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14 potential sites identified for mussel culture
(The Manila Times,January 12, 2018 , on page B5)A project funded by the Philippine Council for Agriculture, Aquatic and Natural Resources Research and Development of the Department of Science and Technology (DOST-PCAARRD) has identified 14 locations having a total area ... -
14 potential sites identified for mussel culture
(The Philippine Star,January 21, 2018 , on page B4)The Department of Science and Technology's Philippine Council for Agriculture, Aquatic and Natural Resources Research and Development (DOST-PCAARRD) has identified 14 locations measuring a total of 6,283.3 hectares as ... -
As seas rise, saltwater plants offer hope farms will survive
(Manila Bulletin,June 16, 2015 , on page B-8)On a sun-scorched wasteland near India’s southern tip, an unlikely garden filled with spiky shrubs and spindly greens is growing, seemingly against all odds. The plants are living on saltwater, coping with drought and ... -
BAR develops new oyster culture technology
(The Philippine Star,March 3, 2013 , on page B6)The Bureau of Agricultural Research (BAR) is developing a culture process for an oyster specie found in Surigao to increase local supply and tap its export potential to China and South Korea where there is demand. BAR and ... -
Carpio: Benham not PH territory
(Manila Standard,March 15, 2017 , on page A1-A2)A senior magistrate of the Supreme Court said Tuesday the Philippines had some rights over Benham Rise as confirmed by the UN Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf as part of the country’s “Extended Continental ... -
Dagupan threatened by fish kill
(Manila Bulletin,January 24, 2016 , on page 18)The river's marine products are threaten by a high level of phosphate and the city mayor is now addressing the possible wide destruction that may cause more death on fishes. Earlier, Felicidad Salazar Visser called the ... -
DENR to present water salinity study results
(Panay News,March 15, 2013 , on page 12)The Department of Environment and Natural Resources Environment Management Bureau (DENR-EMB) will present to stakeholders here the results of the study it conducted on the salinity of Boracay's beach water. The presentation ... -
El Niño could reduce fish supply
(The Daily Guardian,September 30, 2015 , on page 2-7)Prolonged drought due to El Niño will reduce fish yield in Western Visayas, according to the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR-6). Remia Aparri, BFAR regional director, said they have yet to forecast the ... -
Expert pushes for scientific approach in preserving Esplanade mangroves
(The Daily Guardian,April 4, 2018 , on page 1-14)A Mangrove expert is pushing for a scientific approach in preserving the mangroves along certain sections of the Iloilo River Esplanade project. Prof. Rex Sadaba of the University of the Philippines-Visayas said the species ... -
Fish kill due to water contamination - DA
(Panay News,March 10, 2011 , on page 13)Fishes in the river in Brgy. Dulangan, Pilar town died due to lack of oxygen, an official of the Department of Agriculture (DA) Capiz said. Contamination - the river allegedly contained toxins-reduces oxygen levels in a ... -
Fish too suffer from stress
(The Philippine Star,July 23, 2015 , on page B-7)Stress in fish is caused by different factors, particularly the sudden change of salinity at sea during incessant rains, according to Westly Rosario, chief of the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR)'s National ... -
From pollution to profit: Over P3-M shrimp harvested from a hectare
(DailyGuardian,August 17, 2020 , on page 6-7)By recycling excess nutrients that would otherwise have been released to the environment, a shrimp farm harvested almost 13 tons of shrimp worth P3.3 million after just over 4 months of culture. Whiteleg shrimp (Litopenaeus ... -
From pollution to profit: Over P3-million shrimp harvested from a hectare
(Panay News,August 15, 2020 , on page 15)By recycling excess nutrients that would otherwise have been released to the environment, a shrimp farm harvested almost 13 tons of shrimp worth P3.3 million after just over four months of culture. Whiteleg shrimp (Litopenaeus ... -
Full impact of drought seen to spare Central Luzon
(Philippine Daily Inquirer,March 5, 2016 , on page A4)In Pangasinan province, extreme heat has killed beds of mussels at the bottom of the Kakiputan Channel separating Bolinao town and the island town of Anda. But Westly Rosario, chief of the National Integrated Fisheries ... -
Mapping technology being touted to develop mussel farming industry
(BusinessWorld,July 23, 2018 , on page S2/8)The Department of Science and Technology (DoST) and the University of the Philippines (UP) are seeking to develop the mussel farming industry using geolocation technology. In a statement by Philippine Council for Agriculture, ... -
Mudcrab pen culture in mangroves pushed
(Panay News,November 13, 1999 , on page 7-6)The production of mudcrab has traditionally been undertaken only in bamboo or net-fenced brackishwater ponds. Now, the Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center Aquaculture Department (Seafdec-AQD) has been promoting ... -
Mussels R&D is going high tech
(Malaya,April 4, 2018 , on page A2)Not new but high tech just the same, geospatial technologies is now being applied for mussel culture management. Geospatial technologies in the Philippines include geographic mapping and analysis of the Earth surface and ... -
New mussel species seen to help revolutionize PH shellfish industry
(Manila Bulletin,July 23, 2015 , on page B-8)A new species of mussel or tahong found recently by fishery experts in Calmay River can potentially boost the shellfish farming industry in the country. Westly Rosario, director of the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic ... -
Ocean currents
(Panay News,March 28, 2018 , on page B2)In this article , the lesson about the ocean currents or the properties of water density due to temperature and various concentrations of salt is being discussed through an activity where materials needed are as follows: ... -
Oceanographic instrument found near Panatag
(The Philippine Star,November 14, 2016 , on page 7)Fishermen from this town found an oceanographic instrument – a device for measuring seawater properties –with the mark “National Oceanographic Office, USA,” while fishing near the disputed Scarborough or Panatag Shoal in ...