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Coast Guard: HK boat crew didn’t do enough to save PH fishermen
The Philippine Coast Guard on Tuesday said that due to a number of factors, the crew of a Hong Kong-flagged cargo ship was only able to do half of what they were expected to do after their vessel collided with a Filipino ...
- July 1, 2020
2 tons of tilapia lost as fish kill hits Laguna's Sampaloc Lake
About two tons of cultured tilapia were lost after a fish kill hit Sampaloc Lake in San Pablo City, Laguna province, last week, the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) said. Sammy Malvas, BFAR director for ...
- January 5, 2021
Time running out for Taal Lake's 'tawilis'?
“Tawilis,” the world’s only freshwater sardine, is a delicacy once considered the “poor man’s fish” and a household staple in the communities around Taal Lake. In the old days, the lake would “turn white” at night as schools ...
- February 10, 2019
After lockdown, fish kill hits Laguna de Bay
Communities on Talim Island in Laguna de Bay lived through the quarantine on surplus fish, after movement restrictions disrupted supply delivery from the island to fish ports and public markets in Metro Manila and nearby ...
- June 10, 2020
Lobo Mayor checks for underwater damage after dredging ship sails away
The mayor of Lobo town in Batangas province on Friday asked fishery authorities to inspect the site where a 2,990-ton Chinese-manned dredging ship had dropped anchor to determine whether it had caused damage to marine life. ...
- April 6, 2019
Cavite gov downplays diesel spill destruction
A diesel oil spill on Manila Bay that raises potential environmental and health hazards and threatens to ruin the capital’s vital fishing industry has “95-percent” evaporated, leaving only “a thin film” of fuel on the ...
- August 10, 2013
What PH fishers after Chinese apology
A month after they received an apology, the fishermen from Mindoro province who were put out of work after a Chinese trawler rammed and damaged their fishing boat in the West Philippine Sea in June have yet to receive ...
- September 29, 2019