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Tulfo seeks review of BFAR admin order: Sen. Raffy Tulfo calls for a review of the controversial Fisheries Administrative Order (FAO) No. 195, issued in 1999, which the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) used to prohibit the selling of salmon and pompano in wet markets. Calling the FAO 195 "anti-poor," Tulfo urged BFAR officer-in-charge director Demosthenes Escoto to be fair to ordinary Filipinos when they come up with future bureau order during the Committee on Agriculture, Food and Agrarian Reform hearing Monday, December 12, 2022. “First and foremost, I would like to thank BFAR for temporarily lifting the ban on the prohibition… If you need help in disseminating information to the public, I’m willing to offer my radio program and we have lots of friends from the media who can help you spread awareness to the plans that you want to implement,” Tulfo said. (Voltaire F. Domingo / Senate PRIB)