THE Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) has deployed its vessel F/V Tambakol on a mission to distribute seaweed farming implements to growers affected by super typhoon Yolanda (international name: Haiyan.)

BFAR Executive Director Asis Perez said fishing vessel had with 19.8 tons of farming materials— including seaweed seedlings, nylon ropes, plastic twines and floaters—when it left Sangley Point, Cavite and sailed for Eastern and Western Visayas last January.