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Shark lands in golf course
Golf club employees in Southern California came to the rescue when a shark dropped out of the sky and flopped around on the 12th tee. San Juan Hills Golf Club operations director Melissa McCormack says a course marshal ...
- October 27, 2012
Great white shark kills surfer
An expert has determined that a surfer was killed off California's Central Coast by a 15- to 16-foot (4.8-meter) great white shark. Ralph Collier of the Shark Research Committee examined the body of 39-year-old Francisco ...
- October 26, 2012
Alcala to revitalize PH fisheries
Agriculture Secretary Proceso J. Alcala has vowed to revitalize the fishing industry and reverse the current condition of dwindling catch and vanishing fish population. Central to this task is the scientific research needed ...
- January 2, 2012
Super oysters
On a summer morning, marine biologist Ray Grizzle reaches into the waters of the Bronx River estuary and pulls up an oyster. The 2-year-old female is "good and healthy." He grabs another handful and gets more good news. "
- September 4, 2012
Saving Pasig means saving big
"So, what will happen if the government has more revenue because the 'esteros' are clean?" asked Pasig River Rehabilitation Commission (PRRC) chairperson Gina Lopez in an interview with MB Research. The PRRC chief herself ...
- September 4, 2012
New SEAFDEC chief still unknown
Government still has to formalize its choice on who should head the Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center-Aquaculture Department (SEAFDECAQD) in Tigbauan, Iloilo. A treaty agency, SEAFDEC-AQD has been the leading ...
- April 7, 2012
Prospects for aquaculture getting better
The recent entry of Alsons Aquaculture Corp. (AAC) into the milkfish market in China represents an achievement for aquaculture and may perk up interest in managed fisheries amid reports about declining fish populations in ...
- January 25, 2012
Agriculture grows 2.34% in 2011
The slump in fisheries has affected the performance of agriculture for 2011, with the overall growth inching to 2.34 percent. Agriculture Secretary Proceso J. Alcala said crops took the lead, growing by 4.82 percent on the ...
- January 28, 2012
Clean river in 7 years
Much has been said and done about infamous deterioration of the 27-kilometer Pasig River - from when 84-year-old Purificacion "Nanay Puring" Malvas Punzalan could still drink clean, clear water from it in the 1940s to the ...
- September 5, 2012
No one at SEAFDEC helm
Agriculture Secretary Proceso J. Alcala has not received the names of nominees to head the Southeast Aian Fisheries Development Center-Aquaculture Department (SEAFDEC-AQD). Alcala discloses this on Tuesday after a press ...
- January 27, 2012