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    • Shrimp farmers in the Philippines go for the Pacific white shrimp 

      (The Daily Guardian, June 25, 2008, on page 8-9)
      Thirty-eight (38) grow-out farms and seven (7) accredited hatcheries might not seem a lot, but their very existence signals the Philippines' entry into white shrimp Litopenaeus vannamei aquaculture. Foreign and local ...

    • Six countries push for Coral Triangle protection 

      De los Santos, Maricyn A. (The Daily Guardian, July 7, 2017, on page 2)
      Around 150 representatives of six countries gathered at the Iloilo Convention Center in Iloilo City ON July 4-6, 2017, and called for inter-country initiatives for the protection of the Coral Triangle, an underwater marine ...

    • Small fishermen form alliance 

      Philippine News Agency (PNA) (The Daily Guardian, March 25, 2014, on page 6)
      Small fishermen in Negros Occidental have formed a provincial alliance as a response of the fishery sector and that of coastal communities to the continuing challenges of climate change. The Negros Occidental Small Fisheries ...

    • Sogod Bay losing its fishery resources 

      (The Daily Guardian, May 27, 2014, on page 5)
      The Country's marine resources is vast-200 million hectares of coastal and oceanic territorial water area. But like the other vital resources such as forests, Philippine fisheries are about to collapse. If people living ...

    • Soldiers deployed for Boracay closure, too 

      Rendon, Jennifer P. (The Daily Guardian, April 23, 2018, on page 2)
      The Philippine Army’s 301st Infantry Brigade confirmed that soldiers were already deployed in Boracay, before the island’s shutdown starting April 26, 2018. Brigadier General Pio Diñoso, 301st IB commanding officer, was ...

    • Some fishers too traumatized to return to Panatag Shoal 

      GMA News (The Daily Guardian, November 7, 2016, on page 9)
      Some fishermen in Masinloc, Zambales have yet to return to Panatag Shoal despite improving relations between China and the Philippines, saying Chinese harassment in the past had left them traumatized. Interviewed by GMA ...

    • The South China Sea conflict - in under five minutes 

      (The Daily Guardian, June 11, 2015, on page 5)
      1. Whose South China Sea is it, anyway? China’s claim to the South China Sea is based in history, dating back to records from the Xia and Han dynasties. China delineates its claims via the nine-dash line, which Chiang Kai ...

    • South China Sea ruling in Hague could be mid-2016- PH lawyer 

      Brunnstrom, David (The Daily Guardian, November 2, 2015, on page 9)
      The chief counsel for the Philippines in its Hague tribunal case against China over competing claims in the South China Sea said on Friday a final ruling could come as early as June next year. Paul Reichler said he also ...

    • Spill alert: Oil sheen spotted in Iloilo-Guimaras Strait 

      Rendon, Jennifer P.; Yap, Tara (The Daily Guardian, January 21, 2014, on page 1-11)
      The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) in Western Visayas ordered the immediate refloating of a cargo vessel that sank in Iloilo Strait Sunday morning. This as Commodore Athelo Ybañez, PCG-Western Visayas commander, confirmed ...

    • Spill contractor told to hasten cleanup 

      De Los Santos, Maricyn (The Daily Guardian, January 14, 2014, on page 2)
      The Iloilo provincial government told the contractor cleaning the oil spill in Estancia town to hasten its operations. Governor Arthur Defensor Sr. asked Nico Dadis, Kuan Yu Global Technologies Inc. operations manager, ...

    • SRP on fish meant to stabilize price movements - BFAR 

      GMA News (The Daily Guardian, July 3, 2018, on page 7-12)
      The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) said on Saturday that subjecting three fish varieties under a suggested retail price (SRP) is meant to stabilize and monitor price movements. Gongona said that setting ...

    • Stakeholders called to protect mangroves 

      De Los Santos, Maricyn A. (The Daily Guardian, May 22, 2014, on page B6)
      The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR)-6 called on stakeholders to work together to protect mangroves in the region. The agency celebrates Month of the Ocean 2014 this May with the theme “Mangroves ...

    • Stronger agri sector to fight inflation 

      GMA News (The Daily Guardian, February 7, 2019, on page 7)
      The Duterte administration’s economic managers on Tuesday called for a more resilient and adaptive agriculture sector, especially when it comes to extreme weather events, in keeping up with demand and ensuring price stability ...

    • Stronger drive vs commercial fishing in municipal waters urged 

      Philippine News Agency (PNA) (The Daily Guardian, September 29, 2015, on page 8)
      An umbrella organization of small fishermen here urged the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) and local government units (LGUs) to strengthen the campaign against commercial fishing in municipal waters of the ...

    • Students to help protect sea cows 

      (The Daily Guardian, May 16, 2017, on page B7)
      Dugongs, also known as “sea cows” once grazed in the thousands on the seabed off the Philippines. In order to raise awareness on the conservation and protection of Dugong (Dugong dugon), an awareness campaign was conducted ...

    • Students vow to protect sea cows 

      Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR)-Region VI (The Daily Guardian, September 27, 2018, on page 13)
      The Philippines have thousands of species that are undeniably incredible, including the largest and only sea-living mammal which grazes on seagrass, the Dugong (Dugong dugon). Presently, we have seen the number of dugong ...

    • Summer 

      Tejares, Lindy Glare (The Daily Guardian, April 29, 2015, on page 3)
      Summer is also a time to indulge in hobbies and pets such as colorful fishes being sold in Iloilo City. Prices of pet fish range from P20 to P40 a dozen.

    • Super hulbot fishers criminal raps 

      Conserva, Louine Hope (The Daily Guardian, March 2, 2018, on page 2-10)
      The eight were charged with violation of the Fisheries Code of the Philippines; assault on a person in authority; and frustrated homicide. The cases were filed Mar 1, 2018 before the Provincial Prosecutor’s Office at the ...

    • ‘Super hulbot’ fishers face raps 

      Conserva, Louine Hope (The Daily Guardian, June 5, 2018, on page 2)
      Crewmembers of a modified zipper or super hulbot vessel are facing criminal charges for operating in the waters of Brgy. Asluman, Gigantes Island in Carles, Iloilo. The boat captain and 12 crew members were charged with ...

    • Support fishing boat operators 

      (The Daily Guardian, March 26, 2014, on page 6)
      The Department of Agriculture is asked to extend financial support to fishing boat operators who lost their livelihood due to the implementation of certain Fisheries Code provisions, particularly the ban on hulbot-hulbot. ...