Browsing Aquatic News Index by Place "Fiji"

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    • 36 stranded Filipino fishermen back from Fiji 

      Tan, Alyssa Nicole (BusinessWorld, November 18, 2021, on page S1/12)
      A special charter flight brought home 36 Filipino fishermen who were stranded in Fiji for more than two months, according to the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA).

    • Boats idle, workers lose jobs as GenSan reels from tuna ban 

      Zonio, Aquiles (Philippine Daily Inquirer, February 25, 2010, on page A10)
      Gone were the days when fishing boats of the Amadeo Fishing Corp. (AFC) sailed daily to catch tuna. Now, most of its fishing vessels are grounded in the company’s private wharf in the coastal village of Calumpang here. ...

    • Coral gardening beckons ecotourists to restore reefs 

      Sheridan, Kerry (Manila Bulletin, July 9, 2015, on page B9)
      Coral reefs are fragile and in danger worldwide, but a growing movement to restore them is based on the science of breaking off pieces in order to grow more, known as coral gardening. It works like this: marine biologists ...

    • Fiji graves sink, fisheries shrink 

      Agence France-Presse (AFP) (Daily Tribune, January 13, 2023, on page B14)
      The sea has already swallowed the village graveyard in Togoru, Fiji, and long-time resident Lavenia McGoon is dreading the day it claims her house. She piles old rubber car tires under the coconut trees that line the ...

    • Higher tuna catch expected in Q4 

      (BusinessWorld, October 16, 2012, on page S1/6)
      The Philippines should see a higher tuna catch starting next month after the country deployed 36 high-seas fishing vessels to the Pacific, a Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) official said. BFAR Director ...

    • Int'l fisheries workshop help 

      PR; Daily Informer (Daily Informer, August 4, 1995, on page 1-8)
      The International Workshop on the Role of Women in Fisheries Development was held here from July 17 to 21, 1995, with participants coming from 17 countries in the Asia-Pacific region: Bangladesh, Cambodia, Fiji, India, ...

    • PH hailed as world's leading dive, beach destination 

      (Panay News, November 17, 2022, on page 21-23)
      The Philippines has been hailed the World’s Leading Dive Destination and the World’s Leading Beach Destination for 2022 at the 29th World Travel Awards Grand Final Gala Ceremony held in Muscat, Oman, recently. “These global ...

    • 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 ...