Browsing Manila Bulletin by Subject "marine crustaceans"

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    • Catanduanes tightens grip on crab industry 

      Arceo, Mitch (Manila Bulletin, June 2, 2010, on page 6)
      Catanduanes, apart from being associated with typhoons, is known for its abundant crabs, particularly the superior quality king crabs. Despite this, market supply remains scarce due to the massive trade of crablets to other ...

    • Fisherfolk cashing in on lobster 

      (Manila Bulletin, November 21, 2015, on page B-7)
      Don’t look now, but small fishermen in Caraga region are cashing in on the Spiny Lobster known in science as Pinalurus ornatus which thrives in the clean coastal waters in the two provinces of Surigao and Dinagat Island. ...

    • Local mudcrab in demand 

      Castro, Eddee RH. (Manila Bulletin, February 5, 1998, on page B-7)
      There's a big market and demand for our local mudcrab, notably the king crab (Scylla oceanica or alimango) but the Philippines currently can not supply this demand. It was gathered that the Philippines produces some 10,000 ...

    • New 'strawberry' crab species found off Taiwan 

      Associated Press (AP) (Manila Bulletin, January 7, 2010, on page B-8)
      A marine biologist says he has discovered a new crab species off the coast of southern Taiwan that looks like a strawberry with small white bumps on its red shell. National Taiwan Ocean University professor Ho Ping-ho says ...

    • Ocean's deepest part filled with toxic pollutants,study reveals 

      (Manila Bulletin, February 16, 2017, on page B9)
      “Extraordinary levels” of pollution have been found in the Mariana Trench, the deepest part of the Earth’s oceans. Pollutants from the 1970s have accumulated among the crustaceans that live there, contaminating life 11,000 ...