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    • World must address oceans crisis - UN 

      Xinhua (The Manila Times, June 3, 2021, on page B8)
      The world must harness "clear, transformative and actionable solutions" to address the ocean crisis, the president of the UN General Assembly said on Tuesday (Wednesday in Manila) as he opened a meeting to generate momentum ...

    • World must protect seas from climate crisis 

      (Daily Tribune, February 20, 2022, on page B16)
      The planet is facing the triple crises of climate disruption, biodiversity loss and pollution, United Nations (UN) Secretary-General António Guterres told the recent One Ocean Summit, warning that “the ocean shoulders much ...

    • World Ocean Week held in Xiamen to promote cooperation in all marine matters 

      (The Philippine Star, November 15, 2016, on page 9)
      Cooperation with regions along the 21st Century maritime silk road, especially members of the ASEAN, was the focused of the 2016 world ocean week in Xiamen, which took place from Nov 4 to 10 in the coastal city in east ...

    • World opinion, naval powers will shame China in reef grab 

      Bondoc, Jarius (The Philippine Star, March 31, 2021, on page 7)
      China’s embassy in Manila denies invasion by its maritime militia of the Philippines’ Julian Felipe Reef. Supposedly the 220 Chinese vessels are fishers sheltering from storm. The embassy even disavows the very existence ...

    • World sea piracy at lowest level since 2008 

      Associated Press (AP) (Malaya, October 23, 2012, on page A8)
      A maritime watchdog says global sea piracy has fallen to its lowest level since 2008 as threats from Somalia ease. The International Maritime Bureau said Monday that 233 attacks were recorded worldwide in the first none ...

    • World shrimp industry faces uncertain future 

      Fernandez, Rudy A. (The Philippine Star, January 4, 1998, on page 18)
      The high value and short gestation period of shrimps made them attractive to investors in the Philippines and other shrimp-producing nations starting in the late 1970s up to the later 1980s. "This was the period of the ...

    • World to rely on aquaculture 

      Benaning, Marvyn (Tempo, January 8, 2012, on page Retrieved from-http://tempo.com.ph/2012/world-to-rely-on-aquaculture/#.Two-unqykhw)
      Dr. Joebert D. Toldeo says the world is relying more and more on aquaculture rather that capture fisheries to feed a population that has grown to 7 billion. Toledo, chief of the Southeast Asian Fisheries Development ...

    • World Water Day 

      (Manila Bulletin, March 22, 2020, on page 4)
      World Water Day is observed annually on March 22 to highlight the importance of this major component of the Earth’s hydrosphere, which is also vital to all known forms of life. The day-long celebration can be traced to the ...

    • World Wetlands Day highlights Mindoro's diversity 

      Mahusay, Juancho (The Philippine Star, February 24, 2014, on page A-29)
      A partners’ forum and photo exhibit, spearheaded by the Mindoro Bio-diversity Conservation Foundation Inc. (MBCFI) in partnership with the provincial government of Oriental Mindoro, Provincial Environment and Natural ...

    • A world without waste 

      (Manila Standard, October 16, 2018, on page C1)
      Over 19 coasts across the Philippines, including the shores of Subic Bay in Zambales and Roxas Boulevard in Manila, were lined with people—some of them associates of Coca-Cola Philippines and their families—picking up all ...

    • World's biggest fish market in tokyo headed for new location 

      Ozawa, Harumi (Manila Standard, January 2, 2014, on page B3)
      As most of Tokyo sleeps, men in rubber boots haggle over tuna in the cavernous halls of Tsukiji market. The clang of a bell around 5:30 a.m. kicks off the action at the world’s biggest fish emporium. Traders flash hand ...

    • World's biggest fish market will be moved 

      Agence France-Presse (AFP) (BusinessWorld, June 22, 2017, on page S1/9)
      Tokyo's famed Tsukiji fish market -- the world's biggest -- will be moved to a new location, the city's top official confirmed Tuesday, after months of delays over concerns about toxic contamination at the new site. But ...

    • 'World's biggest' freshwater fish in Mekong 

      Agence France-Presse (AFP) (Manila Standard, June 22, 2022, on page A6)
      A fisherman on the Mekong river in Cambodia has hooked the biggest freshwater fish ever recorded, scientists said – a 300-kilogram stingray. The giant freshwater stingray, which measured four meters (13 feet) from snout ...

    • 'World's biggest' freshwater fish netted in Cambodia 

      Agence France-Presse (AFP) (The Manila Times, June 22, 2022, on page A1-A9)
      A fisherman on the Mekong River in Cambodia has hooked the biggest freshwater fish ever recorded, scientists said — a 300-kilogram stingray. The giant freshwater stingray, which measured 4 meters (13 feet) from snout to ...

    • 'World's biggest' freshwater stingray netted in Cambodia 

      Agence France-Presse (AFP) (Manila Bulletin, June 22, 2022, on page 4)
      A fisherman on the Mekong river in Cambodia has hooked the biggest freshwater fish ever recorded, scientists said — a 300-kilogram stingray. The giant freshwater stingray, which measured four meters (13 feet) from snout ...

    • World's deepest shipwreck reached in PH 

      Agence France-Presse (AFP) (Tempo, April 5, 2021, on page 1-2)
      A US Navy destroyer sunk during World War II and lying nearly 6,500 meters below sea level off the Philippines has been reached in the world’s deepest shipwreck dive, an American exploration team said. A crewed submersible ...

    • 'World's first ocean wave-powered boat' currently built in Aklan 

      ABS-CBN News (Panay News, March 5, 2020, on page B1-B6)
      Before the year ends, the world will be seeing its first ocean wave-powered boat, a hybrid trimaran currently being built in Aklan. During a media event earlier, Department of Science and Technology (DOST) secretary Fortunato ...

    • World's fish by the numbers: How the seas of East Asia play an important role in global fish production 

      (The Daily Guardian, November 16, 2018, on page 10-14)
      There are plenty of fish in the sea – but not for long, if we continue to fish unsustainably. In recent weeks, Philippine media reported on the shortage of bangus, and rising prices of staple fish like tilapia and galunggong. ...

    • World's fish consumption unsustainable, warns UN 

      Reuters (Panay News, July 27, 2018, on page B4)
      A third of the world’s oceans are overfished and fish consumption is at an all-time high, raising fears over the sustainability of a key source of protein for millions around the world, the United Nations warned in a report ...

    • World's largest aquarium containing 1,500 fish explodes 

      (The Philippine Star, December 17, 2022, on page 10)
      An aquarium in Berllin that was home to around 1,500 exotic fish burst early yesterday, spilling one million liters of water and debris onto a major road in the busy Mitte district, emergency service said. Around 100 ...