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    • RP is vulnerable to climate change 

      Lopez, Tony (Manila Standard, March 9, 2018, on page A5)
      Today I adapt the article of my daughter Ivy on climate change at risk: In the last 20 years, the Philippines suffered the most catastrophic events (289). It’s the fifth most vulnerable to climate change with its recurrent ...

    • RP mangrove scientist among Time's heroes of environment 

      Burgos, Nestor P. Jr. (Philippine Daily Inquirer, October 12, 2008, on page A1-A6)
      As always, Jurgenne Primavera though about her achievements. The retired Iloilo-based scientist has been featured by Time magazine in its Oct. 6 special issue on "Heroes of the Environment." She was among 30 activists, ...

    • RP marine scientist wins award 

      Sorza, Rexcel John (Today, February 8, 2005, on page 1-12)
      A Filipino scientist has won the world's most prestigious award in marine conservation, and won $150,000 for a project "to protect this essential habitat." Jurgenne Honculada Primavera, a senior scientist at the Southeast ...

    • RP media remiss in covering mangrove conservation issues 

      (BusinessWorld, June 16, 2006, on page S3/8)
      Issues related to mangrove development and conservation appear to have the least important among Filipino journalists covering the environment, a survey of the Washington-based Population Reference Bureau showed. Kathleen ...

    • RP milkfish fry shortage hits alarming level of 1.6B 

      Philippine News Agency (PNA) (The Philippine Star, January 11, 1998, on page 18)
      According to supervising aquaculturist Nelson Lopez of the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR), the initial findings done by the BFAR-Aquaculture Division, Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center (SEAFDEC) ...

    • RP no longer world's 'fish power' due to climate change 

      Galvez, Manny (The Philippine Star, April 6, 2010, on page A-19)
      The Philippine has lost its once lofty status as a major source of fish catch owing to destructive fishing methods and climate change, with the world's fish catch even teetering on the brink of collapse. Sen. Edgardo Angara ...

    • RP now exporting purified oysters: Part II 

      (BulletinToday, July 13, 1983, on page 1-10)
      To encourage a ready market for Philippine oysters and mussel, SEAFDEC aquaculture department is developing techniques for purifying oysters and mussels so that they can meet international health standards. Oysters and ...

    • RP on its way to carp aquaculture 

      Espiritu, Carol E. (Metro Manila Times, January 25, 1985, on page 5)
      On top of a hill at Tapao Point in Binangonan, Rizal, overlooking the Laguna Lake, researchers are quietly revolutionizing fish production to fill Asia's lack of cheap protein sources to feed its rapidly growing population. ...

    • RP prawn gets market break 

      Portal, Tadz (Panay News, January 16, 2001, on page 7)
      The Southeast Fisheries Corporation (SFC) is now giving Filipino prawn growers and sellers of marine products, a venue on which such raw materials can find their way to large markets throughout the world. Sung Ho Yu, SFC ...

    • RP pushes maritime info sharing 

      Jones, Dow (Manila Bulletin, October 5, 2012, on page 1)
      The Philippines has proposed an information-sharing system for Southeast Asia to help protect its waters from security challenges such as piracy, illegal fishing and drug trafficking. The proposal was tabled on Wednesday ...

    • RP representative to SEAFDEC named 

      (Manila Bulletin, October 7, 1998, on page B-20)
      Acting Agriculture Secretary William D. Dar has appointed his undersecretary Cesar Drilon as the Philippine representative to the Council of Directors of the Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center (SEAFDEC). Dae also ...

    • RP scientist named Pew Fellow 

      (Malaya, February 10, 2005, on page 13)
      A witness to the destruction of mangroves in her native Philippines, Jurgenne Honculada Primavera has won the world's most prestigious award in marine conservation and will use it to protect this essential habitat. As one ...

    • RP scientists note massive bleaching of coral reefs 

      Alave, Kristine L. (Philippine Daily Inquirer, September 6, 2010, on page A1-A22)
      For several months now, marine scientists and divers have been witnessing and recording the massive bleaching of coral reefs all over the country, which is being caused by warmer-than-normal ocean water temperatures. In ...

    • RP seahorses head for extinction 

      Gallardo, Froilan (Philippine Daily Inquirer, June 4, 1998, on page 16)
      The warning has come true: Seahorses have started to disappear because of overfishing and destruction of their habitat. Haribon Foundation, a non-governmental organization, has noted a 70-percent decrease in the catch of ...

    • RP shrimp farmers to raise antibiotic-free shrimps 

      (Malaya, July 14, 2002, on page 2)
      Armed with the latest technologies in shrimp culture, the country's shrimp growers hope to regain its position in the world's top prawn producers by committing to produce antibiotic-free shrimps grown only in environment-friendly ...

    • RP shrimps exports hurt by US embargo 

      (The Manila Chronicle, August 11, 1996, on page 11)
      The embargo on shrimps imports into the United States since May 1 of this year has been hurting Philippine shrimps exports, it was reported by the Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center (SEAFDEC). The US embargo on ...

    • RP supports diplomatic conference on safety of fishing vessels 

      Lopez, Edu (Manila Bulletin, October 22, 2012, on page B-8)
      The Philippines has expressed its full support to the diplomatic conference on safety of fishing vessels for the benefit of seafarers held recently in Cape Town, South Africa. The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said ...

    • RP to help promote initiatives on coral 

      Benaning, Marvyn N. (Manila Bulletin, January 20, 2010, on page 12)
      President Arroyo leads a cast of local officials that would help craft a viable plan to promote the Coral Triangle Initiative (CTI) forged years ago to preserve 30 percent of the world's coral reefs and the spawning grounds ...

    • RP to import 'bangus' fry from Taiwan 

      DSP (Manila Bulletin, August 16, 1995, on page 1)
      After rice, corn and sugar, the Department of Agriculture is proposing the importation of about 500 million bangus (milkfish) fingerling worth P275 million. Agriculture Secretary Roberto Sebastian said the move is intended ...

    • RP to use circle hooks for longline fishing 

      Sy, Marvin (The Philippine Star, January 21, 2010, on page A-18)
      The Philippine government will soon implement the mainstream use of circle hooks for longline fishing operations to reduce sea turtle bycatch. President Arroyo announced the new policy during her speech at the Coral Triangle ...