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    • Cultured ‘green food’ developed for fish growers 

      (The Manila Times, August 2, 2018, on page B6)
      Although defatted soybean meal is the most common, low-cost food for fish, it is not the natural diet for them because it lacks key nutritional compounds. Besides plankton, the natural food for fish is algae that an ongoing ...
    • ‘Eco-terrorism victimizes butanding’ 

      Villanueva, Marichu A. (The Philippine Star, January 27, 2016, on page 13)
      The New York-based Royal Carribean Cruises Ltd. (RCL) launched last Monday a global partnership with the World Wildlife Fund (WWF)-Philippines to promote what they chose to support as the most environmentally sustainable ...
    • Feed made from microalgae to raise aquaculture production 

      Aguiba, Melody M. (Manila Bulletin, January 7, 2014, on page B-2)
      A feed for aquaculture, microalgae, is eyed as both a highly nutritional and environment-friendly feed that can enhance aquaculture production, a sector that accounts for some ₱20 billion in Philippines' gross value ...
    • Filipinos have a stake in aquaculture at SEAFDEC 

      PN (Panay News, August 20, 2010, on page B6-B7)
      The right to the science-based technologies in raising fish developed by the research center the government supports. The right to demand technical assistance in aquaculture. The right to be trained by world-class experts ...
    • Fisheries output seen rising in Q3 as El Niño boosts plankton growth 

      Talavera, Sheldeen Joy (BusinessWorld, July 3, 2023, on page S1/4)
      Fisheries production could continue to improve in the third quarter, with the weather favoring the growth of plankton that fish depend on for food, a former fisheries official said. “That is the trend that I am seeing with ...
    • Food chain collapse predicted in oceans 

      Agence France-Presse (AFP) (Panay News, October 14, 2015, on page 8)
      The world's oceans are teeming with life, but rising carbon dioxide emissions could cause a collapse in the marine food chain from the top down, researchers in Australia said. Marine ecologists from the University of ...
    • 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 ...
    • Major shifts in fish feed formulations 

      Icamina, Paul M. (Malaya, May 25, 2012, on page A9)
      Fish Feed formulations are undergoing major shifts, away from fishmeal and toward the plant, protein concentrates. One reason is the pressure that fish meals and fish oil- for - example, from anchovies, sardines, sprats, ...
    • Oyster eyed for commercial culture 

      Aguiba, Melody M. (Manila Bulletin, March 3, 2013, on page B-1-B-5)
      The government is eyeing to culture a previously undiscovered Philippine oyster whos DNA is now under study so as to name it as Surigao Barobo Bay's unique oyster species that could give livelihood and export opportunities ...
    • PH sardine industry sustainable 

      Icamina, Paul (Malaya, April 4, 2017, on page A1-A4)
      Filipino consumers get “the cheapest sardines in the world,” according to Michael Tiu Lim, vice president for operations of Mega Global Corp., the country’s largest sardines fishing and canning company. On average, a ...
    • Plankton: Research focuses on small things that's keeping world alive 

      Agence France-Presse (AFP) (Philippine Daily Inquirer, October 26, 2021, on page IP)
      The strange metal box hauled from the waves and onto the ship's deck looks like a spaceship fished from a child's imagination. But when scientist Clare Ostle opens it up and draws out the silk scrolls inside, she is looking ...
    • Reclamations and red tides 

      Alcala, Angel (Malaya, January 6, 2016, on page B5)
      Land reclamations along coastal areas and the occurrence of red tides are usually associated. Reclamations often result in red tides. Reclamations change the direction of long-shore currents along coastal areas and often ...
    • Red tide laert still up in VIsayas coastal areas 

      Galvez, James Konstantin (The Manila Times, March 8, 2016, on page A7)
      Red tide occurs when algae rapidly increase in numbers to the extent that it dominates the local planktonic or benthic community. Blooms are caused by environmental conditions that promote explosive growth. Such high ...
    • Saving turtles by saving their nesting sites 

      Mascariñas, Erwin (Philippine Daily Inquirer, August 5, 2018, on page A6)
      One of the most fascinating facts about sea turtles is that they have unusually sharp memories, according to experts. So they would return again and again to the place where turtles hundreds of years before them hatched ...
    • 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 ...
    • Time to move on with the fish pens in Laguna de Bay 

      Javier, Emil Q. (Manila Bulletin, February 10, 2019, on page B-2)
      During the first State of the Nation Address (SONA) of the President two years ago, before the closure and rehabilitation of Boracay, and now the order to clean up Manila Bay, President Duterte took a similar step to address ...
    • Volcanic ash prevents red tide in Sorsogon Bay 

      Dematera, Cet (The Philippine Star, June 29, 2015, on page A-30)
      Ashes spewed by Bulusan and Mayon volcanoes have been found to be preventing the recurrence of algae that cause red tide in Sorsogon Bay, a marine scientist based in the Bicol University (BU) here said yesterday. “Blooms ...
    • Whale shark in Boracay a ‘good sign’ 

      PN (Panay News, June 24, 2018, on page 1-13)
      A whale shark spotted in the waters of this closed island resort means that rehabilitation efforts are indeed working, according to some netizens. On Saturday, the netizens – mostly from Aklan – commented on a post that ...
    • Whale shark study team formed 

      Indino, Phoebe Jen (Manila Bulletin, September 20, 2012, on page 20)
      The Department of Environment and Natural Resources in Region 7 (DENR 7) has formed an eight-member composite team for a three-month research study on the ecology and feeding habits of whales sharks (Rhincodon typus) in ...