Aquatic News Index (ANI) contains aquatic science-related newspaper articles appearing in various Philippine newspapers available at the Aquaculture Department of the Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center (SEADEC/AQD) Library. Indexing begins in 1974 to the present. ANI is maintained by SEAFDEC/AQD Library staff.

Entries are grouped according to the newspaper source. To ensure the accuracy and consistency of the index entries, subject descriptors were assigned using the Aquatic Sciences and Fisheries Abstracts (ASFA) Thesaurus, while the geographic names were assigned using the Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names (TGN).

For remote users who wish to get a copy of the article, please send an email request to library@seafdec.org.ph. In your email, please specify the title of the article and the assigned code (e.g., PNYYYYMMDD_P1).

  • Fish supply in Davao stable despite yearly fishing ban in Davao Gulf 

    Espinosa, Ian Carl (SunStar Philippines, May 23, 2023, on page 2)
    The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources - Davao Region (Bfar-Davao) said there should still be enough fish production despite the yearly ban on fishing small pelagic fishes in Davao Gulf from June to August. “Most ...
  • Intensify efforts to curb illegal fishing' 

    Yasa, Dolly (DailyGuardian, June 3, 2023, on page 3-10)
    Various fisheries’ groups here urged the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR), the Provincial Government, and coastal Local Government Units (LGUs) to intensify efforts against illegal fishing. In a joint press ...
  • Elderly mangrove planter recognized 

    Recuerdo, Elmer (Daily Tribune, May 4, 2023, on page B16)
    Planting had always been his passion since he was a child and since 2013, when super typhoon “Yolanda” battered his community in Matalom, Leyte, Geldardo Dabasol decided to start planting mangroves along the shores of ...
  • 11-M Pinoys lack clean water access 

    Kabagani, Lade Jean (Daily Tribune, May 9, 2023, on page A3)
    Around 11 million Filipinos are lacking access to clean water based on the estimation of the National Water Resources Board, according to Senator Pia Cayetano on Monday. The lawmaker-who presided the public inquiry on water ...
  • Artificial 'art' reefs submerged 

    Dawang, Jasper (Daily Tribune, May 2, 2023, on page B16)
    With the emerging threat to marine life due to dynamite fishing and compressor fishing, artists from the PINTO Underwater Sculpture Museum for Marine Ecosystem Regeneration, together with Representative Angelo Marcos-Barba, ...

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