The Department of Agriculture-Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (DA-BFAR) has been conducting on ground monitoring and assessment of fishing areas and communities that are potentially affected by three consecutive maritime incidents in the waters of Bataan: oil spill following … continue reading
The Department of Agriculture-Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (DA-BFAR) has been monitoring the situation in fishing areas that are potentially affected by the oil spill following the capsizing and sinking of the motor tanker (MT) Terra Nova near the … continue reading
The Department of Agriculture–Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (DA-BFAR) assures fisheries stakeholders and the general consuming public that it is actively working with partner government authorities in mitigating any potential impact on marine life and public health following the … continue reading
The country’s Sardines Capital just took a significant stride towards aquaculture development with the inauguration of the region’s first-ever government multi-species marine hatchery in Jose Dalman, Zamboanga del Norte on July 10, 2024.
Established through Republic Act No. 10859, the … continue reading
The Department of Agriculture-Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (DA-BFAR) has set sail its biggest ever distribution ceremony to date for its flagship program in fisheries development, the Capacitating Municipal Fisherfolk Program. On July 3, 2024, the Bureau awarded a … continue reading
Quezon City, PHILIPPINES — The Department of Agriculture (DA) – Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) and the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) on Wednesday affirmed their commitment to combat illegal, unreported, and unregulated (IUU) fishing in … continue reading
At the kind invitation of the Government of the Philippines through its Department of Agriculture, Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources as the host, the Fifty-sixth Meeting of the SEAFDEC … continue reading
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.… continue reading
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.… continue reading
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 … continue reading
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.… continue reading
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 … continue reading
Compared to last year in which the spawning began in late March, the beginning of this year’s spawning is notably earlier. This could be attributed to the warm water temperatures experienced in recent days.… continue reading
The Department of Agriculture–Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (DA-BFAR) Region 3, the National Irrigation Administration (NIA), the Protected Area Management Board (PAMB) of the DENR-Biodiversity Management Bureau, and the local government unit of Pantabangan harvested over 400 kilograms of … continue reading