Following three consecutive years of successful implementation, the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) will implement anew a three-month ban on fishing of sardines and herring off the Gulf of Davao.

BFAR Executive Director Asis Perez said a closed season—covering the entire Davao Gulf, Davao del Norte and Davao del Sur—will be implemented from June 1 to August 31 as part of the agency’s conservation efforts of small pelagic fish species, as well as tuna population.