RELEASED. About 50,000 tilapia fingerlings are dispersed at Bustos Dam in Bulacan under the Balik Sigla sa Ilog at Lawa (BASIL) program of the Department of Agriculture - Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources on Wednesday (Aug. 24, 2022). BASIL is a five-year project aimed at rehabilitating major inland bodies of water in the country. (Photo courtesy of BFAR-3) CITY OF SAN FERNANDO, Pampanga - The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) 3 (Central Luzon) has released about 50,000 tilapia fingerlings at Bustos Dam in Bulacan under its Balik Sigla sa Ilog at Lawa (BASIL) program. BFAR-3 Director Wilfredo Cruz said Friday the communal stocking activity on Wednesday was part of their continuing effort to revive the aquaculture industry by propagating freshwater fish around the man-made structure. "The BASIL program aims to repopulate the rivers and lakes, as well as dams and other manmade impoundments with fish species, such as tilapia and carp," Cruz said in an inte