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    • Killing Nemo: Cyanide threat to tropical fish 

      Agence France-Presse (AFP) (Philippine Daily Inquirer, June 18, 2016, on page A17)
      Many of the real-life Nemos swimming in children's fish tanks were caught using cyanide, according to research published Thursday which flagged the toxic threat to already-stressed corals, the creature's natural home.

    • Killing watersheds, killing life 

      Dela Paz, Dean (Malaya, March 14, 2017, on page A2)
      The simplest, most graphic and perhaps the most eloquent argument against open pit mining is found, not in the voluminous academic dissertations where arguments encompass the spectrum from bludgeoned biodiversity and ravaged ...

    • Kin of fishers killed in WPS boat ramming await promised aid 

      Joaquin, Ansbert B. (Philippine Daily Inquirer, October 9, 2023, on page A9)
      Relatives and friends of the three fishermen who died in a boat ramming incident in the waters off Pangasinan province in the West Philippine Sea (WPS) appealed to the government to make true its promised assistance as ...

    • King crab at Kitsho restaurant 

      (The Manila Times, March 11, 2013, on page B7)
      Revel in one of the wonders of the sea with Japanese king crabs, specially prepared by Executive Japanese Chef Masahiro Mizumoto at Traders Hotel, Manila's Kitsho Japanese Restaurant and Sake Bar until March 31. Also called ...

    • King crab: the mud crab industry can grow bigger with research and development 

      Sarian, Zac (Manila Bulletin, December 6, 2015, on page Retrieved from-http://www.mb.com.ph)
      Big problems as well as bright prospects are confronting the country's mud crab producers today. This we learned when we attended the First National Mud Crab Congress in Iloilo City under the auspices of the Southeast Asian ...

    • Knife fish newest scourge in Laguna’s fish farms 

      Sotelo, Yolanda (Philippine Daily Inquirer, February 17, 2013, on page A10)
      If you can’t lick them, eat them. Or feed them to other fish. The knife fish, an ornamental fish whose population has boomed and is harming the aquaculture industry in Laguna Lake, will be converted into fish meal and fed ...

    • Know your marine assets and potentials (Last of 2 parts) 

      Santos, Gil H. A (The Manila Times, September 25, 2017, on page B5)
      From the United Nations Food and Agricultural Organization’s (FAO) data bank researchers can see the huge potential of the Asean members’ ocean, mangroves and coral/reef resources. The Philippines, Indonesia, and Malaysia ...

    • Koi story: priceless Japanese fish make a splash 

      Agence France-Presse (AFP) (The Manila Times, January 8, 2018, on page A1-A6)
      Hand-reared for their color and beauty, koi carp have become an iconic symbol of Japan that can sell for hundreds of thousands of dollars and even participate in fishy beauty contests. The nation’s koi carp were brought ...

    • Koi story: priceless Japanese fish make a splash 

      Agence France-Presse (AFP) (BusinessWorld, January 8, 2018, on page S2/9)
      Hand-reared for their color and beauty, koi carp have become an iconic symbol of Japan that can sell for hundreds of thousands of dollars and even participate in fishy beauty contests. The nation’s koi carp were brought ...

    • KOICA funds rehab of 3 fishing ports in Iloilo 

      Conserva, Louine Hope (The Daily Guardian, April 27, 2016, on page 6)
      The Kores International Cooperation Agency (KOICA) is funding the rehabilitation of three fishing ports in Estancia, Concepcion, and Carles in Iloilo worth US$8 million. Provincial Administrator Raul Banias said Seo Dongsung, ...

    • KOICA grants $4M for Concepcion port 

      Nepomoceno, Jezza (Panay News, October 30, 2016, on page 11)
      To help marginal fishermen, the Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA) will be providing a $4-million (P192-million) grant to expand and develop the fishing port of Concepcion town. The Official Development Assistance ...

    • Koko, Zubiri pushing plastic use reduction 

      Sy, Marvin (The Philippine Star, June 8, 2018, on page 9)
      Senators Aquilino Pimentel III and Juan Miguel Zubiri are pushing for a reduction in the use of plastic in the country amid reports that the Philippines is one of the biggest sources of plastic waste dumped into the oceans. ...

    • Korea-trained agriexperts reunite 

      (Manila Standard, October 8, 2016, on page C2)
      To bring scientific information and technologies for agricultural development closer to the people, the Philippine- rural Development Administration ( South Korea) Alumni Association held its sixth genral assembly and ...

    • Krill fishing restricted in Antartica 

      (The Manila Times, July 11, 2018, on page B6)
      Five major krill fishing firms on Tuesday agreed to halt operations across huge swathes of the Antarctic to help protect wildlife in a move hailed as “bold and progressive” by conservationists. The vast frozen continent ...

    • Kruhay under the sun at Seco Island in Antique 

      Go, Marky Ramone (BusinessMirror, July 19, 2020, on page A4)
      Being the site of bounteous marine resources, Seco Island is considered as a marine protected area (MPA) as accorded by a local government ordinance. All activities related to the use of its waters such as fishing and even ...

    • 'Kuan Yu used wrong spill cleanup strategy' 

      Yap, Tara (The Daily Guardian, January 17, 2014, on page 1-7)
      Private contractor Kuan Yu Global Technologies Inc. implemented an ineffective strategy in cleaning up the oil spill in Estancia, Iloilo. “Even from the start, Kuan Yu never really followed the recommended procedures,” ...

    • La Union board declares calamity state to deal with oil spill 

      Sotelo, Yolanda (Philippine Daily Inquirer, March 2, 2013, on page A8)
      The provincial board of La Union has declared the province under a state of calamity to enable towns affected by the oil spill supposedly from a sunken vessel or another ship to tap their calamity funds for cleanup operations. ...

    • La Union fisherman missing in stormy sea 

      Beleo, Erwin (Manila Bulletin, July 27, 2017, on page 13)
      Rescue teams as of Wednesday afternoon were still searching for a fisherman who went missing at dawn Tuesday off the coast of this city amid rough weather conditions. The missing fisherman was identified as Rodolfo Padilla, ...

    • La Union placed under state of calamity due to oil spill 

      Elias, Jun (The Philippine Star, March 4, 2013, on page A-28)
      The provincial board of La Union, upon the request of Gov. Manuel Ortega, has approved a resolution placing the province under a state of calamity due to the oil spill. Vice Gov. Aureo Nisce told The STAR that provincial ...

    • La Union’s poor fishers get safer fiberglass boats 

      Garcia, William Jun (The Manila Times, December 13, 2018, on page A7)
      The Department of Agriculture-Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (DA-BFAR) has given the first 36 fiberglass-reinforced plastic fishing boats to six coastal towns here for the marginal beneficiary-fisherfolk’s ...