CFV disables VMS in municipal waters; FPLEG 8 responds and apprehends alleged offender
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A medium-scale Commercial Fishing Vessel with disabled Vessel Monitoring Measures (VMS) cable connection was caught operating within the municipal waters of Guiuan, Eastern Samar on January 29, 2022.
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FPLEG 8 conducts search and rescue operation; searches for missing fisherfolks after onslaught of Typhoon Jolina
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Series of search and rescue operations and investigations were conducted this week by the Fisheries Protection and Law Enforcement Group (FPLEG) 8 within the waters of Biliran Island, and Samar Sea.
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BFAR and PCG catch trawl fishers red-handedly fishing in Daram waters
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A municipal fishing vessel using a trawl fishing gear within the municipal waters of Daram, Samar was apprehended during the joint enforcement of the Fisheries Protection and Law Enforcement Group (FPLEG) and the Philippine Coast Guard Carigara Substations on September 4, 2021.
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Joint Seaborne Operation in Daram results to apprehension of Hulbot-hulbot owned by notorious CFV operator
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An abandoned small Commercial Fishing Vessel (CFV) with a modified Danish Seine (hulbot-hulbot) gear onboard was towed from Brgy. Bagacay, Daram, Samar to the BFAR Coastal Resource Management (CRM) Center.
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Small scale CFVs using trawl fishing face multiple violations of fishery law
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A medium-scale Commercial Fishing Vessel with disabled Vessel Monitoring Measures (VMS) cable connection was caught operating within the municipal waters of Guiuan, Eastern Samar on January 29, 2022.
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FPLEG 8 catches municipal water intruders in Tolosa
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The Fisheries Resource Protection Group 8 strikes again as it apprehends another fishing vessel using an active gear within the municipal waters of Tolosa, Leyte on or around 10:28 a.m. of September 9, 2020.
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FPLEG 9 apprehends trawl fishers in EV hotspot areas
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Three (3) commercial fishing vessels using trawl fishing method within Carigara Bay and Samar Sea were apprehended by the Fisheries Resource Protection Group (FRPG) 8 on August 18 and 19, 2020.
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PCG and BFAR allegiance results to multiple apprehensions of fishery law offenders in Norther Samar
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Through the strengthened alliance of the Fisheries Resource Protection Group (FRPG) and the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) in the region, five (5) small scale commercial fishing vessels operating within the municipal waters of San Vicente, Northern Samar have been apprehended on or around 10 p.m. of July 11, 2020.
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FRPG intercepts alleged fish catch caught through blast fishing
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TACLOBAN CITY-BFAR 8 Fisheries Resource Protection Group (FRPG) apprehended a private vehicle containing 305 kilograms of assorted fish caught from blast fishing during its Mobile Checkpoint operation in Cabalawan, Tacloban City on April 27, 2020.
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DA-BFAR holds Training on the Preparation of Unified Fisheries Ordinances, Establishment of Marine Protected Areas in Dinagat Islands
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In its continued quest to curb illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing (IUUF) activities in the region, the Fisheries Protection Law Enforcement Group of BFAR Caraga executed Operational Plan (Oplan) Bira on Friday, June 21, 2019 in the municipality of Placer, Surigao del Norte, which resulted to the confiscation of illegal gears found in some abandoned fishing boats.
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