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    • World's deepest shipwreck reached in PH 

      Agence France-Presse (AFP) (Tempo, April 5, 2021, on page 1-2)
      A US Navy destroyer sunk during World War II and lying nearly 6,500 meters below sea level off the Philippines has been reached in the world’s deepest shipwreck dive, an American exploration team said. A crewed submersible ...

    • 'World's first ocean wave-powered boat' currently built in Aklan 

      ABS-CBN News (Panay News, March 5, 2020, on page B1-B6)
      Before the year ends, the world will be seeing its first ocean wave-powered boat, a hybrid trimaran currently being built in Aklan. During a media event earlier, Department of Science and Technology (DOST) secretary Fortunato ...

    • World's fish by the numbers: How the seas of East Asia play an important role in global fish production 

      (The Daily Guardian, November 16, 2018, on page 10-14)
      There are plenty of fish in the sea – but not for long, if we continue to fish unsustainably. In recent weeks, Philippine media reported on the shortage of bangus, and rising prices of staple fish like tilapia and galunggong. ...

    • World's fish consumption unsustainable, warns UN 

      Reuters (Panay News, July 27, 2018, on page B4)
      A third of the world’s oceans are overfished and fish consumption is at an all-time high, raising fears over the sustainability of a key source of protein for millions around the world, the United Nations warned in a report ...

    • World's largest aquarium containing 1,500 fish explodes 

      (The Philippine Star, December 17, 2022, on page 10)
      An aquarium in Berllin that was home to around 1,500 exotic fish burst early yesterday, spilling one million liters of water and debris onto a major road in the busy Mitte district, emergency service said. Around 100 ...

    • World's largest marine park unveiled 

      Agence France-Presse (AFP) (Manila Bulletin, September 6, 2012, on page B-8)
      The Cook Islands announced the creation of the world's largest marine park Tuesday, as the Pacific Islands Forum (PIF) opened with a spectacular Polynesian welcoming ceremony. Heralded by traditional drummers and blaring ...

    • World's nations meet in Paris to rescue ocean life this time 

      Agence France-Presse (AFP) (BusinessWorld, March 28, 2016, on page S1/7)
      It took a decade to get to the negotiating table, and it could easily take another to finish the job, but UN talks in New York to safeguard life in the high seas finally begin in earnest on Monday (March 28).

    • World's northernmost coral reef in Japan bleached 

      Arcellana, Juaniyo (The Philippine Star, July 20, 2017, on page B6)
      Bleaching has damaged the world's northernmost coral reef in Japan, a researcher said Tuesday, the latest example of a global phenomenon scientists have attributed to high ocean temperatures. About 30 percent of the coral ...

    • World's oceans are heating up at a quickening pace - study 

      Agence France-Presse (AFP) (Manila Bulletin, January 12, 2019, on page 7)
      The world’s oceans are heating up at an accelerating pace as global warming threatens a diverse range of marine life and a major food supply for the planet, researchers said Thursday. The findings in the US journal Science, ...

    • World's smallest freshwater fish species 

      Philippine News Agency (PNA) (Manila Bulletin, August 8, 2014, on page 11)
      A lady-lawmaker said government should make an institutional intervention in the preservation of one of the country's freshwater wealth and wonders, the reported endangered Sinarapan, or Tabios as it is known in Bicol. ...

    • World-class marine products showcased at NXTFood Asia 

      (Manila Standard, May 19, 2019, on page C2)
      The Philippine archipelago is home to one of the richest and most diverse aquatic ecosystems in the world. It is through this that the country enjoys an abundance of commercial and domesticated fish, crustaceans and mollusks. ...

    • WorldFish Center to help strengthen local aquaculture 

      Benaning, Marvyn N. (Manila Bulletin, February 5, 2010, on page 9)
      The Bureau of Agricultural Research (BAR) has forged a deal with the WorldFish Center to intensify the capacity building program for managers of the Regional Fisheries Research and Development Centers (RFRDC). This agreement ...

    • World’s oldest fishing sinkers found in SKorea 

      Agence France-Presse (AFP) (The Manila Times, August 8, 2018, on page B6)
      Archaeologists excavating a cave in South Korea have found evidence that suggests human beings were using sophisticated techniques to catch fish as far back as 29,000 years ago, much earlier than experts previously thought. ...

    • The world’s plastic problem 

      Stinus-Cabugon, Marit (The Manila Times, June 4, 2018, on page A5)
      Plastic is indeed ubiquitous and it is forever: Even after we are done with it and throw it away, it doesn’t cease to exist. Burn it and it will transform into invisible, indestructible toxins. Dump it and while it might ...

    • ‘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 ...

    • Worms attack mangroves in region 

      Angelo, Francis Allan L. (The Daily Guardian, September 28, 2010, on page 1-5)
      Worms of a certain type of moth is feeding on mangroves in Western Visayas, according to environment officials. Bernabe Garnace, Community Environment and Natural Resources Office chief, said they noticed the larvae or ...

    • Worst drought in 40 years has turned Bangkok tap water salty 

      Bloomberg (BusinessWorld, January 9, 2020, on page S2/5)
      Some residents of Bangkok can literally taste the risk of a potentially damaging drought in Thailand. Tap water has turned saltier in parts of the city, a development blamed on the Chao Phraya river becoming too low to ...

    • A worst-case scenario in South China Sea 

      Corpus, Victor (The Manila Times, May 18, 2017, on page A5)
      The worst-case scenario in the South China Sea now unfolds. China simultaneously targets all adversary bases and aircraft carrier strike groups within 4,000 kilometers from the China mainland. Key US satellites used for ...

    • Wounded dolphin rescued in Pangasinan 

      Visperas, Eva (The Philippine Star, May 14, 2021, on page 10)
      A wounded false killer whale rescued off the coast of an island in Dasol town on May 10 is being treated at a government center in this city. “It is strong but is not yet eating,” Hasmin Chogsayan, veterinarian at the ...

    • Wounded dolphin rescued in Sipalay 

      Masculino, Glazyl Y. (DailyGuardian, July 29, 2020, on page 3)
      Fishermen rescued a wounded dolphin after it got stranded off the waters of Barangay Maricalum, Sipalay City, Negros Occidental on Monday. Commander Jansen Benjamin, head of Philippine Coast Guard (PCG)-Negros Occidental, ...