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Illegal fishing threatens food security
Marine resources in Cebu are dwindling due to illegal fishing, threatening the province's food security, according to the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources 7 (BFAR-7). Aquaculturist II Nathaniel Lucero of the BFAR-7 ...
- September 14, 2010
Protecting fishing grounds
Stopping illegal fishing is one of the priorities of the new director of the Iloilo Police Provincial Office, Police Colonel Roland Vilela. The provincial government wants him to focus specifically on the rich fishing ...
- September 11, 2019
'Keep marine tourism intact'
Healthy marine ecosystems are critical to long-term and short-term development in marine tourism, experts said. World Wide Fund for Nature International Global Shark Program leader Andy Cornish made this point during the ...
- December 4, 2015
Don't lose hope, guv tells typhoon-hit fisherfolk
A total of 130 fishermen from Ajuy and Estancia towns affected by super typhoon "Yolanda" received engines and other materials for the construction of their new pump boats. "We in the government are doing everything to ...
- March 13, 2014
'Seafood capital' on guard vs shellfish
Will shellfish be served at the food festival during the Sinadya sa Halaran? Festival director Rommel Roberto Lastimoso said the organizers were still awaiting word from authorities, including the provincial government, ...
- November 20, 2015
Livestock ship with 42 crew sinks off Japan coast
Japanese rescuers were searching Thursday for a livestock ship that a survivor said sank with 42 crew members aboard during rough weather off a southern Japanese island, the coast guard said.
- September 4, 2020
81 'pawikan' hatchlings released
A total of 81 healthy pawikan (sea turtle) hatchlings were released on the shores of the Aboitiz Cleanergy Park in Punta Dumalag, Matina here recently. The caretaker Rodolfo M. Manib Sr. noticed three hatchlings at around ...
- January 14, 2014
Whale deaths on US West Coast may be linked to Arctic warmth
Dozens of gray whales have been found dead along the U.S. West Coast in recent weeks and some scientists believe the cause lies far to the north, in the heated-up Arctic waters off Alaska. Fifty-eight gray whales have been ...
- May 18, 2019
Pinoy 'Longline:' An innovative and sustainable way to grow green mussels
The traditional method of growing green mussels in the Philippines is called the "stake" method where the mussel "spats" or young mussels freely attach to bamboo poles placed in the coastal areas. There is little management ...
- November 23, 2015
Boracay ‘will rise from the ashes’
Former Environment secretary Gina Lopez is positive that tourists will come back to Boracay Island once its rehabilitation is complete. “Boracay will be like a phoenix, it will rise from the ashes,” Lopez told media members ...
- April 22, 2018