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BFAR: No fish shortage during Lent

The fishing ban in Calapan City in Oriental Mindoro was lifted on Friday night after the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources certified that marine products in the area are safe for human consumption.

The government will put up cold storage facilities in various fish ports to reduce post-harvest losses, improve the supply of fish in the country and lessen dependence on imports, President Marcos said yesterday.

The Valencia Regular-Seasonal Workers Association composed of employees of Cagdianao Mining Corp., a subsidiary of Nickel Asia Corp. in the province of Dinagat Islands, collaborated with the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources and the Department of Labor and Employment to embark on a fish farming project for extra income for employees.

There is something fishy with the sudden interest of BFAR to implement a 1999 order to ban the sale of some imported fish in wet markets and supermarkets. Covered by the ban are salmon head and belly, and pompano.