Browsing Aquatic News Index by Place "Chile"
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Art and our oceans
(The Manila Times,October 4, 2019 , on page A5)Different tides, but just one ocean - it is seen that art comes in different forms and works, but ultimately it will always be an important way for us to understand and transform the world in and around us. The artist Paul ... -
Different kind of killer whale discovered off Chile
(Manila Bulletin,March 9, 2019 , on page 5)For decades, there were tales from fishermen and tourists, even lots of photos, of a mysterious killer whale that just didn’t look like all the others, but scientists had never seen one. Now they have. An international ... -
Ending rogue fishing
(Philippine Daily Inquirer,October 20, 2015 , on page A10)Seafood is by far the most highly traded commodity globally, feeding billions of people worldwide. Unfortunately, however, the industry is plagued by illegal, unreported, and unregulated fishing, which undermines conservation ... -
Filipino savants develop new abalone hybrids
(Malaya,November 11, 2011 , on page A9-A10)New hybrid technology for abalone farming has been developed by scientists at the Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center (SEAFDEC) Aquaculture Department. The new technology has produced two "presumptive" abalone ... -
International call for Japan to that Antarctic whaling
(Manila Bulletin,December 19, 2017 , on page 8)The European Union and 12 other nations condemned Japan's Antarctic whaling program Monday, rejecting Tokyo's argument that the annual slaughter is for scientific research. Japan's whaling fleet left for the Southern Ocean ... -
Krill fishing restricted in Antartica
(The Manila Times,July 11, 2018 , on page B6)Five major krill fishing firms on Tuesday agreed to halt operations across huge swathes of the Antarctic to help protect wildlife in a move hailed as “bold and progressive” by conservationists. The vast frozen continent ... -
Marine Harvest dangles prospect of higher bid for Cermaq
(Malaya,June 4, 2013 , on page A9)Marine Harvest, the world's biggest fish farmer, slightly raised its offer for rival Cermaq on Friday to 9.9 billion crowns ($1.7 billion), saying it would have bid more had it got the backing of Cermaq's board. Marine ... -
New marine parks named at Chile sea summit
(The Manila Times,October 6, 2015 , on page C4)The United States and partner countries were to announce new marine reserves on Monday at the start of a major conference in Chile on protecting the world's oceans. Chile is hosting the Our Ocean conference in the picturesque ... -
Penguins get 'happy pills' in soaking UK
(The Philippine Star,February 10, 2014 , on page A-26)After weeks of rain and wind in England, miserable penguins at marine park are being fed anti-depressants to cheer them up. The 12 Humboldt penguins at the Sealife Center in Scarborough in northeast England were showing ... -
Peru gets more ocean, Chile keeps fishing grounds
(Manila Bulletin,January 29, 2014 , on page 8)The United Nations' highest court set a maritime boundary between Chile and Peru on Monday that grants Peruvians a bigger piece of the Pacific Ocean while keeping rich coastal fishing grounds in the hands of Chilean industry. ... -
PH ignores Chinese names on Benham
(Manila Standard,February 16, 2018 , on page A1)Malacañang said Thursday it is not alarmed over China’s move to tag five underwater features of Philippine Rise with Chinese names, saying there was no bad faith involved and that bilateral relations remain intact. In a ... -
Phl to join world's largest maritime drill
(The Philippine Star,June 3, 2022 , on page 5)The Philippines and 25 other nations will participate in the world’s largest international maritime exercise hosted by the United States – the biennial Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC), scheduled June 29 to Aug. 4, in and around ... -
Program launched to strengthen Philippine fisheries, coastal area
(Manila Bulletin,February 5, 2014 , on page B-3)Bloomberg Philanthropies yesterday announced its ground-breaking Vibrant Oceans Initiative, a five-year commitment of US$53 million to reserve declining fish supplies and keep oceans thriving in the Philippines and two ... -
Protecting the oceans: Chile’s approach
(The Philippine Star,November 8, 2018 , on page 8)Chile is an ocean country with one of the Planet's largest Exclusive Economic Zones and a coastline measuring over 6,400 kilometers. As a fundamental part of Chile's development, the ocean thus offers many opportunities ... -
Quick climate changes revealed in Antarctica
(Manila Standard,March 2, 2018 , on page B3)A decade ago, a thick layer of ice covered with Collines Glacier on Antarctica's King George Island. Now the rocky landscape is visible to the naked eye, in a region that is both a victim of and a laboratory for climate ... -
Red tide
(Philippine Daily Inquirer,May 17, 2016 , on page A14)A team of scientists is trying to determine if salmon producers dumping tons of dead fish into the Pacific Ocean have contributed to a massive red tide that is causing fishkill and wreaking havoc among fishermen in southern Chile. -
Roque: PH to seek changes in way marine sites are named
(Philippine Daily Inquirer,February 17, 2018 , on page A8)While saying it’s not a big deal, the Palace spokesperson on Friday said the government would seek changes in the process of naming undersea features, like those found in the Philippine (PH) Rise. Harry Roque said the ... -
RP scientist named Pew Fellow
(Malaya,February 10, 2005 , on page 13)A witness to the destruction of mangroves in her native Philippines, Jurgenne Honculada Primavera has won the world's most prestigious award in marine conservation and will use it to protect this essential habitat. As one ... -
Vibrant Oceans Initiative backs Oceana PH drives
(Manila Standard,November 17, 2018 , on page A5-A5)The Philippines has been selected anew by Bloomberg Philanthropies as one of the priority countries for its Vibrant Oceans Phase II—making an investment of USD $86 million, it said in a press statement. The fund is to be ... -
Whales under threat as climate change impacts migration
(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 ...