Browsing Aquatic News Index by Subject "prawns and shrimps"

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    • Aquatic animals dispersed 

      Reyes, Jonas (Daily Tribune, December 6, 2022, on page B16)
      The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Recources-Regional Fisheries Office 1, through the Provincial Fishery Office of Ilococ Sur; recently dispersed 20,000 elver eels and 10,000 freshwater pawns in Abra River. According to ...

    • BFAR warns vs. red tide in Bohol, Zambo 

      (Manila Standard, July 13, 2023, on page A3)
      The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) has warned the public against eating shellfish and shrimps that may be contaminated with red tide in the coastal waters of Bohol and Zamboanga del Sur. In a bulletin ...

    • Bioplastic from shrimp waste made possible 

      Domingo, Leander (The Manila Times, May 5, 2023, on page A7)
      To lessen massive waste from nonbiodegradable plastics, researchers at the University of San Carlos (USC) have turned shrimp waste into bioplastic with potential use for packaging. This USC project has secured support from ...

    • Brackishwater aquaculture areas await new investors 

      Technology Dispatch (Agribusiness Weekly, February 10, 1989, on page 11)
      The growing interest among Taiwanese businessmen in developing the Philippines' brackiswater areas for prawn production augurs well for local producers of marine products for export. At present, Taiwan leads all other ...

    • Deadly disease hits Iloilo prawn hatheries 

      Alvarez, Ramiro C. (Manila Bulletin, March 29, 1988, on page 31)
      Some 30 newly set up barangay prawn hatcheries in four coastal towns of Iloilo are suffering heavy losses from infestations of a deadly bacterial disease. What makes the disease even more distressing is that it has no known ...

    • Feeds and feeding 

      (BulletinToday, November 27, 1985, on page 1)
      Prawn larvae begin to eat the moment they become protozoea which feed on some of the most commonly cultured phytoplankton. These are Skeletonema, Chaetoceros, and Tetraselmis.

    • Gov't extends support to 'sunrise industry' 

      (BusinessWorld, March 29, 1990, on page 24)
      Until recently, the prawn industry was referred to as the "sunrise industry," earning substantial reaps for the country when it gained popularity in the mid-1980s. Realizing the big potential of the industry, the Department ...

    • Important researches given awards 

      (Manila Bulletin, August 14, 1990, on page 1)
      The discovery of new local tanning extracts, a system for increasing yield of milkfish (bangus) and a method for carbonizing rice hulls are among the researches that will receive award this week from Agriculture Secretary ...

    • Imported feeds may pose threat to prawn growers 

      De Leon, Hernani P. (BusinessWorld, January 8, 1990, on page 13)
      Imported feeds may be hazardous to local prawn-growing operations, a study of the Department of Agriculture (DA) indicated. A research paper authored by Ramon Clarete and Angelina Cortez, agriculture department consultants, ...

    • Improved prawn prices bring in more ecological damage 

      Marte, Benjamin E. G. (BusinessWorld, March 26, 1990, on page 1)
      More prawn culture-related ecological damage may be expected as a result of the recent boost in prawn prices, an industry source told BusinessWorld in an interview over the weekend. Because of improved prawn prices, more ...

    • Int's confab tackles problems of RP shrimp industry 

      Fernandez, Rudy A. (The Philippine Star, June 23, 1996, on page 23)
      The local shrimp industry, despite disease and marketing problems currently plaguing it, is not dead as some doomsayers think. Solutions are earnestly being worked out to reinvigorate the industry, it was reported during ...

    • It's painful but it hastens prawn fertilization 

      Antonio, Tony (BulletinToday, July 8, 1985, on page 14)
      At the research station here of the Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center (Seafdec), researchers may be considered 'sadists': They are inflicting painful injuries to female prawns by pinching or crushing their ...

    • Many farmers shift to shrimp culture 

      (The Manila Journal, July 28, 1987, on page 5)
      An increasing number of farmers in the Philippines are converting their fields into shrimp farms. Shrimp farming in the Philippines which has developed into important food industry in the recent years, generally uses ...

    • More prawn hatcheries set up 

      Roman, Isidro M. (BulletinToday, April 7, 1983, on page 1-8)
      SEAFDEC operates three experimental small-tank hatchery systems and one large tank hatchery system to mass-produce fry in research stations in Iloilo and Aklan. With continuing research since 1977, the aquaculture department ...

    • Moves taken to save Capiz prawn industry 

      GTP (Philippine Daily Inquirer, March 1, 1992, on page 22)
      Prawn producers and government agencies have joined hands to save the province's multi-million peso industry after a rare disease attacked several prawn farms in this and neighboring towns. According to Sylvia dela Cruz, ...

    • Nat'l shrimp congress kicks off in Bacolod 

      Singuay, Mae (Panay News, September 21, 2023, on page 4-15)
      The 14th Philippine Shrimp Congress kicked off at the SMX Convention Center here with a focus on the promising export potential of the industry. This three-day event, running until Sept. 22, is a biennial affair and carries ...

    • New shrimp fry out 

      (BusinessWorld, February 3, 1996, on page 1)
      After launching its B-Meg shrimp feeds last year, San Miguel Food, Inc. (SMFI) is giving the prawn industry another boost with the HIGH-B100 high-health shrimp fry. The product of 11 years of research, SMFI's HIGH-B100 ...

    • Panay prawn industry losing ₱100-M monthly 

      Pagharion, Gerry T. (Philippine Daily Inquirer, May 13, 1992, on page 24)
      The prawn industry in Capiz continues to suffer heavy losses despite government efforts to save what used to be a multimillion dollar business. Lawyer Antonio B. Ortiz, manager of Aquafresh Seafoods Inc., which processes ...

    • PH shrimp, prawn production seen to grow further in 2023 

      (DailyGuardian, September 25, 2023, on page 7-27)
      The Department of Agriculture (DA) is looking at the continued increase in shrimp and prawn production for 2023 because of investments in research and the adoption of new technologies and best practices. Highlighting the ...

    • Pollution alarms Panay prawn growers 

      Philippine News Agency (PNA) (Malaya, March 24, 1992, on page 10)
      A group of prawn growers here, alarmed over the mass death of prawns worth million of pesos reportedly due to prawn virus, water pollution, and chemicals has asked the Department of Public Works and Highways and the ...