BFAR prohibits galunggong fishing in Palawan for three months

The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (DA-BFAR) said Thursday it will prohibit the use of purse seine, ring net and bagnet to catch round scad or

The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources said Thursday it will prohibit the use of purse seine, ring net and bagnet to catch round scad or galunggong in the conservation area northeast of Palawan from Nov. 1, 2024 to Jan. 31, 2025.

Now in its ninth year, the closed fishing season has yielded consistently positive results, according to scientific data collected in collaboration with the National Stock Assessment Program of the National Fisheries Research and Development Institute . Philippine Statistics Authority data showed an increase in galunggong production in Palawan from 7,507 metric tons in 2016 to 8,146.84 MT in 2022.

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