Browsing Manila Bulletin by Subject "dissolved oxygen"

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    • Animals, crops, and people all suffer amid Europe's heatwave 

      Associated Press (AP) (Manila Bulletin, August 2, 2018, on page B-8)
      The heatwave gripping large stretches of Europe has already been blamed for deadly forest fires and crop failures. Now freshwater fish could be its next victims. Rivers like the Rhine and the Elbe have soaked up so much ...

    • BFAR on how to deal with fish kill: Check calendar 

      Sotelo, Yolanda (Manila Bulletin, July 3, 2010, on page A15)
      Watch your calendar. This was the advice of the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources to owners of fish ponds and pens in Pangasinan to avoid losing their cultured bangus (milkfish) to fish kill. Regino Regpala, chemist ...

    • 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 ...

    • Dissolved oxygen caused fish float 

      Giron, Anthony (Manila Bulletin, October 26, 2016, on page 14)
      The reported fish kill in Tanza, this province, recently was, in fact, a "fish float" caused by dissolved oxygen or low oxygen levels in water, the Provincial Government-Environment and Natural Resources (PG-ENRO) officer ...

    • Fish mortality cases in Taal, Laguna lakes not due to disease 

      Miraflor, Madelaine B. (Manila Bulletin, June 25, 2020, on page 2)
      The recent fish mortality cases in Taal Lake and Laguna de Bay were not due to an outbreak of certain diseases, according to the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR). In a statement, BFAR said there is no ...

    • Fishkill grips Anda, Bolinao in Pangasinan 

      Iñigo, Liezel Basa (Manila Bulletin, March 26, 2016, on page 8)
      A massive fishkill was reported in the municipalities of Bolinao and Anda and affected the price of milk fish in the market. The sudden harvest saw the market price of milkfish plunge from 1110 per kilo to as low as 190 ...

    • Hundreds of 'bangus' turn up dead in Sual, but mayor denies fish kill 

      Iñigo, Liezle Basa (Manila Bulletin, August 31, 2015, on page 13)
      Hundreds of rotten "bangus" or milkfish were spotted floating along the bay in Barangay Pangcasan, here, last Saturday. "All those fish were not just dead but rotten and stinking," said Sammy Luzala one of the residents ...

    • Low oxygen levels coral bleaching getting worse in oceans 

      Associated Press (AP) (Manila Bulletin, January 6, 2018, on page 12)
      Global warming is making the world’s oceans sicker, depleting them of oxygen and harming delicate coral reefs more often, two studies show. The lower oxygen levels are making marine life far more vulnerable, the researchers ...

    • Major causes of Laguna mass fish kill traced 

      (Manila Bulletin, July 18, 2002, on page B-10)
      Mass fish kill in Laguna de Bay has been traced to four major causes - dissolved oxygen, pollution, turbidity, and diseases. Eighty percent of reported fish kill incidents occur between May and September. These were the ...

    • Negros ethanol plant suspended over fishkill 

      Matus, Carmel Loise (Manila Bulletin, August 13, 2015, on page A8)
      Environment authorities suspended the operations of an ethanol plant of Universal Robina Sugar Milling Corp. (URSMC) after finding that its untreated wastewater caused fishkill that economically dislocated 200 fishing ...

    • Oceans have lost 2 percent of oxygen, says study 

      Agence France-Presse (AFP) (Manila Bulletin, February 23, 2017, on page B8)
      The world’s oceans have lost more than two percent of their oxygen since 1960, with potentially devastating consequences for sea plants and animals, marine scientists said Wednesday. In those five and a half decades, parts ...

    • Plankton bloom, low oxygen level blame for fishkill 

      (Manila Bulletin, February 8, 2002, on page G-1)
      The UP Marine Sciences Institute (UPMSI) said yesterday that a preliminary investigation on the cause on the massive fish kill that occurred in Bolinao, Pangasinan last Feb.1 can be traced to two circumstances. In a ...

    • Red tide alert up in 3 Panay Island provinces 

      Yap, Tara (Manila Bulletin, December 1, 2015, on page 14)
      The red tide alert has been raised over three provinces on the island of Panay. The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) said they recorded red tide alert in Aklan, Capiz and Iloilo provinces. Red tide refers ...

    • 'Severe' pollution afflicts Pasig River 

      De Vera, Ellalyn (Manila Bulletin, June 26, 2013, on page 2)
      There is now "severe pollution" in the Pasig River following the oil spill that occurred near the Old Panaderos area in Sta. Ana, Manila, last Sunday, the Pasig River Rehabilitation Commission (PRRC) declared yesterday. ...

    • 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 ...

    • Tilapia from Taal Lake still safe to eat - DENR 

      Manalo, Lyka (Manila Bulletin, June 2, 2019, on page 7)
      The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR-Calabarzon) has given the assurance that tilapia fish in markets are still safe to eat amidst a massive fish kill that hit Taal Lake Monday. “We are calling on the ...