BAYOMBONG, Nueva Vizcaya, Philippines – The ban on the catching of ludong, the country’s most expensive fish, has been lifted. The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) said the 45-day ban ...

TUGUEGARAO CITY — The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) in Region 2 (Cagayan Valley) has announced a temporary ban on catching ludong fish, also known as lobed river mullet, in the ...

A rare species of fish in the Philippines that sells for P5,000 a kilo is facing rougher waters as poachers continue to threaten its population. The lobed river mullet or Ludong, endemic to the ...

A government agency in Southeast Asia is imposing a temporary ban on fishing for a highly lucrative but threatened species. The Manila Bulletin reported that the Philippines' Bureau of Fisheries and ...

BAGUIO CITY MANILA, Philippines — Authorities are watching the Abra River and its tributaries to prevent anyone from catching Ludong fish. This developed after the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic ...

THE Pambansang Lakas ng Kilusang Mamamalakaya ng Pilipinas (Pamalakaya) blamed the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) for its alleged negligence that led to the near-extinct status of ...

Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources Region 2 intensifies ‘Ludong’ conservation campaign in Cagayan Valley. (Photos courtesy of BFAR) TUGUEGARAO CITY, Cagayan (PIA) – The Bureau of Fisheries and ...

TUGUEGARAO CITY—The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) in Cagayan Valley formulated a comprehensive plan to conserve the ludong (Pacific Salmon), following the approval of a project ...

SAN FERNANDO CITY—Tom Avelino Arcalas remembers that afternoon in November 1991 when the Abra River yielded bountiful “ludong,” the most expensive freshwater fish in the country that is endemic in the ...

SAN FERNANDO CITY, La Union — The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) temporarily banned fishing, transporting, and selling of the ludong fish during its spawning period from October ...

Until November 15, the government will ban the catching of the high-value fish "ludong" to allow it to multiply during its spawning season. The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources said this ban ...