The local tuna handline fishing and other allied industries got a major boost following the enactment of the Handline Fishing Law which was recently signed by President Arroyo. The law, which is an ...
Handliners are often subjected to hazardous working conditions, sleeping in cramped quarters with no clean and adequate water months away from home GENERAL SANTOS, Philippines – While handline ...
very day, dozens of fishermen on Buru Island, Maluku, brave the open seas in small boats and equipped with only handlines and hooks in search of the region’s local specialty, yellowfin tuna. Buru ...
LEGAZPI CITY – The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) 5 (Bicol) distributed 62-foot tuna handline fishing boats across various provinces in the region. Rowena Briones, BFAR-5 ...