BFAR opens farmers, fisherfolk month celebration; conducts turn-over ceremony for Mangingisdang Direktor Program

The Department of Agriculture-Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (DA-BFAR) kicked off the Farmers' and Fisherfolk Month celebration with the symbolic turn-over ceremony for the Mangingisdang Direktor Program on May 6, 2024 at the BFAR Central Office.BFAR Officer-in-Charge Mr. Isidro M. Velayo, Jr. handed over the symbolic key of leadership ...

BFAR LAUNCHES LAYAG-WPS, SPARKS LIVELIHOOD ACTIVITIES FOR FISHERFOLK IN WPS

16 April 2024 The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources of the Department of Agriculture formally launched LAYAG-WPS or Livelihood Activities to Enhance Fisheries Yields and Economic Gains from the West Philippine Sea in Subic, Zambales on April 16, 2024. Dubbed "LAYAG-WPS," the new project aims to improve the lives ...

DA-BFAR, LGU Itbayat Inaugurate Batanes’ First-Ever Tilapia Hatchery

Batanes fish farmers will soon have their own local source of tilapia fingerlings as the Department of Agriculture - Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (DA-BFAR) and the Local Government of Itbayat inaugurate today, April 4, 2024, the province’s first-ever Municipal Tilapia Hatchery in Barangay Raele in the island municipality ...

BANTAY DAGAT VOLUNTEER’S WIDOW RECEIVES INSURANCE BENEFIT FROM DA-BFAR AND PCIC

11 MARCH 2024 The Department of Agriculture-Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) Region V and the Philippine Crop Insurance Corporation (PCIC) awarded Php 55,000.00 insurance claim to a Bantay Dagat volunteer’s widow in Oas, Albay. Arnel Radan, a Bantay Dagat volunteer, passed away due to heart attack on November ...

BFAR 7’S CENTRAL BANGUS HATCHERY IN CALAPE, BOHOL LEADS REGIONAL FISHERIES GROWTH

02 March 2024 The Central Bangus Hatchery of the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) Region 7, located in Panganan, Calape, Bohol, is currently operating at full capacity, boasting a stockpile of 1.7 million eggs harvested from its floating fish cages as of February 2024. Unlike last year, where ...