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Stinking death spreads out to other species in Taal fishkill
Even as the Department of Interior and Local Government ordered the reduction of Taal Lake's fish corrals from 14,000 to a tenable 6,000 to ease fishkill outbreaks, the oxygen level in the volcano lake is dropping to ...
- June 3, 2011
Fish kill triggers moratorium
The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources has imposed a moratorium on the release of fingerlings and fry in Taal Lake in a bid to prevent fish kill incidents. It also warned fish cage owners in two Pangasinan towns not ...
- June 16, 2011
Fish kills slay demand even for safe fish in public markets
The spate of fish kills now plaguing Batangas and Pangasinan is also killing consumer demand for "bangus" and tilapia that come from unaffected places where the fish are alive and well. Fish retailers have tried baiting ...
- June 5, 2011
₱25-M program launched
The Department of Agriculture (DA) is launching the P25-million Biotechnology Research Fellowship Program (BRFP) to develop better crops, improve livestock and generate higher fisheries output. BRFP will complement the ...
- March 18, 2011
The effects are maddening as they go viral
Viral nervous necrosis (VNN) is caused by betanodaviruses, or spherical viruses that targets the nervous system and kills brain cells in fish in order to survive and thrive. When it hits, VNN causes fish to act crazy. It ...
- September 9, 2011
Lack of oxygen caused massive fishkill
Officials of the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) on Tuesday said that the P57-million fish kill in Taal, Batangas was due to depleted oxygen levels brought about by changing weather conditions. The officials ...
- June 1, 2011
Navotas assures buyers of fishkill-free supplies
Traders at the Navotas Fish port and City Hall have assured the public that their supply of milkfish and other species is safe to eat. Dr. Mario Pascual, president of the Fish Traders Association-Daytime said the fishkills ...
- June 22, 2011
Farmers urged to grow giant gourami
Agriculture Secretary Proceso Alcala urged fish farmers to venture into growing giant gourami (Ospronemus gouramy) as an alternative to bangus, tilapia, and catfish in inland water bodies such as fishponds, lakes, and even ...
- April 16, 2011
BFAR 6 says Western Visayas is free from fishkill threat
The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) here has given assurances that marine products being sold in markets in Western Visayas are safe for human consumption. The agency issued the assurance amid fishkill ...
- June 9, 2011
Biokubo: The search for an alternative feedstock for biodiesel
Studies have shown that the biodiesel process utilizing waste cooking oils had a better rate of return than a process which used virgin oil, although all of the processes in their papers had negative rates of return. There ...
- December 22, 2011