Aquatic News Index (ANI) contains aquatic science-related newspaper articles appearing in various Philippine newspapers available at the Aquaculture Department of the Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center (SEADEC/AQD) Library. Indexing begins in 1974 to the present. ANI is maintained by SEAFDEC/AQD Library staff.

Entries are grouped according to the newspaper source. To ensure the accuracy and consistency of the index entries, subject descriptors were assigned using the Aquatic Sciences and Fisheries Abstracts (ASFA) Thesaurus, while the geographic names were assigned using the Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names (TGN).

For remote users who wish to get a copy of the article, please send an email request to library@seafdec.org.ph. In your email, please specify the title of the article and the assigned code (e.g., PNYYYYMMDD_P1).

  • Illegal fishing sends two men to jail 

    Calantas, Rhenjie Marie (Panay News, September 11, 2023, on page 6)
    Two persons were arrested for illegal fishing in Bukot Island, Barangay Talotu-an, Concepcion. Aries Artisana, 35, of Barangay Tanza, Estancia, and Benjie Santillan, 39, of Barangay Caw-i, Batad were caught in the act by ...
  • Red tide-hit shellfish growers get aid 

    (Panay News, September 14, 2023, on page 5)
    Shellfish growers in this city affected by paralytic shellfish poison (PSP) or toxic red tide received aid from the provincial government of Capiz. The distribution of food packs to 600 registered shellfish growers was led ...
  • Keep toxic cargo off VIP, group ask gov't 

    Virola, Madonna (Philippine Daily Inquirer, May 10, 2023, on page A8)
    Civil society groups and fisherfolk representatives on Tuesday asked the government to prohibit all tankers carrying toxic cargo from passing through the Verde Island Passage (VIP), the strait separating Mindoro and Batangas, ...
  • 'Arbitral ruling also stresses marine protection' 

    Requejo, Rey; Ramos-Araneta, Macon (Manila Standard, September 20, 2023, on page A1)
    The Philippines emphasized before the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea (ITLOS) in Hamburg, Germany that the 2016 ruling of the Permanent Court of Arbitration that denied China’s expansive claims to the South ...
  • Japan, China trade barbs on WPS; PCG: Coral reef damage 'extensive' 

    Requejo, Rey; Lopez, Vince; Ramos-Araneta, Macon (Manila Standard, September 19, 2023, on page A1)
    Japan on Monday raised concern over the extensive maritime damage in waters frequented by Chinese militia vessels in the West Philippine Sea, but China quickly shot back by denouncing Tokyo’s release of contaminated water ...

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