Browsing by Subject "zooplankton"

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    • Bulacan fish hatchery multiplies common carp 

      (Manila Bulletin, December 30, 2000, on page B-15)
      Edmund and Yayan Mercado of Angat, Bulacan are entrepreneurs who are always looking for new possibilities. Sometime back, they became the first accredited producers of native hito fingerlings by the Southeast Asian Fisheries ...

    • How to age gracefully? Ask a bowhead whale 

      Dunham, Will (Manila Bulletin, January 8, 2015, on page 12)
      To learn the secret behind aging gracefully, you may want to check out the bowhead whale, the majestic denizen of the Arctic waters that boasts a lifespan topping 200 years. Scientists on Monday unveiled the genetic blueprint ...

    • Marine plastic pollution poses threat to food security – Oceana 

      Talavera, Catherine (The Philippine Star, July 13, 2021, on page B6)
      Marine conservation group Oceana Philippines is urging the country to act against marine plastic pollution due to its potential threats to the country’s food security. In a statement, Oceana vice president Gloria Estenzo ...

    • Microalgae can be a potential feed for aquaculture species 

      Garibay, Soledad S. (Panay News, January 26, 2014, on page B6)
      At the University of the Philippines Visayas (UPV), the program on the development of algal paste from microalgae under the National Aquafeeds R&D Program is currently being funded by PCAARRD and Department of Science and ...

    • Negros Or. fish hatchery operates on solar energy 

      (BusinessWorld, July 3, 1995, on page 21)
      A multi-species marine fish hatchery inaugurated recently in Bais City, Negros Oriental, is claiming to be the first of its kind in Asia. It uses the environment-friendly energy of the sun and employs a simple, low-cost ...

    • Oyster eyed for commercial culture 

      Aguiba, Melody M. (Manila Bulletin, March 3, 2013, on page B-1-B-5)
      The government is eyeing to culture a previously undiscovered Philippine oyster whos DNA is now under study so as to name it as Surigao Barobo Bay's unique oyster species that could give livelihood and export opportunities ...

    • Pristine ecosystem, a posh paradise: high-end adventure travel lures upscale Western tourists to El Nido, Palawan 

      Oiga, Jacky Lynne A. (Manila Bulletin, September 29, 2013, on page G-1)
      Rare marine life, endangered species, and undeveloped natural territories are luring more upscale tourists, mostly from the west, to El Nido, a world-renowned island destination and mange resource protected in Northern ...

    • Saving Laguna de Bay 

      Zafaralla, Macrina Tamayo (The Philippine Star, February 2, 2017, on page B7)
      The restoration of Laguna de Bay to a relatively pristine state is a major concern. This is a scientist’s account on a multidisciplinary two to three-year scientific endeavor that culminated in an Environmental Health ...

    • SEAFDEC offers natural organism course 

      (Philippine Times Journal, February 4, 1991, on page 10)
      Culture of Natural Food Organisms is the first training course offering by the Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center Aquaculture Department (SEAFDEC/AQD) this year. The course will be conducted from February 13 to ...

    • StarScience: Saving Laguna de Bay 2 

      Zafaralla, Macrina Tamayo (The Philippine Star, February 9, 2017, on page B-9)
      Water quality here was found to be second best at 77 percent, a passing mark. All water quality indicators were at acceptable levels except phosphate (63 percent), and chlorophyll a (zero percent). The fisheries score was ...

    • Tilapia cage farming 

      (BulletinToday, September 30, 1985, on page 1)
      The presence of abundant natural food in the water partly ensures a good growth of the fish even without supplemental feeding. During the fry-to-fingerling stage, Nile tilapia feed on plankton - tiny free-floating plants ...

    • A whale of a story on how to age gracefully 

      Reuters (Malaya, January 7, 2015, on page B5)
      To learn the secret behind aging gracefully, you may want to check out the bowhead whale, the majestic denizen of the Arctic waters that boasts a lifespan topping 200 years. Scientists on Monday unveiled the genetic blueprint ...

    • Why marine animals can't stop eating plastic 

      British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) (Panay News, June 20, 2018, on page 16)
      Plastic doesn’t just look like food, it smells, feels and even sounds like food. In a recent interview about Blue Planet II, David Attenborough describes a sequence in which an albatross arrives at its nest to feed its ...