The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) lifted on Monday the temporary ban on round scad (galunggong) fishing in the waters off northeastern Palawan.

The three-month closed season for galunggong, which began in November last year, is an initiative by both the fishing sector and the government through the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) and BFAR to secure increased and long-term supply of the said fish species.