The Department of Agriculture’s Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (DA-BFAR) has laid out its catch-up plan for the Philippine fisheries sector in a bid to help boost local production and minimize the need for fish importation this year. The plan, which also aims to ensure fish sufficiency in the country, is a measure to continue reading : #BFARPressRelease | DA-BFAR TO BOOST LOCAL FISH PRODUCTION
The Department of Agriculture-Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (DA-BFAR) and the Cooperative Development Authority (CDA) signed a memorandum of agreement (MOA) forging a partnership for the organization, capacity building, and development of fisherfolk cooperatives Thursday, March 24, at BFAR Central Office, Quezon City. Represented by BFAR National Director Eduardo B. Gongona and CDA Chairperson continue reading : #BFARPressRelease | DA-BFAR, CDA pen a MOA strengthening fisherfolk cooperatives
In line with the government’s push for a more productive aquaculture sector, the Department of Agriculture’s Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (DA-BFAR) has turned over 12 mangrove crab nursery sites to fisherfolk at the BFAR Palnab Brackishwater Demonstration Fish Farm and Nursery in the province of Catanduanes on March 8, 2022. Apart from the continue reading : #BFARPressRelease | MANGROVE CRAB NURSING SITES AND AQUACULTURE TECHNOLOGY SEEN TO BOOST PRODUCTION IN CATANDUANES
Closed Fishing Season | SARDINES CLOSED SEASON IN ZAMBOANGA LIFTED MARCH 1 For more than a decade, the closed fishing season has been implemented in accordance to Bureau Administrative Circular (BAC) No. 255 as a marine conservation measure to help protect and conserve sardines in the Zamboanga Peninsula. With the pause in sardine fishing activities, continue reading : Closed Fishing Season | SARDINES CLOSED SEASON IN ZAMBOANGA LIFTED MARCH 1
The Department of Agriculture-Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (DA-BFAR) has inaugurated, today, February 28, two government-procured, 62-footer steel-hulled fishing vessels at the Sual Fish Port Complex in Sual, Pangasinan. The Filipino-built ringnet fishing vessels, each costing over Php 23 million, are equipped with full machinery and accessories designed to provide identified municipal fisherfolk organizations continue reading : #BFARPressRelease | MUNICIPAL FISHERFOLK ASSOCIATIONS TO GET 62-FOOTER FISHING BOATS FROM THE GOVERNMENT
The Department of Agriculture’s Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (DA-BFAR), along with the representatives from the fisheries sector, has formally launched the new Comprehensive National Fisheries Industry Development Plan (CNFIDP) on February 22, 2022, at the Seda Hotel, Quezon City. Through extensive consultations with hundreds of stakeholders and industry players from four (4) major continue reading : #BFARPressRelease | GOV’T, STAKEHOLDERS FORGE NEW FIVE-YEAR PLAN FOR THE PHILIPPINE FISHERIES INDUSTRY
21 FEBRUARY 2022PRESS RELEASE Recognizing the drastic decline on the volume of fish caught by its fisherfolk, the Municipality of Casiguran in Aurora enacted municipal ordinance no. 044 s. 2020, otherwise known as “An Ordinance Regulating the Municipal Fishing within the Territorial Waters of Casiguran, Aurora”, to address the shortage in supply and to sustain continue reading : DA-BFAR PRESS RELEASE: CASIGURAN, AURORA: A MODEL OF MUNICIPAL FISHERFOLK AND COMMERCIAL VESSELS PARTNERSHIP
The Department of Agriculture’s Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources will be accepting applications for new Commercial Fishing Vessel/Gear License, following the expiration of the Moratorium on the issuance of new Commercial Fishing Vessel/Gear License (CFVGL) on January 23, 2022.Applicants may file their application, together with the complete requirements, to the BFAR Regional Office that continue reading : DA-BFAR’S STATEMENT ON THE LIFTING OF THE MORATORIUM ON THE ISSUANCE OF NEW COMMERCIAL FISHING VESSEL/GEAR LICENSE, January 23, 2022.
Closed Fishing Season | The three-month closed fishing season for sardines, herrings and mackerels in the Visayan Sea has been officially lifted yesterday, February 15, 2022. Annually implemented from November 15 to February 15 the following year, the closed fishing season effectively prohibited the catching of sardines, herrings (Clupeidae) and mackerels (Scombridae) within the conservation continue reading : Closed Fishing Season | The three-month closed fishing season for sardines, herrings and mackerels in the Visayan Sea has been officially lifted yesterday, February 15, 2022.
BFAR Press Release | HOG RAISERS TURN TO AQUACULTURE THROUGH BFAR-NFFTC The Department of Agriculture’s Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (DA-BFAR) is providing assistance to backyard hog raisers, whose livelihood was affected by the African Swine Flu (ASF), and encouraging them to try their hand in fish farming. The DA-BFAR, through the National Freshwater continue reading : Press Release | HOG RAISERS TURN TO AQUACULTURE THROUGH BFAR-NFFTC
Of the 37 multi-species hatcheries and aquaculture facilities to be constructed nationwide under 22 Republic Acts passed during the 16th, 17th and 18th Congresses, the Department of Agriculture’s Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (DA-BFAR), to date, has completed a total of 9, while 21 are now under construction and expected to be completed by continue reading : #BFARPressRelease | Government Completes Nine Legislated Hatcheries, 21 More Set For Completion
M/V DA-BFAR ARRIVES IN SURIGAO DEL NORTE The Department of Agriculture’s Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (DA-BFAR) delivered FRP supplies and materials and relief goods to Odette-affected fisherfolk in Surigao Del Norte. The effort is part of DA-BFAR’s relief and recovery operations, dubbed as Operation Bangon, for Odette-stricken coastal areas in Visayas and Mindanao. continue reading : M/V DA-BFAR ARRIVES IN SURIGAO DEL NORTE
In the government’s effort to boost the country’s aquaculture production by providing more local sources of fry, the Department of Agriculture’s Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources, in partnership with the Local Government of Perez in Quezon, inaugurated today, December 13, 2021, a new multi-species marine hatchery constructed in the municipality in compliance with Republic continue reading : #BFARPressRelease | DA-BFAR Inaugurates New Legislated Hatchery in Perez, Quezon
