Visayan Seas News Today

Agriculture Secretary Francisco Tiu Laurel Jr. has approved the importation of 25,000 metric tons of pelagic fish species in preparation for the upcoming closed

The latest in the growing list of foodstuff in short supply, or about to be, is sardines.

Although the Philippines has long been recognized as the world’s center of marine biodiversity, policies to protect marine life in the Philippine seas from illegal fishing and other human activities are not strictly enforced.

Published December 16, 2020, 9:52 AM CEBU CITY – The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR)-Fisheries Resource Protection Group (FRPG) and the PNP Maritime Group (PMG) intensified sea patrol operations in the Visayan Seas that led to the arrest of three dynamite fishers from Iloilo. According to the BFAR’s Adjudication Committee that tit he violators were slapped with administrative fines and charged with a criminal case. In BFAR7– FRPG report, the team narrated that while trave...