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