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    • Overexploitation has cut diversity in Philippine waters 

      Mabasa, Roy C. (Manila Bulletin, January 12, 2017, on page B-8)
      Increased fishing activity in the Philippines has reduced diversity by nearly 20 percent since the 1950s. This was pointed out by maritime scholars who participated in a roundtable discussion on marine biodiversity ...

    • Overfishing in Guimaras Strait could deplete fish population 

      (Panay News, March 22, 2023, on page 7)
      Guimaras Strait is the body of water that separates the island province of Guimaras and Negros Island. It is a rich fishing ground. Small fishing boats and big commercial fishing vessels benefit from its bountiful marine ...

    • Overfishing observed in 75% of PH 

      Unite, Betheena Kae (Manila Bulletin, August 16, 2015, on page 4)
      The number of unregulated and illegal fishing in the Philippines have resulted into the decline of sustainable with fisheries with 75 percent overfished fishing grounds in the country, Philippine fisheries advocates revealed ...

    • Overfishing threatens tuna supply 

      Ramos-Araneta, Macon (Manila Standard, September 15, 2012, on page A3)
      Senator Loren Legarda on Friday expressed alarm over the declining tuna stocks worldwide due to overfishing. Noting the Red List of Threatened Species of the International Union for Conservation of Nature, which revealed ...

    • Overharvesting perils seaweeds 

      Sotelo, Yolanda (Philippine Daily Inquirer, March 12, 2014, on page A14)
      Passing through the highway traversing Alacan village in San Fabian town in Pangasinan province, one cannot ignore the peculiar smell of seaweeds being dried by fishermen by the roadside. Seaweeds harvesting has spurred ...

    • Overhaul looms: Iloilo Strait tragedy review of sea transportation 

      Santiagudo, Emme Rose (DailyGuardian, August 9, 2019, on page 1-15)
      The Iloilo Strait tragedy that claimed the lives of 31 people triggered the need to overhaul protocols, safety nets, and other measures in the sea transport industry. During his visit to the wake of the eight casualties ...

    • Overloading ruled out in Iloilo sea tragedy 

      Reyes, Victor (Malaya, August 7, 2019, on page B3)
      An official of the Philippine Coast Guard yesterday ruled out overloading as the three motorboats capsized after being hit by huge waves last Saturday in the Iloilo-Guimaras Straight. The incident left 28 passengers dead. ...

    • 'Overmarketed, overpromised': Save the Gigantes Islands before it's too late 

      Santiagudo, Emme Rose (DailyGuardian, September 17, 2019, on page 2-14)
      After Boracay Island underwent a six-month rehabilitation closure last year, tourists have been flooding the Gigantes Islands in Carles, Iloilo because of its promise of white-sand beaches, highly comparable to that of ...

    • Overuse, climate change kill off Iraq's Sawa Lake 

      Agence France-Pressse (Philippine Daily Inquirer, April 29, 2022, on page A9)
      A "No Fishing" sign on the edge of Iraq's western desert is one of the few clues that this was once Sawa Lake, a biodiverse wetland and recreational landmark. Human activity and climate change have combined to turn the ...

    • Owner claims Chinese hit PH vessel ‘intentionally’ 

      Cinco, Maricar (Philippine Daily Inquirer, June 14, 2019, on page A2-A3)
      The owner of the Philippine fishing boat and a relative of the boat’s captain believe a Chinese vessel “intentionally” rammed the boat and abandoned its crew when it sank in the South China Sea on Sunday. “How could they ...

    • Oxygen lack may have killed fish in Manila Bay - BFAR 

      Gomez, Eireene Jairee (The Manila Times, September 20, 2020, on page A2)
      The fish kill in Manila Bay this week might have been due to an “oceanographic phenomenon called the upwelling or overturn caused by the depletion of dissolved oxygen among fish,” the Department of Agriculture’s Bureau of ...

    • 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 ...

    • Oyster farming pushed 

      Tayona, Glenda (Panay News, August 3, 2022, on page 4)
      The city government wants to develop oyster farming. The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) recently discussed this with city officials. Also presents were representatives from the Gerry Roxas Foundation – ...

    • Oyster industry expands on Cagayan coast 

      Domingo, Leander (The Manila Times, October 7, 2016, on page B5)
      Oysters from the province are becoming bigger and bigger in size, described by Cagayan fisherfolk as too large to “fit into the mouth of a regular gin bottle,” encouraging the BFAR to work to boost the local industry. ...

    • The oyster is NY's environment 'hero' 

      Associated Press (AP) (Malaya, September 4, 2012, on page B4)
      On a summer morning, marine biologist Ray Grizzle reaches into the waters of the Bronx River estuary and pulls up an oyster. The 2-year-old female is "good and healthy." He grabs another handful and gets more good news. "

    • Oyster pearl farming pushed 

      Cayubit, Restituto A. (Manila Bulletin, March 23, 2019, on page 5)
      Producing wing blister oyster pearls is a promis­ing undertaking for Leyte fishermen. Gov. Leopoldo Dominico L. Petilla said the provincial government had made initial field trials and research on wing oyster pearl production ...

    • Oyster shells, slippers form giant maps of the Philippines 

      Cardinoza, Gabriel; Martinez-Clemente, Jo (Philippine Daily Inquirer, June 12, 2013, on page A6)
      The easiest—and maybe the cheapest—way of displaying a giant Philippine map may be to cut it out from a Styrofoam board, mount it on plywood, and paint it. But the marketing group of a shopping mall in Rosales, Pangasinan, ...

    • Oysters and village boy 

      Caoyonan, Montesa G. (Panay News, June 30, 2015, on page 5)
      Always exposed under the scorching heat of the sun, 11-year old Jhon Well Detablan does not mind how long he stays in the river. Tending to culture oysters excites him. Of the 75 members of the fisherfolk association in ...

    • P'que to ban single-use plastic starting in June 

      (Manila Standard, January 8, 2020, on page B4)
      Parañaque’s City is banning single -use plastic in all commercial establishments in the area starting in June, following the lead of other cities in Metro Manila. In an online post, Parañaque’s City Environment and Natural ...

    • P'sinan town fish kill damage hits P86.1 M 

      Visperas, Eva (The Philippine Star, June 2, 2018, on page 11)
      The intense heat and intermittent rains have taken their toll on the bangus industry in this town as around P86.1 million worth of stocks were affected by fish kill. Municipal agriculturist Elizabeth Tomas told The Star ...