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Endangered sea cow rescued
The Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center (SEAFDEC) currently serves as temporary home to a rescued baby dugong (sea cow), an endangered and only herbivorous sea mammal in the world. The baby dugong was captured in ...
- October 3, 2003
1st congress on RP lakes set Nov 25-28 at DAP
The First National Congress on Philippine Lakes (LAKECON 2003) will be held on Nov. 25-28 at the Development Academy of the Philippines (DAP) in Tagaytay City. The four-day congress aims to identify major lake-specific ...
- November 16, 2003
Fishery scientists want to help pluck coastal families from sea of poverty
Felix Ayson and Susana Siar, scientists at the Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center (SEAFDEC), in Tigbauan, won by competing with groups that came up with more than 1,000 entries in the recently concluded First ...
- February 6, 2004
Crab culture with a conscience
The rapid spread of aquaculture in recent decades has brought riches to some, ruin to many, exclusion to the poorest coastal dwellers, and environmental degradation. Scientists in the Philippines are adapting aquaculture ...
- May 17, 2005
DENR looking into fishpen operation
Environment and Natural Resources Secretary Jose Atienza Jr. said the department is already in the process of reviewing the documents of fishpen and fish cage operators on Manila Bay and Laguna de Bay to prevent the further ...
- August 26, 2007
Group warns of more environmental damage in Semirara
A group composed of scientists, ecologists and environmentalists warned of further environmental destruction if the operation of the Semirara Mining Corp. (SMC) is not stopped. The group, composed of representatives from ...
- June 15, 2009
Govt focuses on Guimaras rehab
A substantial release of the P867-million supplemental budget is now awaited to give impetus to the long-term rehabilitation of the once oil spill-affected island province of Guimaras. Secretary Rafael Coscoluela, Presidential ...
- April 10, 2007
Seafdec takes custody of captured green sea turtle
The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) through its Community Environment and Natural Resources Office (CENRO) in Barotac Nuevo, Iloilo recently turned over a captured sea green turtle to the Southeast ...
- March 9, 2005
Plankton bloom, low oxygen level blame for fishkill
The UP Marine Sciences Institute (UPMSI) said yesterday that a preliminary investigation on the cause on the massive fish kill that occurred in Bolinao, Pangasinan last Feb.1 can be traced to two circumstances. In a ...
- February 8, 2002
First week of July is national biotech week
The first week of July 2006 was proclaimed by President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo as National Biotechnology Week with the theme "Securing the Philippines' Niche in the Global Bio-Enterprise”. In connection with the observance ...
- July 7, 2006