Browsing Aquatic News Index by Subject "prawns and shrimps"

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    • Pollution of prawn farms eyed 

      Giron, Olaf S. (Manila Bulletin, April 2, 1990, on page 28)
      Sen. Heherson Alvarez said recently the regulation and control of prawn farms is adequately provided for in Senate Bill No. 1259, the New Pollution Control Law, now up for second reading in the Senate this week. Alvarez, ...

    • Post-harvest techniques 

      (BulletinToday, December 11, 1985, on page 22)
      In the Asia-Pacific region, the leading milkfish producers are the Philippines and Indonesia. The Philippines showed particularly impressive gains in production over Indonesia. The nation has exported frozen milkfish since ...

    • Prawn culture courses 

      (Manila Bulletin, January 24, 1987, on page 1)
      The Iloilo-based SEAFDEC Aquaculture Department will conduct training courses for fishfarmers, hatchery operators, and entrepreneurs. Courses on farm hatchery and nursery operations and management will be on March 4-April ...

    • Prawn culture leads Negros' diversification 

      Orig, Thor S. (Manila Bulletin, April 5, 1988, on page 14)
      Negros, downed a couple of years back by a major slump in world sugar trading is back on the agribusiness scene again, this time with a flourish. Likened to the pliant and sturdy Philippine bamboo, hardworking Negrenses ...

    • Prawn culture sparks renewed public interest 

      Technology Dispatch (The Manila Times, December 10, 1987, on page 9)
      The 60 peso/plate grilled sugpo that the Filipino gourmet smack his lips over in Manila may literally reflect the "phenomenal growth" of the Philippines' prawn industry, but prawn farmers themselves hedge against making ...

    • Prawn export deformities traced to lack of Vitamin C 

      Abadilla, Emmie (Philippine Daily Globe, March 28, 1992, on page 9)
      The outbreak of ugly spottings, or gaviota, which are threatening prawn exports may be traced to lack of Vitamin C, in addition to irritation from the seaweeds that the prawns eat, as well as other stress factors caused ...

    • Prawn exports to Japan negligible 

      (BulletinToday, July 22, 1985, on page 24)
      How does the Philippines compare with other countries in the export markets for frozen shrimps and prawns? A market research conducted by the aquaculture department of the Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center ...

    • Prawn farmers get gov't assistance 

      Roman, Isidro M. (BulletinToday, April 8, 1983, on page 1-13)
      An intensified program to bring field-tested ready-to-apply technology in prawn culture has begun to bolster the country's prawn industry. The SEAFDEC aquaculture department has launched a program to assist prawn farmers ...

    • Prawn farming can be friendly with more rules 

      PNF (The Philippine Star, November 6, 1994, on page 18)
      The country's prawn industry would never be sustainable unless more environment-friendly regulations are put in place. "To achieve long term sustainability, the shrimp industry must seriously consider its effects on the ...

    • Prawn farming profitable 

      (The Manila Journal, June 17, 1987, on page 6)
      This city, which has long eluded industrialization due to unfavorable factors - for one thing, fresh water is scarce - may yet find its salvation in the vastness of its fishponds which produce expensive prawns for export. ...

    • Prawn hatchery 

      (BulletinToday, September 16, 1985, on page 1)
      It is ideal for hatcheries to be near the source of wild prawn spawners and broodstock. You have to know the seasonality and volume of prawn catch in the prospective area. Fishermen in the locality can help you determine ...

    • Prawn industry faces threat from Taiwan 

      Tangbawan, Romy (Malaya, March 22, 1988, on page 10)
      In its desire to become the world's top prawn producer, the Philippines may yet end up holding an empty bag because of problems faced by the Taiwanese, a source of tiger prawn fry for this country. In a report to the ...

    • Prawn industry needs gov't support for survival 

      Ferriols, Des (The Manila Times, May 23, 1990, on page 11)
      The country's prawn industry has been showing signs of recovery from the impact of the glut in the Japanese market, but this may backfire if the government does not intervene to make the Black Tiger prawn competitive in ...

    • Prawn larvae 

      (BulletinToday, November 27, 1985, on page 1)
      The growing interest of fish farmers in the culture of prawn and the recent development on improved farming have increased the demand for prawn fry. The fry from the wild alone is inadequate to meet the needs of the prawn farmers.

    • Prawn nursery cage 

      (BulletinToday, October 7, 1985, on page 1)
      Seafdec researchers have developed a technique for intensive post-larval rearing of prawn using a floating nursery cage. This is much easier to manage compared to nursery ponds. It is also cheaper in terms of materials ...

    • Prawn's feeding habits 

      (BulletinToday, January 8, 1985, on page 1)
      Unlike fish, prawns are nibblers and slow eaters. They take the food with their pinchers and bring this to their mouth and slowly chew on the food. If the feed is small enough they would throw the whole piece into the mouth.

    • 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 ...

    • Reduced tariffs seen to boost prawn industry 

      Silva, Chell (The Manila Chronicle, August 21, 1990, on page 13)
      A reduction in tariffs and duties on prawn farm inputs coupled with a phase out of subsidies given by the Board of Investments (BOI) to prawn exporters will improve the competitiveness of Philippine prawns in the world ...

    • RP shrimps exports hurt by US embargo 

      (The Manila Chronicle, August 11, 1996, on page 11)
      The embargo on shrimps imports into the United States since May 1 of this year has been hurting Philippine shrimps exports, it was reported by the Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center (SEAFDEC). The US embargo on ...

    • RP's prawn industry 

      Roman, Isidro M. (BulletinToday, March 5, 1983, on page 1-11)
      Marine prawns and shrimps, including the delicious sugpo or giant tiger prawn, constitute one of the major dollar earners of the Philippines. Exports have steadily increased from 1,700 tons valued at ₱50 million in 1975 ...