Browsing Manila Bulletin by Subject "diseases"

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    • Deadly disease hits Iloilo prawn hatheries 

      Alvarez, Ramiro C. (Manila Bulletin, March 29, 1988, on page 31)
      Some 30 newly set up barangay prawn hatcheries in four coastal towns of Iloilo are suffering heavy losses from infestations of a deadly bacterial disease. What makes the disease even more distressing is that it has no known ...

    • Establishment of seaweeds gene bank here proposed 

      Aguiba, Melody M. (Manila Bulletin, April 29, 2007, on page B-4)
      A seaweed gene bank will be put up by the Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center (SEAFDEC) to complement its biotechnology facility that will aid in boosting the country's production of seaweeds which earns $70 million ...

    • Fish species can fight dengue mosquitoes – expert 

      Riñoza, Jojo (Manila Bulletin, February 7, 2018, on page 7)
      Dr. Westly Rosario, chief of the Fisheries expert at the National Integrated Fisheries Technology and Development Center of the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR-NIFTDC), advocates for this “biological” ...

    • Price freeze on fish products 

      Marticio, Marie Tonette (Manila Bulletin, March 22, 2020, on page C-4)
      With the aim to still provide affordable fish to consumers despite the community quarantine, the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) 8 is urging local chief executives (LCEs) in Eastern Visayas to impose price ...

    • Seafdec bares projects on diseases of prawns: Breeding-program objectives cited 

      Fernandez, Rudy A. (Manila Bulletin, November 14, 1998, on page B-15)
      There may not be a magic pill for the tiger prawn industry, but both long-term and short-term solutions are being studied for the disease problems that continually plague the industry. "We have embarked on several projects ...

    • SEAFDEC developing high-yield seaweed 

      Aguiba, Melody (Manila Bulletin, July 18, 2006, on page B-1-B-3)
      Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center (SEAFDEC) is developing high-yielding and “ice-ice” disease-resistant seaweed strains in an aim to meet expanding industrial use and raise some $100 million in seaweed-carrageenan ...

    • Shrimp school in Dagupan ushers in new promise for PH aquaculture 

      Riñoza, Jojo (Manila Bulletin, August 24, 2015, on page 15)
      "Failures are ingredients to success." This quote holds true for the Shrimp School of the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources- National Integrated Fisheries Technology and Development Center(BFAR-NIFTDC) in Dagupan ...

    • Tobacco can control fish diseases? 

      (Manila Bulletin, October 30, 1996, on page 24)
      Fishery-researchers are now studying the use of tobacco dust in controlling fish diseases. "We are testing tobacco dust because it is organic and biodegradable," chemist at the Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center ...

    • Wild shrimps in Palawan found genetically diverse 

      (Manila Bulletin, April 10, 2000, on page 31)
      The wild shrimps in Palawan's marine waters are more genetically diverse than those in other parts of the country. This was found in a study done by researchers of the Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center-Aquaculture ...