Browsing by Subject "demand"

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    • Aquaculture takes center stage 

      Fernandez, Rudy A. (Times Journal, December 19, 1983, on page 10)
      The aquaculture industry has assumed the heavy burden of filling the widening fish supply-demand gap in view of the tight situation that the commercial fishing sector has found itself in. The phenomenon began to take shape ...

    • Demand for fish outgrows supply 

      De La Cruz, Rose (NewsDay, March 23, 1990, on page 2)
      For the past five years, demand for fish grew by 2.5 percent a year as a result of population growth, but production or catch rose by only 0.3 percent yearly. In other words, the growth in demand far outpaced the growth ...

    • Raising prawns for export 

      Velasco, Marietta (Malaya, October 7, 1985, on page 1)
      Why are big business names like Soriano, Ortigas, Roxas, Villareal engaged in intensive prawn culture? It's a big business, that's why. There is a big demand for sugpo or lucon, not only in the local market but 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 ...