Browsing Manila Bulletin by Subject "cages"

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    • ₱3-M project for Guimaras fisherfolk set 

      Philippine News Agency (PNA) (Manila Bulletin, August 16, 2007, on page 13)
      A ₱3-million mariculture project in Guimaras is set to kick off sometime this August to further empower the province's fisherfolk affected by the oil spill. Serving at the front of the project is the South East Asian ...

    • ₱ 6.8-M loss in Taal fishkill 

      Manalo, Lyka (Manila Bulletin, February 4, 2019, on page 14)
      The municipal­ity of Talisay, Batangas reported that fish cage owners lost more than P6.8 million after the upwelling of sulfur in Taal Lake killed bangus and tilapia last Jan. 29 and 30. In a press briefing here Friday, ...

    • Alarm raised over 'lapu-lapu' decline 

      De Vera, Ellalyn B.; Chavez, Chito A. (Manila Bulletin, May 16, 2015, on page 8)
      Fish farmers in Taytay, Palawan, are working double-time in expanding their production of grouper, or lapu-lapu, in 2,000 fish offshore cages that host 161 species of the highly-prized reef fish. These cages are perhaps ...

    • Aquaculture lab at SEAFDEC seen paving way for GM products 

      Aguiba, Melody M. (Manila Bulletin, August 25, 2002, on page B-2)
      An aquaculture technology laboratory being set up for South East Asia is paving the way toward the adoption of biotechnology for developing more productive, genetically modified fishery products in the Philippines. Dr. ...

    • Aquaculture summit set in Dagupan City 

      Sarian, Zac (Manila Bulletin, June 30, 2016, on page B7)
      The First National Aquaculture Summit will be held on July 7-8, 2016 at the Leisure Coast Resort in Dagupan City under the auspices of the Philippine Association of Fish Producers, Inc. (PAFPI) together with the Bureau of ...

    • Banker cautions Land Bank, BFAR on rent-a-cage plan 

      Benaning, Marvyn N. (Manila Bulletin, March 15, 2010, on page 14)
      A banker formerly engaged in fish cage culture has cautioned the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) and Land Bank on its plan to lease fish cages for mariculture parks to groups of small fisherfolk. Manuel ...

    • BFAR assures enough supply of bangus amid Pangasinan fishkill 

      (Manila Bulletin, June 8, 2018, on page 9)
      The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) in the Ilocos region has assured that there is an ample supply of milkfish (bangus) for the region and other regions, despite the recent fishkill in the towns of Anda ...

    • BFAR: Overstocking caused fish kill 

      Benaning, Marvyn (Manila Bulletin, June 2, 2011, on page 3)
      Overstocking of fish in cages caused the fish kill in Taal and Pangasinan. This was the gist of the report made by the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) on the loss of 700 metric tons (MT) of tilapia in Taal ...

    • Blue mussels a 'bane' to Dagupan fish farmers 

      (Manila Bulletin, August 31, 2017, on page B-9)
      The blue mussels introduced in Dagupan rivers a few years ago are now considered a bane to local fish farmers raising signanid (malaga) and grouper (lapulapu). This was bared by Marvin Asis of the City Agriculture Office ...

    • Chemicals in tilapia feeds, Changes in temperature cause lake buhi fish kill; town state calamity 

      Saldico, Ruel (Manila Bulletin, November 26, 2016, on page 14)
      A state of calamity was declared in this municipality because of the occurrence of a fish kill over the past few weeks, delivering a big blow to almost a thousand fish cage owners and operators. The initial estimate of ...

    • Clean Dagupan River 

      Iñigo, Liezle Basa (Manila Bulletin, March 26, 2015, on page 12)
      City Mayor Belen Fernandez called for the stricter enforcement of fishery laws particularly those on the construction and operation of fishpens and fish cages to prevent massive fishkills in the Dagupan River. Fernandez ...

    • Clearing of 2 South Cotabato lakes gains ground 

      Philippine News Agency (PNA) (Manila Bulletin, July 26, 2018, on page B-11)
      Around 25 hectares of two major lakes in Lake Sebu town in South Cotabato have been cleared of illegal structures and water lilies as part of a continuing local government-led clean-up program. Loida Villa, senior environment ...

    • Dagupan fisherfolk warn of fishkill due to polluted rivers 

      Iñigo, Liezle B. (Manila Bulletin, March 18, 2015, on page 19)
      At least 700 fishponds owners, operators, and fisherfolk in this city fear the possible threat of a massive fishkill due to worsening pollution and siltation of rivers, here. Alfredo Dawana, president of the Fishpond Owners, ...

    • Days of illegal fishpens in Dagupan numbered 

      Riñoza, Jojo (Manila Bulletin, September 20, 2016, on page 6)
      An ultimatum is out for all owners and maintainers of illegal fish pens along the city's river system - October is the end of the line. Mayor Belen T. Fernandez of this city made it clear that the "Bantay Ilog" task force ...

    • Demolition of Laguna fishpens lauded 

      Terrazola, Vanne Elaine (Manila Bulletin, March 9, 2017, on page B-9)
      A fisherfolk group and an environment group based in Laguna lauded the demolition of large fishpens in the Laguna de Bay. The Pambansang Lakas ng Kilusang Mamamalakaya ng Pilipinas (PAMALAKAYA-Pilipinas) and the Save Laguna ...

    • DENR clearing Laguna Lake of fish pens 

      De Vera-Ruiz, Ellalyn (Manila Bulletin, January 28, 2017, on page 8)
      The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) began the other day a massive clearing of illegal structures in Laguna de Bay. Two weeks have passed since the DENR issued a final notice to operators of fish pens ...

    • DENR looking into fishpen operation 

      de Vera, Ellalyn (Manila Bulletin, August 26, 2007, on page 3)
      Environment and Natural Resources Secretary Jose Atienza Jr. said the department is already in the process of reviewing the documents of fishpen and fish cage operators on Manila Bay and Laguna de Bay to prevent the further ...

    • Dismantling of Laguna Lake fish pens now in full force 

      Miraflor, Madelaine B. (Manila Bulletin, January 28, 2017, on page B-4)
      The dismantling of fishpens in Laguna Lake, the largest lake in the Philippines and the second largest inland freshwater lake in Southeast Asia, continues and is now in full force. The Department of Environment and Natural ...

    • Entrepreneurship needed in the countryside 

      Sarian, Zac (Manila Bulletin, August 10, 2000, on page B-10)
      There are actually many opportunities waiting for the enterprising to undertake. Like, for instance, Jose "Lebong" Aralar in Binangonan, Rizal. He used to be a nurse in a hospital many years ago. However, he saw the potential ...

    • Extraction of Solar 1 oil set: Foreign group hired for job; 2 M liters of bunker fuel still in tanker 

      (Manila Bulletin, February 10, 2007, on page 14)
      After almost six months of waiting, Petron will soon start the extraction of remaining bunker fuel inside three cylinders of the vessel, Solar 1, which wrecked havoc on the environment when it split oil after it had sunk ...