFF) in Bohol province, through the lead of its head Antonio Pillotes, has joined for the third time the Kadiwa on Wheels today (May 29)

 

May 28, 2020

• Negros Oriental Provincial Fishery Office (PFO) has facilitated today (May 28) the milkfish deboning training to members of the Atlantis Fishing Development Corporation (AFDC)
• BFAR Region 7, through its Bohol Provincial Fishery Office (PFO), has responded to the request of two local government units in the province to beef up the fish population of a lake and a river through the bureau's Stock Enhancement Program

 

May 27, 2020

• Over 600 poor Cebu City families and different sectors receive fish donations

May 26, 2020

• Field facilities of BFAR Region 7 continues to assist local fishpond operators in this time of crisis to keep the region's fishery production moving
• Bohol Provincial Fishery Office (PFO) of BFAR Region 7 took part on the series of consultative meetings
• Bohol Provincial Fishery Office (PFO) of BFAR Region 7 turned over on May 26 about 4,700 milkfish or "bangus" fingerlings to the Kinabag-an Environmental Organization from Calape town
• Cebu Provincial Fishery Office (PFO) of BFAR Region 7 has facilitated today (May 26) the seventh round of distribution of donated fishes

May 22, 2020

• Production of milkfish or "bangus" eggs of BFAR Region 7 has reached a remarkable performance that it even can support other region's needs
• Bohol Provincial Fishery Office (PFO) of BFAR Region 7 has made sure that the implementation of its projects is not hampered by the prevailing coronavirus pandemic

May 19, 2020

• BFAR Region 7, through its Cebu Provincial Fishery Office (PFO), has facilitated today (May 19) the distribution of fresh fishes donated by the Toledo City Fisherfolk Workers Association

May 15, 2020

• BFAR Region 7, through the Bohol Provincial Fishery Office and in coordination with the Clarin Freshwater Fish Farm (CFFF), has turned over formally today (May 15) around 44,000 tilapia fingerlings to the 24 fishpond operators
• The Bohol Provincial Fishery Office (PFO) of BFAR Region 7 has conducted monitoring on May 15, 2020 on the availability and the prices of fishery commodities at Dao Public Market in Tagbilaran City
• BFAR 7 continues to monitor the fishery commodities at huge wet markets
• BFAR 7 - Central Bangus Hatchery (CBH) in Pangangan Island, Calape town, Bohol has recorded on May 14 the highest production of milkfish or "bangus" eggs

May 14, 2020

• One million milkfish larvae and 210,000 bangus fry from BFAR 7-Central Bangus Hatchery in Pangan Island in Calape town, Bohol are now being transported to Cebu province
• Relief assistance has reached even at remote areas or indigenous communities
• The Balidbid Fisherfolk Association from Santa Fe town in northern Cebu has earned nearly P270,000 from their recent harvest of milkfish or "bangus."
• Another BFAR 7-assisted bangus project in Cebu yielded huge revenue to the fisherfolk beneficiary.

May 13, 2020

• Negros Oriental PFO of BFAR 7 turned over 50 bags of assorted feeds to Santa Catalina Municipal Government
• BFAR 7 through its Cebu PFO facilitated the distribution of another set of donated fresh fishes from the Bisayas Alliance of Fishing Operators for Reform (BAFOR)

May 12, 2020

• The "bayanihan" spirit sparks anew as local fishermen from Cebu province decided to donate portions of their fish production

May 8, 2020

• Fishery-related trainings in Bohol has restarted as the province recently transitioned to General Community Quarantine from the Enhanced Community Quarantine
• BFAR 7 continues to monitor the availability of fishes at huge wet markets
• Bohol Provincial Fishery Office (PFO) of BFAR Region 7 has no intention of lowering its guard on its price monitoring effort even as the province has now been placed under General Community Quarantine

May 5, 2020

• Residents from barangays San Francisco, Los Angeles, and Buenavista in Ubay, Bohol got to buy affordable and fresh fishes during the "KADIWA on Wheels" mobile market

May 4, 2020

• Some of the salient points discussed during "Straight from the Source" interview with PIA-7
• BFAR 7 facilitated the distribution of around 250 kilograms of fresh fishes donated by Toledo City Fisherfolk Workers Association in Cebu as relief assistance to the entities affected by the corona virus crisis

May 2, 2020

• The Fisheries Production and Support Services Division (FPSSD) of BFAR Region 7 continuously monitors prices of fishery commodities at major wet markets

April 30, 2020

• The Olivo Fishermen Association's second round of harvest yielded over 770 kilograms of milkfish or "bangus" from its fixed cage in Tabuelan town, Cebu

April 28, 2020

• Kadiwa Mobile Market in Brgy. Poblacion, Cortes
• Kadiwa on Wheels reaches three far-flung villages in Ubay town

April 27, 2020

• BFAR Region 7 facilitates today (April 27) the distribution of donated fresh fishes from the Bisayas Alliance of Fishing Operators for Reform (BAFOR) to marginal households in Barangay San Roque, Cebu City

April 25, 2020

• "Kadiwa on Wheels" mobile market in Negros Oriental drove to a remote area in Dumaguete City on April 24 (Friday) to bring fresh fishes closer to marginal communities
• BFAR Region 7, through the Fisheries Production and Support Services Division (FPSSD), conducted price monitoring on April 24 (Friday) at Carbon Market in Barangay Ermita, Cebu City
• The Cebu Provincial Fishery Office (PFO) assisted on April 22, 2020 the Olivo Fishermen Association in Tabuelan town, Cebu in harvesting 765 kilograms of milkfish or "bangus."
• BFAR Region 7, through the Fisheries Production and Support Services Division (FPSSD), joined for the second time the DA-initiated "KADIWA" market at DA-7 office in Mandaue City last April 24, 2020

April 24, 2020

• BFAR Region 7 has been assisting fish traders and vendors from Barangay Pasil landing center in transporting their fishery products outside Cebu City through a program dubbed, "Fish on Wheels
• The BFAR-7 Community Based Multi-Species Hatchery (CBMSH) in Medellin town, Cebu has restored its operations after it was destroyed by strong winds brought about by typhoon Ursula that hit northern Cebu in December 2019
• The Bohol Provincial Fishery Office (PFO) of BFAR Region 7 has conducted monitoring Friday (April 24) of fish prices at wet market in Barangay Dao, Tagbilaran City

April 22, 2020

• Bohol PFO of BFAR 7 in collaboration with the Central Visayas Multi-species Nursery Demonstration and Training Center gave another 5,500 milkfish fingerlings to the Kapunungang Mananagat sa Tinangnan from Tubigon town
• Another bountiful harvest was recorded in Bohol province

April 21, 2020

• The known tourist attraction Loboc River in Bohol has turned into a fish production site in order to respond to the need for food availablity
• Turnover of 62,000 tilapia fingerlings to Loboc Municipal Government in Bohol Province
• Kadiwa on Wheels launching in Capitol grounds
• BFAR 7 aided bangus project in Cebu province bore good harvest

April 17, 2020

• Monitoring of fish prices in public market of Brgy. Dao, tagbilaran City
• Scenes from today's Kadiwa ni Ani at Kita market fair at DA7 office in Mandaue City
• Bohol Provincial Fishery Office of BFAR Region 7 continues to provide livelihood assistance to marginal fisherfolks amid the coronavirus pandemic

April 16, 2020

• Fish products are now available at the satellite market of DA Region 7
• Campao Oriental Seaweeds Planters Association from Getafe, Bohol received on April 16 at least 5,500 milkfish or "bangus" fingerlings from BFAR Region 7, through its Bohol Provincial Fishery Office (PFO) and Central Visayas Multi-species Nursery Demonstration and Training Center (CVMNDTC)
• BFAR-aided bangus fish cage project in Balamban town

April 15, 2020

• Negros Oriental Provincial Fishery Office of BFAR 7 conducted price monitoring of fish on April 15, 2020
• BFAR Region 7, through its Provincial Fishery Office (PFO), has allotted this time livelihood assistance to the Kapunungan sa Mananagat sa Putohan from Tubigon town

April 14, 2020

• BFAR7 to help transport Cebu City fish products to Mandaue DA market
• BFAR 7 tied up with DA7 to accomodate Cebu City fish vendors
• Ubay Brackishwater Fish Farm (UBFF) of BFAR Region 7 is set to disperse today (April 14) 36,000 milkfish or "bangus" fingerlings
• BFAR Region 7 together with the Bohol Provincial Fishery Office (PFO) joined on April 14 the launching of the mobile market
• Bohol Provincial Fishery Office of BFAR 7 has conducted price monitoring at Brgy. Dao, Tagbilaran City
• Siquijor Provincial Fishery Office of BFAR 7 participated in the PPCC regular meeting
• BFAR 7 put up posters and distributed copies that enlists the price ceiling of fish commodities in teh province
• Bohol PFO went to Brgy. Basyao, Carlos P. Garcia town to send livelihood assistance for Basyao Fishermen Association

April 12, 2020

• Bohol Provincial Fishery Office (PFO) of BFAR Region 7 will be stocking milkfish or “bangus” fingerlings to different fish cage projects in the province to further boost bangus production

April 12, 2020

• UBFF of BFAR 7 released 20,000 tilapia fingerlings to managed areas under the BASIL Program of BFAR in Bohol Province
• BFAR-aided projects in the towns of Maribojoc and Calape in Bohol province yielded favorable results

April 3, 2020

• BFAR 7 gave livelihood assistance to fisherfolk organization from Bohol

April 2, 2020

• Frontline Service Office of BFAR 7 disinfect today April 2, 2020

April 1, 2020

• Implementation of Skeleton Workforce fails to disrupt the pngoing activities programmed for this year
• Milkfish larvae from CBH in Calarpe, Bohol are now being transported to Cebu to support bangus production
• Bohol Provincial Fishery Office and BFAR 7 conducted price monitoring to the fish market in Tagbilaran City
• BFAR 7 handed over the bangus fry dozer to two local government unit in Bohol Province
• BFAR 7 carries on with its objective to continue assisting fisherfolks

March 31, 2020

• BFAR 7 Director led the giving of almost 230,000 tilapia fingerlings to Pilar Municipal Government in Bohol
• BFAR 7 Head asks mayors to help local fishers and vendors affected by COVID-19 measures

March 30, 2020

• Price Monitoring efforts of BFAR 7 to other provinces

March 27, 2020

• General requirements needed by the Regional Fisheries Laboratory Section
• BFAR 7 releases schedule of the receiving of requests and samples for the guidance of clients
• RFL Section of BFAR 7 remain operating from Monday to Friday (8:00 am to 5:00 pm

March 26, 2020

• FIQS will continue the issuance of LTP and ECC even if Cebu will be place under enhanced community quarantine

March 20, 2020

• Illegal fishers that take advantage of the country's state are warned
• BFAR 7 ends today the two-day disinfection and sanitation efforts

March 18, 2020

• BFAR 7 FPSSD conducted price monitoring at the fish market in Brgy. Pasil Cebu City
• BFAR 7 steps up price monitoring in Central Visayas

March 17, 2020

• BFAR 7 carries out measures vs COVID-19
• BFAR 7 facilitated from March 16-18 the construction of technology demonstration of fish cage nursery and grow-out farm
• BFAR 7 tests new technology to make seagrapes survive the "summer" heat
• The Clarin Freshwater Fish Farm and other seven facilities of BFAR 7 continues to be available to individuals or entities who wish to buy fingerlings at facility

March 16, 2020

• BFAR 7 officals convene for an emergency meeting to discuss concerns and issues that surface following the imposition of community quarantines and travel bans
• BFAR 7 immediately released sacks of feeds to fisherfolks as aid to their milkfish pond culture