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Coral Triangle stakeholders vow to patronize only legal operations
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 ...
- January 22, 2010
Cannibal crab PH's third most important fishery export
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 ...
- October 23, 2017
PH sardine industry sustainable
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 ...
- April 4, 2017
Extreme weather hits tilapia output
“The major tilapia producing regions in the Philippines are now experiencing significant impacts from the progressing negative effects of climate change,” according to a report prepared by the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic ...
- March 28, 2017
DOST rolls out agri technologies for rural areas
A plant food supplement made of carrageenan boosts growth and make plants resistant to pests and diseases. Developed by the Department of Science and Technology (DOST)'s Philippine Nuclear Research Institute (PNRI), the ...
- September 24, 2018
Fluctuating output brings seaweed prices down
A cycle of boon and bane is bringing down the price of dried seaweed. "The low buying price is caused by production fluctuation from late 2015 until early 2017," said Dr. Nicomedes Decomenden of the Bureau of Fisheries and ...
- November 29, 2017
Affordable test for shrimp disease
A highly sensitive tool that detects a disease that affects shrimps has been developed at the University of Santo Tomas (UST). The technology helps detect Acute Hepatopancreatic Necrosis Disease (AHPND) or Early Mortality ...
- April 10, 2018
R&D boosts mud crab survival
Much of the improved survival rate is traced to formulated feeds and natural food, according to the Philippine Council for Agriculture, Aquatic and Natural Resources Research and Development, Department of Science and ...
- May 15, 2018
Scientist upbeat on PH fisheries prospects
A large potential, yet with a relatively small economic footprint – that is how scientists described the blue economy yesterday during the 39th Annual Scientific Meeting of the National Academy of Science and Technology ...
- July 14, 2017
PH exports tuna, imports belly
The all-time favorite in many Filipino grills, tuna belly and panga, come all the way from the Marshall Islands. Tuna traders import from Majuro and Vietnam (the major sources) as well as South Korea tuna scraps like belly, ...
- March 10, 2015