Browsing Malaya by Subject "fishing"

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    • 10 out of 13 fishing grounds overfished 

      Cabrera, Madelaine (Malaya, May 15, 2013, on page A1-A3)
      Ten out of the country's 13 major fishing grounds are overfished, resulting in big declines in fishing production, officials of the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) disclosed yesterday. BFAR Director Asis ...

    • After warding off mass tourism: Hong Kong's last fishing village faces climate threats 

      Beh, Lih Yi (Malaya, October 26, 2018, on page A11)
      Located about two hours from downtown Hong Kong, rural Tai O is the last fishing village in the territory and is home to over 2,000 people. Fishing, the area’s traditional industry, is dying out after a 2012 government ban ...

    • Ban China from our EEZ 

      Arcilla, Rey O. (Malaya, July 3, 2019, on page B4-B5)
      Critics of President Duterte aka Digong, among them ex-Foreign Secretary Albert "Super Amboy" del Rosario, claim that he may be impeached over his statement that he would allow China to continue fishing within our Exclusive ...

    • BFAR's P281M fish centers waste of money, says COA 

      Tabingo, Peter (Malaya, September 18, 2018, on page B2)
      Government auditors have labeled the P281.2 million community Fish Landing Centers (CFLC) project of the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources as a "wastage of government funds" after discovering that only 19 out of ...

    • Can't go to Scarborough? Nolcom offers own fishing sanctuaries 

      Reyes, Victor (Malaya, April 3, 2014, on page B2)
      Soldiers are putting up fish sanctuaries off Zambales so that Filipino fishermen would not have to go the disputed Scarborough Shoal, a rich fishing ground which China gained control of in 2012. Lt. Gen. Gregorio Pio ...

    • Cannibal crab PH's third most important fishery export 

      Icamina, Paul (Malaya, October 23, 2017, on page A2)
      This crab is a cannibal. And the government wants more of them. The Blue Swimming Crabs, also known as Portunuspelagicus, is well known for its cannibalistic habits. It preys on other weak crabs, those with missing appendages ...

    • China fishing rule defied 

      Reyes, Victor (Malaya, January 17, 2014, on page B1-B6)
      Defense Secretary Voltaire Gazmin yesterday said the Philippines will not recognize a fishing ban reportedly imposed by China in the disputed Spratly Islands in the West Philippine Sea (South China Sea). " We will not ...

    • Chinese ship fired warning shot at PH boat 

      Reyes, Victor (Malaya, June 5, 2015, on page B6)
      A Chinese ship reportedly fired a warning shot to scare away a fishing boat near a Chinese-occupied reef in the West Philippine Sea (South China Sea) last week, a fishing boat operator disclosed yesterday. In a phone ...

    • Coral Triangle stakeholders vow to patronize only legal operations 

      Icamina, Paul (Malaya, January 22, 2010, on page A8)
      Fishing operators and buyers who attended the first ever business summit to address overexploitation and overfishing in the Coral Triangle have promised not to source their products from illegal, unregulated and unreported ...

    • Dinagat fisherfolk to benefit from new P5.6M ice plant 

      (Malaya, September 25, 2019, on page A8)
      Cagdianao Mining Corporation (CMC) turned over a P5.6-Million ice plant and cold storage facility to the members of GAAS Dinagat Fishermen Cooperative (GADIF-CO) in barangay Legaspi, Cadianao, Province of Dinagat Islands, ...

    • Duterte: No fishing in PH Rise or there will be war 

      Montemayor, Jocelyn; Hachero, Ashzel (Malaya, March 1, 2018, on page B1-B6)
      President Duterte yesterday warned that war could break out any group, especially foreigners, would conduct research explorations and fishing activities within the Philippine Rise without the Philippine government's ...

    • EU lifts warning over illegal fishing 

      (Malaya, April 22, 2015, on page A2)
      The European Union (EU) has lifted its warning on yellow card to the Philippines on fishing and issued a green card to the country following improved efforts against illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing. This ...

    • Experts urging gov't to craft framework to protect sardines 

      Macapagal, Jed Aldous (Malaya, March 21, 2018, on page A4)
      Experts are urging the government to craft a national management framework to address overfishing sardines in the country, citing declining stocks due to heavy fishing pressure and environmental changes. "Sardines are being ...

    • Fish output dropped in 2014 

      (Malaya, February 25, 2015, on page A4)
      Production output of the three most consumed fish varieties dropped in 2014, according to the latest report from the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA). The effects of typhoon Glenda were attributed as the primary factors ...

    • Laguna de Bae and its knifefish 

      Aspillera, Dahli (Malaya, October 20, 2017, on page B5)
      Laguna de Bae is the largest fresh water lake of all of South East Asia, 12 leagues wide (66 kilometers) and very deep. Centuries past, fishing from this lake was productive, for subsistence fisherfolks, but not anymore ...

    • Loren hits TNT fishing in Siargao 

      (Malaya, March 27, 2014, on page B2)
      Sen. Loren Legarda yesterday called the attention of government agencies enforcing the Fisheries Code in light of reports of continuing practice of dynamite fishing in the waters of Siargao. The dynamite fishing caused the ...

    • Man attacks sharks! 

      (Malaya, October 12, 2012, on page A11)
      Real shark fin soup, not the imitation stirred egg yolk version, is very expensive. At a price of more than (dollar sign) 700 per kilo, shark fin is among the world's most valuable fishery products. Which is why up to 73 ...

    • Occidental Mindoro: Next tourism gem 

      Gonzales, Edison Joseph (Malaya, January 4, 2019, on page A7-A8)
      Occidental Mindoro is nature's tranquil haven with its marine, wildlife and bird sanctuary and stretches of secluded white sands. It is a paradise waiting to be explored. Dive into the coral sanctuaries of Apo Reef Marine ...

    • PH sardine industry sustainable 

      Icamina, Paul (Malaya, April 4, 2017, on page A1-A4)
      Filipino consumers get “the cheapest sardines in the world,” according to Michael Tiu Lim, vice president for operations of Mega Global Corp., the country’s largest sardines fishing and canning company. On average, a ...

    • Reef fisheries of the Spratlys, West Philippine Sea 

      Alcala, Angel C. (Malaya, September 24, 2015, on page B5)
      Nañola et al. in 1997 reported 248 species from 1991 to 1996 in the Kalayaan Group of Islands (KIG). The larger species had an average standing stock or biomass of 114 metric tons per km2. But the Joint Oceanographic and ...