Browsing Aquatic News Index by Place "Bicol"
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Climate change threatens local fish species
(The Manila Times,December 21, 2022 , on page A8)While there is no sardine-supply shortage yet, the government and Oceana Philippines are moving to protect and conserve sardines to ensure that they will not go extinct, an official of the Department of Agriculture-Bureau ... -
DA pushes dredging of rivers, tree farming
(The Manila Times,January 10, 2019 , on page A7)The Department of Agriculture (DA) has announced that it would focus more on tree farming nationwide this year as well as dredging of the country’s major rivers to address landslides, flooding and soil erosion, which were ... -
DENR crafting policy to protect watershed areas
(The Manila Times,July 5, 2021 , on page B2)The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) is crafting an executive order to prioritize watershed rescue to counter effects of climate-linked calamities and ensure replenishment of irrigation and hydro-electric ... -
DENR crafting policy to protect watershed areas
(The Manila Times,July 5, 2021 , on page B2)The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) is crafting an executive order to prioritize watershed rescue to counter effects of climate-linked calamities and ensure replenishment of irrigation and hydro-electric ... -
DENR requests additional funds for river dredging
(BusinessWorld,August 27, 2021 , on page S1/2)Environment Secretary Roy A. Cimatu has asked the budget department for an additional P4.65 billion to buy new dredging equipment to be used in removing sandbars from the Bicol and Cagayan River basins. Some P1.45 billion ... -
Dredging of Cagayan Bicol rivers approved
(Philippine Daily Inquirer,November 17, 2020 , on page A5)The government has endorsed the dredging of the Cagayan and Bicol rivers following the deadly floods that hit Cagayan Valley region in northern Luzon and Bicol region in southern Luzon during the onslaught of successive ... -
EDC contributing P10m for Boracay rehabilitation
(Manila Standard,February 3, 2019 , on page C2)Geothermal producer Energy Development Corp. is investing P10 million in the rehabilitation of its adopted wetland in Barangay Balabag here over a three-year period. “Under our memorandum of agreement with the DENR [Department ... -
El Niño seen dampening seaweed, crab production
(BusinessWorld,October 6, 2015 , on page S1/5)Production of seaweed and mud crabs is expected to decrease due to the higher temperatures brought about by the prevailing El Niño. Production of seaweed and mud crabs is expected to decrease due to the higher temperatures ... -
Enrile raises concerns of Bicol fish sector
(Manila Standard,April 5, 2019 , on page B4)Former Senate President Juan Ponce Enrile, now seeking his fifth term in the Senate under the Puwersa ng Masang Pilipino party, ended his three-day sortie in Bicol for the May 13 elections on a high note. Enrile met with ... -
Fish output dropped in 2014
(Malaya,February 25, 2015 , on page A4)Production output of the three most consumed fish varieties dropped in 2014, according to the latest report from the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA). The effects of typhoon Glenda were attributed as the primary factors ... -
Fisheries production in the red - group
(The Manila Times,October 12, 2022 , on page A2)Fishers' group Oceana on Tuesday said that fisheries production in the country is in the red due to overfishing. The total production in 2021 declined by 3.4 percent, with an output of 4.251 million metric tons compared ... -
Fisherman swims to safety, other still missing in Bicol
(The Manila Times,January 1, 2023 , on page A7)Bicol Region has lost precious lives in the raging seas as Bicolano fishermen continue to face a sudden change in weather while trying to earn a living and feed their families. Norman Lim, 34, of Virac, Catanduanes survived ... -
Fishfarm technology shift sought
(Bulletin Times,August 9, 1985 , on page 18)Member of Parliament Augusto G. Ortiz (KBL, Sorsogon) has requested the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) and the aquaculture department of the Southeast Asian Fisheries Development (Seafdec-AQD) to prepare ... -
Fishing ground to open in newly declared sea territory
(BusinessWorld,May 30, 2013 , on page S1/12)The government will open a new fishing ground for small fishermen east of the country that has been declared part of Philippine territory, an official said yesterday. Payao is a locally made fish-attracting device. Mr. ... -
Govt looks for typhoon-free sites for food production
(Malaya,January 5, 2017 , on page A3)The Department of Agriculture (DA) yesterday said that it plans to look for relatively typhoon-free sites to be developed as new food production areas following Nina's extensive damage to agriculture last month. Agriculture ... -
Group to DA: Stop plan to import fish
(The Manila Times,January 6, 2022 , on page B5)A fishers group called on the department of Agriculture (DA) to scrap its plan to import fish and instead push for quick and concrete rehabilitation of the livelihood of affected local fisherfolk whose fishing gears and ... -
Int'l dolphin day: Protect our Irrawaddy Dolphins
(SunStar Philippines,September 12, 2023 , on page 6)The International Dolphin Day is celebrated annually every September 12 and it was created a year ago by Sea Shepherd, a non-profit, marine conservation activism organization based in Washington in the United States, to ... -
Jellyfish sighting sours 'butanding' season
(Philippine Daily Inquirer,May 13, 2019 , on page A12)With just five days before its Butanding Festival, Donsol town in Sorsogon province had limited its whale shark interaction due to sightings of the deadly box jellyfish in local waters. Mayor Josephine Alcantara-Cruz, in ... -
Karding aftermath: Veggie, fish, rice prices to go up 20%
(Manila Standard,September 30, 2022 , on page A1-A2)Prices for vegetables, fish and even rice could shoot up by as much as 20 percent as a result of the damage wrought by super typhoon Karding, the Department of Agriculture (DA) warned Thursday. Agriculture Undersecretary ... -
'Lawin' damage to agriculture, fisheries tops P10.2 B, says DA
(Manila Bulletin,October 24, 2016 , on page 4)Super-typhoon Lawin's (Haima's) damage to agriculture and fisheries has reached P 10.2 billion in northern Luzon, with rice, corn and vegetable suffering the highest losses, according to the Department of Agriculture (DA). ...