THE Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) said on Thursday fishing for round scad or galunggong can resume in Northern Palawan by the end of the closed fishing season. “Commercial fishers ...

MANILA, Philippines — The yearly fishing ban in the northern part of Palawan began over the weekend, marking the start of a three-month restriction aimed at protecting roundscad or galunggong during ...

The Ecosystems Research and Development Bureau (ERDB) is pushing to declare a fishing ban in certain areas around Snake Island in Palawan to allow the marine ecosystem to recover and the important ...

The “closed fishing season” in northeastern Palawan has been lifted after three months, the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) said. In an advisory, the BFAR said the closed fishing ...

Fishing activities in Palawan are not yet suspended even as the oil spill from a sunken motor tanker in Oriental Mindoro has reached the province, the Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management ...

A Navotas fishing vessel sank after it encountered big waves spawned by strong winds off the waters of Palawan yesterday morning. According to Leonardo Flores, 43, a cook of the ill-fated Maricris 3 ...

MANILA, Philippines — Four Vietnamese fishermen were recently caught fishing using sodium cyanide in the coastal waters of Kalayaan Islands, Palawan, the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) said on Tuesday.

PUERTO PRINCESA CITY—Expect more of the poor man’s fish on the table as the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) lifted on Monday a three-month ban on commercial catching of “galunggong” ...

Left unaddressed, illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing would continue to wreak havoc in the Calamianes, whose coastal and marine ecosystems are among the most diverse and extensive in the ...

MANILA, Philippines — The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) said that closed fishing season for round scad, locally called galunggong, has started in Northern Palawan. Based on the ...