A banned shrimp is being smuggled into the country. The crustacean is called western white shrimp, also Pacific white shrimp, and scientifically named Penaeus vannamei. P. vannamei is said to be affected with the Taura ...

Catanduanes, apart from being associated with typhoons, is known for its abundant crabs, particularly the superior quality king crabs. Despite this, market supply remains scarce due to the massive trade of crablets to other ...

The Department of Agriculture (DA) has imposed stricter conservation measures for catching blue swimming crabs, known locally as alimasag, to preserve its dwindling population. A joint administrative order of the DA and ...

Subject: Regulation on the catching, possession, transporting, selling, trading and exporting of puerulus, juvenile and gravid spiny lobsters (Palinuridae).

Don’t look now, but small fishermen in Caraga region are cashing in on the Spiny Lobster known in science as Pinalurus ornatus which thrives in the clean coastal waters in the two provinces of Surigao and Dinagat Island. ...

From the time Bun Appetit opened, we’ve been obsessed with anything and everything lobster. We first had lobster rolls in New York but it’s no secret that this delectable shellfish dish originated from New England. Lobsters ...

The ocean depths are home to myriad species of microbes, mostly hard to see but including spaghetti-like bacteria that form whitish mats the size of Greece on the floor of the Pacific, scientists said on Sunday. The survey, ...

A whale shark’s mouth might not seem like the most hospitable environment for a home, but Japanese researchers have found there’s no place like it for a newly-discovered shrimp-like creature. The tiny inhabitants — dubbed ...

“Extraordinary levels” of pollution have been found in the Mariana Trench, the deepest part of the Earth’s oceans. Pollutants from the 1970s have accumulated among the crustaceans that live there, contaminating life 11,000 ...

There’s a new shrimp on the block – and it might soon claw its way from the rivers of Asia to groceries and restaurants worldwide. The Giant River Prawn or Ulang is well-known to most aquaculturists. One of the biggest ...