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[Title] => BFAR earns highest COA audit rating for 4th straight year
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[Title] => Innovations, responsive service for fisherfolk highlight BFAR’s 79th anniversary rites
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[Title] => BFAR records rising jellyfish sightings along Cebu shores
[Summary] => Following recent jellyfish sightings along Cebu’s coastlines, the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources in Central Visayas-7 said changes in water temperature, the summer season, and food availability are among the factors driving their presence.
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[Title] => Local fisherfolk in Bohol reassured of government support
[Summary] => The chief of the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) reaffirmed the government’s commitment to supporting fisherfolk in Bohol province following a visit to check the current state of the local fishing industry.
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[Title] => Fish kill hits 2 Lanao towns
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[Title] => Stronger support urged for local salt farmers amid imports threat
[Summary] => The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources has called for stronger safeguards for Filipino salt farmers, citing an influx of foreign imports threatening local livelihood.
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[Title] => Batanes fishers get new high-capacity vessel, fuel subsidies
[Summary] => The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources has taken crucial steps to strengthen fishing communities in the country’s northernmost province, providing local fishers a new fishing vessel and fuel subsidies as oil prices remain at record highs.
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[Title] => BFAR: Pagkamatay sa mga isda sa Olango dili matawag nga fish kill
[Summary] => Ang Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resource Central Visayas niklaro nga dili pa matawag nga fish kills o angay kabalak-an ang nakit-an nga mga patay nga isda sa Barangay Tingo, Isla sa Olango, Dakbayan sa Lapu-Lapu sa nilabay’ng adlaw.
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[Title] => Conservation takes center stage as sardines fishing season begins in Zambo Peninsula
[Summary] => The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) leadership has called for renewed support for fisheries conservation as the 15th open fishing season for sardines in Zamboanga Peninsula began earlier this month.
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[Title] => Pangasinan red tide ban lifted
[Summary] => Shellfish gathered in Bolinao and Anda in Pangasinan are now safe for human consumption after the coastal waters in these areas tested negative for algae that produce the red tide toxin.
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[Title] => Fish kill hits 2 Lanao towns
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[Title] => Stronger support urged for local salt farmers amid imports threat
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[Title] => Conservation takes center stage as sardines fishing season begins in Zambo Peninsula
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February 24, 2026 - 1:00pm
