Recent News
Gastronomic and Economic: Western Visayas takes Sustainable Strides in Kasag Industry
By Jerian Figueroa | December 19, 2023To establish a holistic value chain and ensure the sustainability of the Blue Swimming Crab (BSC), locally known as kasag, industry in Fisheries Management Area (FMA) 11... Read more
BFAR-NSAP Completes 2nd Phase of Data Consolidation and Analysis, Updates Reference Points for the Visayan Sea and Southern Negros
By Allen Quitor | April 19, 2023The National Stock Assessment Program (NSAP) of the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) in collaboration with the BFAR-USAID Fish Right Program has successfully completed the Second Phase of the Blue... Read more
Reinventing the Seaweed Industry of Iloilo Province: Stakeholders Gather for the 1st Iloilo Seaweed Summit
By RJ Senangote | April 17, 2023IWith a mission of increasing the seaweed production of the Province of Iloilo, the Provincial Local Government Unit (PLGU) of Iloilo, the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources... Read more
Gov Defensor, 11 Iloilo Mayors adopt FMA 11 Framework
By Maria Lea Terucha | March 31, 2023Iloilo Governor Arthur R. Defensor, Jr. and Local Chief Executives from the municipalities of Barotac Viejo, Ajuy, Concepcion, San Dionisio, Batad, Sara, Lemery, San Rafael, Balasan... Read more
BFAR 6 Secures Global Kasag Partnership at Boston Seafood Expo
By Allen Quitor | March 31, 2023Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources VI (BFAR 6) Regional Director Remia A. Aparri, Blue Swimming Crab (BSC) Technical Working Group (TWG) Chairperson, together... Read more
FMA 11 - TWG Members convene to initiate roll-out of Management Framework
By Jerian Figueroa | June 15, 2022Following a series of virtual meetings and consultations, the Fisheries Management Area 11 Technical Working Group (FMA 11 - TWG) finally conducted its face-to-face meeting last... Read more
BFAR Nat'l Director leads Consultation Meeting with FMA 11 Aquaculture Sector
By RJ Senangote | April 12, 2022Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) National Director, Eduardo B Gongona and Fisheries Management Area (FMA) 11 Chairperson Regional Director Remia A. Aparri hosted a consultation meeting... Read more
Official Statement of the Fisheries Management Area (FMA) 11 Management Board on Oceana’s ‘Fishing for Trouble’ Report
By RJ Senangote | April 6, 2022In February 2022, Oceana released a report that calls for the Seafood Import Monitoring Program (SIMP) to cover more species and strengthen traceability within the United States, among others. To illustrate... Read more
End of Closed Season goes virtual
By Zeshalyn Capindo | February 16, 2022To mark the end of the implementation of the Visayan Sea Closed Season, BFAR 6 organized a virtual program last February 15, 2022 with the theme “Visayan Sea Aton Ginbatayan, Epekto sang Pagpahuway aton Matilawan” to... Read more
80 Ilonggo fishers swap bottom trawl, Danish seine to protect the Visayan Sea
By RJ Senangote | December 23, 2021In a historic event for Fisheries Management Area (FMA) 11, eighty municipal fishers from the municipalities of Concepcion, Batad, and Carles in the Province of Iloilo gave up their... Read more
A fitting Future for Fisheries Management Area 11
By RJ Senangote | December 7, 2021Armed with passion, goodness, and sense of service, stakeholders of Fisheries Management Area (FMA) 11 are in it to craft a participatory, science-based, and sustainable plan... Read more
BFAR-NSAP 6 presents at the Joint International Conference of ICFAS & AFSSRN1
By RJ Senangote | November 25, 2021The National Stock Assessment of the Philippines (NSAP) of the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources Region VI (BFAR 6) presented two scientific studies during the... Read more
Visayan Sea Closed Season starts on February 15, 2021
By Jerian Figueroa | November 17, 2021Starting from November 15 to February 15 the following year, the closed season for sardines (tuloy, tamban, tabagak), herrings (balantiyong), and mackerels (guma-a, bulao, hasa-hasa) is once again... Read more
UPV, SEAFDEC-AQD to steer FMA 11 Scientific Advisory Group
By RJ Senangote | August 10, 2021The Scientific Advisory Group of Fisheries Management Area (FMA) 11 recently elected the University of the Philippines Visayas (UPV) and the Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center – Aquaculture Department (SEAFDEC-AQD) as ... Read more
MOU Signing: Scaling Up of Extension Services and Technology Transfer to Support Fisherfolk
By Joel Abalayan | May 11, 2021Synergy work for fisherfolk formalized with the signing of the Memorandum of Understanding by BFAR, UPV, NGO for Fisheries Reform (NFR) as consortium partner... Read more