Browsing by Subject "parasites"

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    • BFAR warns about parasites in sharks, stingrays 

      Escandor, Juan Jr. (Philippine Daily Inquirer, October 17, 2017, on page A16)
      Parasites, whose larvae live in orifices of sharks and stingrays, may harm humans when ingested through the favorite Bicol dish “kinunot,” a Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) official said. Nonie Enolva, ...

    • Biggest salmon producer wants to farm fish inside cargo ship 

      Mcferron, Whitney (Manila Bulletin, July 7, 2016, on page B14)
      The world’s biggest Atlantic salmon producer wants to start farming fish inside a ship rather than the sea. Building traditional fish farms on the open water in Norway has become almost impossible because of state rules ...

    • Fish parasites may prevent human intake of heavy metals - study 

      Department of Science and Technology (The Manila Times, October 20, 2016, on page B6)
      A common type of fish parasite can prevent the accumulation of heavy metals from pollution in the fish’s tissues, making the fish safer for humans to eat, a study by the Institute of Biological Sciences of the University ...

    • Heavy pollutants plague Seven Lakes 

      Icamina, Paul (Malaya, March 27, 2018, on page A4)
      The appearance of white worms bodes ill for the Seven Lakes of San Pablo, Laguna. The worms, called by local fishermen "puting bulate," are found in the guts of Nile tilapia caught in the Seven Lakes. The worms have alerted ...

    • In San Pablo lakes, metal intake curbed by worms 

      Ronda, Rainier Allan (The Philippine Star, October 27, 2016, on page -B-8)
      A University of the Philippines-Los Baños (UPLB) study on a species of worms in the seven lakes of San Pablo, Laguna found that they prevent intake of heavy metals by fish and may also do the same for humans. The study ...

    • Is tobacco the next 'miracle crop'? 

      Flora, Ian Ocampo (SunStar Philippines, May 6, 2018, on page 6)
      Tobacco juice, tobacco dust juice and tobacco lime are not only for traditional organic insecticide used in domestic gardening but also for mainstream commercial agriculture. Tobacco has been proven effective against a ...

    • Mangroves, fishponds, and the quest for sustainability 

      Primavera, Jurgenne H. (The Philippine Star, July 26, 2007, on page B-6-B-7)
      Aquaculture ranks as a phenomenal success story in global food production. In 1975, when I joined the SEAFDEC/AQD, aquaculture contributed 8% to the overall yield of the world's fish harvest; now it provides more than ...

    • Marine mammals disturbed by warming waters 

      Acedo, Celia E. (Manila Bulletin, April 6, 2017, on page B-8)
      The warming of the oceans could also mean diminished reproductive success and increased susceptibility to diseases, according to a Silliman Journal article by Dr. Ma. Louella L. Dolar, a foremost authority on Philippine ...

    • Parasitized tilapia safer to eat 

      (Manila Bulletin, October 22, 2016, on page B-6)
      A recent study by the Institute of Biological Sciences at UP Los Baños has found that the parasitized tilapia may be safer to eat than the unparasitized ones. Why? Because the parasitized fishes have remarkably lower levels ...

    • PCR test, quarantine for PHL shrimp vs viruses 

      (BusinessMirror, June 27, 2021, on page A5)
      Years before returning travelers were required to quarantine or get polymerase chain reaction (PCR) test for Covid-19, a research center is rigorously requiring the same for the country’s shrimp to ward off viruses and ...

    • Summer heat takes toll on tilapia 

      Visperas, Eva (The Philippine Star, May 8, 2015, on page 14)
      The sweltering summer heat has taken its toll on tilapia and other fishes, as they become infected with deadly lice. Westly Rosario, center chief of the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources and interim director of the ...

    • Tagbilaran students win best science project 

      (The Manila Times, May 2, 2019, on page E1)
      For their research on lessening the parasitic and mortality rates of a local salmon, Bohol Wisdom School of Tagbilaran City took the coveted top spot in the recently concluded BatoBalani Search for the Best Science ...

    • Whales under threat as climate change impacts migration 

      Agence France-Presse (AFP) (BusinessWorld, December 4, 2015, on page S3/4)
      The sight of thousands of whales surfacing, jumping and playing off the coast of South America as they migrate toward their breeding grounds is one of nature's most majestic displays. But global warming is killing off their ...

    • Whales under threat as climate change impacts migration 

      Agence France-Presse (AFP) (Manila Bulletin, December 12, 2015, on page 12)
      The sight of thousands of whales surfacing, jumping and playing off the coast of South America as they migrate toward their breeding grounds is one of nature’s most majestic displays. But global warming is killing off their ...

    • ‘Worm alert’: Sushi parasites have increased 283x in the past 40 years 

      Thomas, Liji (Panay News, March 21, 2020, on page 9)
      A new study published in the journal Global Change Biology in March 2020 on the occurrence of certain worms in raw or undercooked seafood, in the form of sushi, sashimi, nigiri, etc., reports an increase in the number of ...