Browsing Aquatic News Index by Title

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    • 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 ...

    • World's largest marine park unveiled 

      Agence France-Presse (AFP) (Manila Bulletin, September 6, 2012, on page B-8)
      The Cook Islands announced the creation of the world's largest marine park Tuesday, as the Pacific Islands Forum (PIF) opened with a spectacular Polynesian welcoming ceremony. Heralded by traditional drummers and blaring ...

    • World's nations meet in Paris to rescue ocean life this time 

      Agence France-Presse (AFP) (BusinessWorld, March 28, 2016, on page S1/7)
      It took a decade to get to the negotiating table, and it could easily take another to finish the job, but UN talks in New York to safeguard life in the high seas finally begin in earnest on Monday (March 28).

    • World's northernmost coral reef in Japan bleached 

      Arcellana, Juaniyo (The Philippine Star, July 20, 2017, on page B6)
      Bleaching has damaged the world's northernmost coral reef in Japan, a researcher said Tuesday, the latest example of a global phenomenon scientists have attributed to high ocean temperatures. About 30 percent of the coral ...

    • World's oceans are heating up at a quickening pace - study 

      Agence France-Presse (AFP) (Manila Bulletin, January 12, 2019, on page 7)
      The world’s oceans are heating up at an accelerating pace as global warming threatens a diverse range of marine life and a major food supply for the planet, researchers said Thursday. The findings in the US journal Science, ...

    • World's smallest freshwater fish species 

      Philippine News Agency (PNA) (Manila Bulletin, August 8, 2014, on page 11)
      A lady-lawmaker said government should make an institutional intervention in the preservation of one of the country's freshwater wealth and wonders, the reported endangered Sinarapan, or Tabios as it is known in Bicol. ...