(fis.com) An official from the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) announced that sardine population is expected to increase after the lifting of fishing ban in March.
According to Atty. Benjamin Fabios of BFAR, the bureau is putting priority on the sardine management plan implementation under its resource protection program geared to save the diminishing sardine population.
The BFAR, Fabios said, has started implementing the fishing ban in the “Sardines Capital of the Philippines,” Zamboanga City.
“It’s where most of sardine processors and canners are, and it is also where people can find [freshly] canned sardines. Plus, we export them that’s why it is our number one [concern] under resource protection [program],” said Fabios.