Activist groups voiced fear Friday that a P780-million flood control project around Laguna de Bay would displace some 400,000 people in four towns in Laguna province and warned of a revolt if this happened as a result of the “wrecking project in Laguna de Bay.”
The Department of Health on Wednesday issued a shellfish ban in three bays in Mindanao due to red tide toxin.
A fisherman was injured when an oil tanker rammed a wooden-hulled fishing boat off Sangley Point in Cavite City Tuesday morning.
DAGUPAN CITY—Officials of the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) assured fishermen operating around San Roque Dam in San Manuel town that the tilapia they grow and harvest from the reservoir are safe for consumption. They made the assurance after a second set of tests confirmed that the fish were free from heavy metal [...]
The inaction of local and national authorities in addressing widespread illegal fishing activities off Burias and Ticao Pass in Masbate and Ragay Gulf in Camarines Sur would endanger the country’s marine resources, according to a worldwide environment conservation group.
Fisherfolk groups on Monday threatened to file criminal and administrative charges against Environment Secretary Ramon Paje if he continued to ignore their demands to stop land reclamation projects in Manila Bay and other areas.
The government hopes to replenish fish populations in key marine biodiversity areas around the country through a program called “Ecofish,” a joint project with the United States Agency for International Development.
Around 10,000 incidents of dynamite fishing occur daily around the country.
Native Philippine fishes are vanishing from the country’s inland waters due to bad fishing practices and the proliferation of introduced alien species, the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources said on Tuesday.
Thousands of bangus (milkfish) went belly up here on Thursday after a fish kill hit two areas in this coastal city.
Thousands of bangus (milkfish) went belly up here on Thursday after a fishkill hit two areas in this coastal city.
All types of shellfish collected in coastal waters off Milagros, Masbate, and two bays in Mindanao are still unsafe to eat, according to a red tide advisory from the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR).
“Puffer fish toxin is 100 percent more potent than cyanide.” This was the warning issued by the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources following the death of two fishermen who had dined on puffer fish, locally called “butete”, on Wednesday.
