Browsing Malaya by Subject "fishing grounds"

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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 ...

    • 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 ...

    • 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 ...

    • China starts dredging another reef: military 

      Hachero, Ashzel; Reyes, Victor (Malaya, February 6, 2015, on page B6)
      China has started dredging around the disputed Mischief Reef in the South China Sea, a Philippine navy commander said on Thursday, signaling Beijing may be preparing to expand its facilities in the area. Rear Admiral ...

    • DFA: China denies harassing Pinoy fishers 

      Hachero, Ashzel; Reyes, Victor (Malaya, May 3, 2017, on page B6)
      The Department of Foreign Affairs yesterday said China belied reports its forces were involved in the reported harassment of Filipino fishermen near Union Bank, also known as Pagkakaisa Bank, in the South China Sea. “We ...

    • 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 ...

    • The final frontier: Who owns the oceans and their hidden treasures? 

      Tabary, Zoe (Malaya, December 5, 2018, on page B4-B5)
      Oceans - which scientists say are less understood than the moon or Mars - cover more than 70 percent of the Earth’s surface, yet less than 20 percent of their seafloor has been mapped or observed, according to the U.S. ...

    • Fishermen and Duterte 

      (Malaya, May 30, 2016, on page B4)
      The Pambansang Pamalakaya ng Pilipinas has found a reason to be excited recent pronouncements and actions by President Rodrigo Duterte on the issue of the fishing, especially in traditional Filipino fishing grounds such ...

    • One voice on China 

      (Malaya, June 19, 2018, on page B4)
      The Senate has finally made known its predilection to put in order the ongoing national conversation on the South China Sea, by conducting a public inquiry on the current foreign policy issues bedeviling the trouble-prone ...

    • PH doubts Asean, China can craft legally binding sea code 

      Reuters (Malaya, October 30, 2018, on page B1-B6)
      New Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin, Jr said on Monday that the 10-member Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) and China would unlikely be able to arrive at a legally binding code of conduct for the South ...

    • 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 ...