Browsing Aquatic News Index by Place "Agusan del Norte"

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    • 'Bakawan' seedlings set for planting in Surigao 

      Crismundo, Mike U. (Manila Bulletin, March 12, 2015, on page B-8)
      Heeding the call of the national government to combat global warming and climate change through massive tree-planting activities, particularly to plant mangroves along the coastal areas, a mining firm is set to plant ...

    • 'Buwaya' in the limelight 

      David, Rina J. (Philippine Daily Inquirer, September 27, 2011, on page A13)
      Crocodiles or buwaya are once more in the news, but this time in their original incarnations and not their human versions. We’ll get to those in time. Crocodiles are back in the limelight after the capture of a 6.4-meter-long ...

    • DOST alarmed by microplastics found in bangus 

      de Villa, Kathleen (Philippine Daily Inquirer, January 31, 2024, on page A6)
      About 60 percent of particles pulled out from bangus (milkfish) samples in Butuan City and Nasipit in Agusan del Norte province were confirmed to have concentrations of microplastics — an alarming discovery that should ...

    • Duterte on sea dispute with China: 'Let's stick to talking' 

      Villanueva, Ralph U. (The Manila Times, April 23, 2019, on page A2)
      President Rodrigo Duterte said he prefers to address the country’s sea dispute with China in a diplomatic manner, stressing he wanted to protect the Philippines from an unwanted war with Beijing over the disputed South ...

    • Fish hatcheries needed in every province to boost supply — BFAR 

      Ochave, Revin Mikhael D. (BusinessWorld, June 17, 2021, on page S1/12)
      Every province in the country should have at least one fish hatchery to improve the country’s fish fry supply and boost the local aquaculture sector, the top official of the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) ...

    • Fishing equipment 

      Crismundo, Mike U. (Manila Bulletin, October 14, 2015, on page 20)
      Fisher folk from Barangay San Roque, here, have received fishing pump boats, cages, starter kits and other fishing materials from the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD-13), officials said yesterday. DSWD-13 ...

    • Fishkill in Taal Lake spreads to Lipa, 2 towns in Batangas 

      Lesaba, Marrah Erika; Mallari, Delfin T. Jr. (Philippine Daily Inquirer, June 6, 2011, on page A1-A22)
      Showing no signs of abating, the Taal Lake fishkill has spread to two more towns and a city over the weekend. Authorities on Sunday reported tons of farmed and endemic fish species turning belly up in new areas of the ...

    • Maasin watershed's vulnerability to climate change being assessed 

      Philippine News Agency (PNA) (Panay News, August 27, 2010, on page B7)
      The Department of Environment and Natural Resources 6 and other stakeholders are now conducting an assessment on the vulnerability of the Maasin Watershed to climate change. The assessment is part of the five-day on going ...

    • P67.45M earmarked for mangrove, beach forest dev't projects 

      Crismundo, Mike U. (Manila Bulletin, February 5, 2015, on page B8)
      The government has earmarked P67.45 million this year for massive mangrove planting activities and beach forest development in targeted coastline areas in the Caraga region to further protect communities from storm surges ...

    • PEZA calls for agro-industrial, aquamarine ecozones on gov't land 

      Ochave, Revin Mikhael D. (BusinessWorld, June 24, 2022, on page SI/2)
      The Philippine Economic Zone Authority (PEZA) said 12 million hectares of government land needs to be tapped for agro-industrial and aquamarine economic zones (ecozones), to address the looming food crisis. PEZA Director-General ...

    • PH allots P10.5M for SEAFDEC/AQD to establish 15 pilot multi-species hatcheries 

      (Panay News, March 1, 2018, on page B11)
      The Philippine Government through the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) has allotted P10M for the Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center/Aquaculture Department (SEAFDEC/AQD) to conduct feasibility ...

    • PHL allots over P10M for multi-species hatcheries studies 

      Subong, Elsa S. (The Daily Guardian, March 2, 2018, on page B1)
      The Philippine Government has allotted P10.5 million for the conduct of studies on the establishment of 15 multi-species hatcheries nationwide. The amount coursed through the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) ...

    • RP mangrove scientist among Time's heroes of environment 

      Burgos, Nestor P. Jr. (Philippine Daily Inquirer, October 12, 2008, on page A1-A6)
      As always, Jurgenne Primavera though about her achievements. The retired Iloilo-based scientist has been featured by Time magazine in its Oct. 6 special issue on "Heroes of the Environment." She was among 30 activists, ...

    • Save Agusan Marsh 

      Agatep, Charlie (The Philippine Star, October 3, 2010, on page B-6)
      In 2008, 34 international companies joined an initiative of the Conference of Parties to the UN-Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) and committed to implement corporate social responsibility (CSR) projects that would ...

    • SEAFDEC hunt for hatchery sites on 2nd leg 

      (Panay News, April 26, 2018, on page B2)
      Tigbauan, Iloilo – The Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center (SEAFDEC) continues to scout for ideal sites for multispecies hatchery. For the second leg of the search, a SEAFDEC feasibility study team is presently ...

    • TMI supports fisherfolk, marine protection in Maco 

      (SunStar Philippines, September 22, 2022, on page 9)
      Aboitiz Power subsidiary Therma Marine, Inc. (TMI) and the Aboitiz Foundation (AFI) recently donated 100 coastal livelihood packages to two fishing communities in Maco, Davao de Oro to help them sustain their primary source ...