Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources. (PNA) LEGAZPI CITY - The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources in Bicol (BFAR-5) recorded at least 3 tons of fish during a sardine beaching in Mandaon town in Masbate province early this week. In an interview Friday, Nonie Enolva, BFAR Bicol spokesperson said residents of Sitio Looban in Barangay Poblacion Mandaon, Masbate, were stunned by the abundance of fish discovered on the shoreline. "The fish were identified as juvenile herrings, locally known as "Lupoy" in the Masbate province, " Enolva said. She said the provincial fisheries office of Masbate together with the local government unit of Mandaon municipal agriculture office heard testimonies from the locals. "To understand the elements that cause beaching, we also have to learn to appreciate that fisheries management such as the implementation of fishing closure in some parts of the country help recover the sardine population," she said Enolva added that
(Photo courtesy of PTV) LEGAZPI CITY - Coastal areas in Masbate province remain positive for red tide toxin, the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources-Bicol (BFAR-5) said Monday. Citing the latest laboratory results of the collected shellfish samples, Nonie Enolva, BFAR-5 spokesperson, said the presence of toxic red tide in shellfish meat is still beyond the regulatory limit. "Based on the laboratory examination conducted by the BFAR-National Fisheries Laboratory last Feb. 10, 2023, shellfish meat samples collected from the coastal water of Milagros town in Masbate among others are still positive with paralytic shellfish poison (PSP)," she said in an interview. Enolva said that from Oct. 7, 2022 to date, Milagros waters are being monitored to guard public health and protect the shellfish industry. BFAR also warned the public to refrain from gathering, transporting, selling, buying, and eating all types of shellfish and alamang (small shrimp) from the affected coastal wate
LEGAZPI CITY - The intensified seaborn operations by the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) and the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) in Bicol had borne fruit with the apprehension of commercial vessels fishing in the municipal waters of two provinces in the region. In an interview, Nonie Enolva, BFAR-Bicol spokesperson, said the team successfully apprehended a commercial fishing vessel at Burias pass in Masbate province last Wednesday, and another in Balatan town in Camarines Sur province. "An actual fishing operation in the municipal waters of Claveria, Masbate was apprehended, administrative cases will be filed with the adjudication committee in violation of sections 86 (a) and 113 of RA 8550 as amended by RA 10654. While in Camarines Sur, the team apprehended a medium-scale commercial fishing vessel (131.5GT) operating a purse seine (pangulong) within the municipal waters of Balatan, Camarines Sur for violating RA 10654 Section 86(a) (Unauthorized Fishing) and Section
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LEGAZPI CITY, Albay – Twenty-five persons, including four minors, were hospitalized after eating windowpane oyster, also known as “katipay” or “tipay,” infected with red tide in Milagros, Masbate on Wednesday, Oct. 12.
RED tide poisoning victims in Milagros, Masbate are treated at the Rural Heal