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Pollution of prawn farms eyed
Sen. Heherson Alvarez said recently the regulation and control of prawn farms is adequately provided for in Senate Bill No. 1259, the New Pollution Control Law, now up for second reading in the Senate this week. Alvarez, ...
- April 2, 1990
Mangrove cutting in Oton slammed
One of southern Iloilo's last mangrove stands if gone, courtesy of a "developer" and a set of public officials in stupor. And a scientist at the Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center (Seafdec) based in Tigbauan tow, ...
- November 19, 1999
From wetlands to wasteland
Vital mangrove areas in the Philippines have shrunk to less than 1% of its area in 1920. The loss could be worth as much as $3 billion. The country was among 30 countries with the largest mangrove areas in the world in ...
- September 12, 1993
Solon urges transfer of fish agencies
Senator Agapito 'Butz' Aquini, chairman of the Senate committee on agriculture and food, has filed a resolution recommending the transfer of all fishery agencies and programs to the Department of Environment and Natural Resources.
- December 13, 1992
Fishers group in Aklan leads way to mangrove-friendly mudcrab culture
Raising mudcrab in tidal flats with existing mangroves is a feasible and economically profitable livelihood alternative for fishers. And this is environment-friendly. This was confirmed in a mucrab technology verification ...
- October 30, 1999
Fisheries dep't will end political football
In 1996, we already had a shortfall of about 600,000 tons of fish. With globalization now a reality, we've gone beyond mere processing of imported mackerel to actual importation of bangus and even the lowly galunggong. In ...
- May 25, 1999
Mudcrab production is profitable
Raising mudcrab in tidal flats with existing mangroves is a feasible and profitable livelihood alternative for fishers. And this is environment-friendly, too. This was confirmed in a mudcrab technology verification project ...
- December 14, 1999
Aklan
An aquaculture project on raising mudcrab in tidal flats has been turned over to the Kalibo Aklan Save the Mangrove Association (KASAMA), a fisheries' organization at Barangay Buswang, Kalibo. The project had earlier been ...
- December 12, 1999
Moves taken to save Capiz prawn industry
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, ...
- March 1, 1992
Fishers lead in mangrove-friendly mudcrab culture
Raising mudcrab in tidal flats with existing mangroves is a feasible and economically profitable livelihood alternative for fishers. And this is environment-friendly. This was confirmed in a mucrab technology verification ...
- October 30, 1999