Browsing by Subject "herbivores"

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    • Dead sea cow found in Tibiao 

      Sologastoa, Glenda (Panay News, November 1, 2015, on page 2-15)
      A dead sea cow was found a few meters off the shore of Barangay Malabor here. Also known as dugong, it was eight-foot long and weighed 350 kilograms. It had about 4-inch cuts in its belly and flippers. The dugong is a ...

    • Deep sea farming of seaweed feasible 

      Fernandez, Rudy A. (The Philippine Star, September 22, 2002, on page 1)
      Deep sea farming of seaweeds is feasible and profitable. This was found in studies done by researchers Anicia Hurtade and Renato Agbayani of the Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center Aquaculture Department (SEAFDEC ...

    • ‘Dugong’ found dead in Barbaza 

      PN (Panay News, January 16, 2017, on page 6)
      A 10-foot sea cow, locally known as dugong, was found dead in Barbaza, Antique. Locals spotted the floating dead mammal near the Batabat Coral Reef in Barangay Lisub around 6 a.m. on Saturday. The dead dugong was buried ...

    • Endangered sea cow rescued 

      Gobuyan, Neonita A. (Panay News, October 3, 2003, on page 1-10)
      The Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center (SEAFDEC) currently serves as temporary home to a rescued baby dugong (sea cow), an endangered and only herbivorous sea mammal in the world. The baby dugong was captured in ...

    • Expert cites Mindanao's potential for abalone production 

      (BusinessWorld, May 28, 2010, on page S1/3)
      The abalone industry could flourish in Mindanao due to an abundance of locations suitable for growing the high-value edible mollusk, a statement yesterday of the newly formed Mindanao Development Authority quoted an ...

    • How Tagbanua tribesmen protect the 'mermaids' of Palawan 

      Yan, Gregg (Philippine Daily Inquirer, January 20, 2019, on page A16)
      Wearing fins from recycled plastic containers, tough Tagbanua tribesmen have become the protectors of the dugong, those gentle marine mammals that have become prey to poachers in Northern Palawan. The dugong (scientific ...

    • Mindanao ideal for abalone production 

      Philippine News Agency (PNA) (BusinessWeek Mindanao, May 31, 2010, on page 2-9)
      The tropical abalone species that is found in from Southern Japan to northern Australia is the donkey's ear abalone, Haliotis asinina, locally known as "lapas" in Cebuano or "sobra-sobra" in Ilonggo. "Mindanao could ...

    • Phl to host meet on protecting dugong 

      Punongbayan, Michael (The Philippine Star, February 17, 2013, on page B-12)
      Continuing its efforts to protect the sea cow from the threat of extinction, the Department of Environment and Natural Resources ( DENR) will host a two- day conference with representatives from 21 countries next week. The ...

    • Warmer oceans causing commercial fish shortage 

      Xinhua News Agency (The Manila Times, January 11, 2018, on page B5)
      Climate change is driving a collapse of the marine food chain, an Australian study published by the University of Adelaide on Wednesday has found. The study found that rising ocean temperatures was reducing the flow of ...

    • Why abalone 

      Icamina, Paul M. (Malaya, November 18, 2011, on page A9)
      Abalone is a single-shell, herbivorous and nocturnal marine mollusk that thrives under rocks and corals at depths from less than 5 meters to 20 meters. It is unique among shellfish as it is called "sobra-sobra" because the ...