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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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Upholding the Bureau’s mandate to protect the fisheries and aquatic resources of our country most especially in Eastern Visayas, BFAR 8 Fisheries Protection and Law Enforcement Group continues to intensify its campaign against Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated Fishing (IUUF) activities.