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BFAR ready to cooperate with Ombudsman on imported pink salmon, pampano ban

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Jervis Manahan, ABS-CBN News

<p>The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) is ready to cooperate with the Office of the Ombudsman&#x27;s investigation on the delayed implementation of Fisheries Administrative Order (FAO) No. 195, or the Rules and Regulations Governing Importation of Fresh/Chilled/Frozen and Fishery Aquatic Products.</p><p>Nazario Briguera, chief of information and fisherfolk coordination unit of BFAR, said they will submit statements to explain the implementation.</p><p>The Ombudsman ordered the investigation a day news reports came out about the FAO 195, which bans the selling of illegally imported fish such as pink salmon and pampano.</p><p>Briguera maintained the order was being implemented before, and they&#x27;re only being strict now, as imported fish are already hurting the livelihood of local fishermen.</p><p>&quot;Masyado na saturated ang market ng imported, kailangan i-regulate ang mga ganito, nakakasama sa kabuhayan ng mangingisda,&quot; Briguera said.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><iframe allow="autoplay; fullscreen" frameBorder="0" height="100%" id="ivsplayer01" scrolling="no" src="https://player.ivideosmart.com/ivsplayer/v4/dist/html/iframe-src.html?iframeid=ivsplayer01&amp;key=e8c22c015ca9eafa76f1e3edfa03c603&amp;spid=3001339&amp;vid=2358404" width="100%"></iframe></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more News on <a href="https://www.iwanttfc.com/#!/browse/Genres/News/tag_id_genres/id_news" target="_blank">iWantTFC</a></div><p>The Ombudsman gave BFAR three days to explain, upon receipt of order.</p><div><strong>RELATED VIDEO</strong></div><figure class="op-interactive"><iframe allow="autoplay; fullscreen" frameBorder="0" height="100%" id="ivsplayer01" scrolling="no" src="https://player.ivideosmart.com/ivsplayer/v4/dist/html/iframe-src.html?iframeid=ivsplayer01&amp;key=e8c22c015ca9eafa76f1e3edfa03c603&amp;spid=3001339&amp;vid=2356140" width="100%"></iframe></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more News on <a href="https://www.iwanttfc.com/#!/browse/Genres/News/tag_id_genres/id_news" target="_blank">iWantTFC</a></div><div> </div>

The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources is ready to cooperate with the Office of the Ombudsman's investigation on the delayed implementation of Fisheries Administrative Order No. 195.

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BFAR ready to cooperate with Ombudsman on imported pink salmon, pampano ban

Jervis Manahan,

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Published Nov 28, 2022 10:13 PM PHT

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