BFAR, inalerto ang mga fishery officer ng Negros Occidental at Negros Oriental kasunod ng pagsabog ng Mt. Kanlaon

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00:00 The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources alerted their fisheries officers in Negos Occidental and Negos Oriental

00:09 after the volcano, Kanlaon erupted.

00:13 This is what Noel Talacay reported.

00:15 After the volcano, Kanlaon erupted,

00:20 the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources warned fishermen

00:25 that fresh water fish, fish fan and aquatic systems in the region could be affected by ash fall.

00:33 If the water is not affected, it is safe to eat fish

00:38 except in cases where there was a massive fish kill and the fish fled.

00:42 As of now, no reports have been received that there are fish affected.

00:48 Right now, our focus is to actually monitor the quality of the water

00:54 and see if their stocks are affected.

00:58 If they are affected, our advice is to do early harvest.

01:01 Meanwhile, the Fish Shield app was launched today by BFAR,

01:06 an online and non-online application that can be accessed on a mobile phone

01:11 to report illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing in the country.

01:19 It is very important because illegal and unregulated fishing is still a threat to us.

01:25 This is an issue that really compromises the sustainability of our marine resources.

01:31 And we need to come up with innovations,

01:35 we need to use the technology to actually advance, scale up our campaign against illegal fishing.

01:40 The United States Agency for International Development or USAID

01:46 is under the program Sustainable Intervention for Biodiversity, Ocean and Landscape or SEAWOLF Project.

01:53 It aims to address IUU fishing in the country.

01:57 Noel Talacay for Pambansang TV in Bagong, Philippines.