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S. Asia most dangerous for sea turtles - study
The waters around India, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka are home to the world’s most endangered sea turtles, according to a study released Thursday aimed at setting a blueprint for global conservation. While it was well known ...
- September 30, 2011
Bacteria blamed for fish kill
The sudden and mysterious emergence of an unknown bacteria along the coastal waters of Manila Bay causes a massive fish kill, resulting in the loss of millions of pesos worth of fish products here. This was disclosed by ...
- June 24, 2011
SEAFDEC develops vaccine against devastating fish virus
Tigbauan, Iloilo - A vaccine is being field tested against a virus that causes one of the world's most lethal fish diseases that wipes out entire stocks. "The emergence of fish diseases caused by viruses, bacteria, and ...
- September 9, 2011
Fishkill ruins local supply of milkfish
Over 447.2 metric tons of milkfish worth P33.74-million from fishpond cages in the municipalities of Anda and Bolinao in Pangasinan have been ruined by fishkill that took began last Sunday, Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic ...
- June 2, 2011
Fishkill reported in 3 BAtangas areas
the Taal Lake were safe to eat following a massive fishkill that spawned an industry nightmare, hundreds of “bangus” (milkfish) were again seen floating in at least three lakeside villages on Monday, police said. SPO3 Larry ...
- June 21, 2011
Who killed the milkfish?
They're stubborn. These are the words of Nestor Domenden, regional director of the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) when asked why fishkills have been a recurring nightmare in Bolinao and Anda towns in ...
- June 8, 2011
Manila Bay cleanup launched today
Navotas City joins today the simultaneous metrowide waterways cleanup at the Manila Bay, an activity spearheaded by the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) dubbed " One Day. One Bay." The city government ...
- November 26, 2011
Fish kill rooted in volcanism
Taal Lake, a caldera, has an ecology that is closely linked to its cradling Taal volcano, one of the 16 volcanoes of the world that erupts every 10 years. We've been studying this lake since 1989. I propose a paradigm to ...
- July 24, 2011
Fishermen bear brunt of fishkill as fish prices fall to ₱2/kg
Fishermen are bearing the brunt of the effects of a fishkill in Taal Lake that destroyed at least P190 million worth of tilapia and bangus, and brought prices of other fish from the lake plummeting to as low as P2 per ...
- June 10, 2011
Incidents of Fish Kills Reported in Bulacan and Ilocos Sur
Fish kill incidents widened this weekend with reports of dead fish floating in some parts of Angat Dam in Bulacan and Mestizo River in Ilocos Sur, authorities said Saturday. The Sagip Sierra Madre Environment Society Inc. ...
- June 5, 2011