Browsing Aquatic News Index by Place "Lake Buhi"

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    • 100 tons of ‘tilapia’ lost in fish kill 

      Barrameda, Shiena; Barrosa, Paul John; Arguelles, Mar S. (Philippine Daily Inquirer, November 3, 2010, on page A10)
      An estimated 100 metric tons of tilapia, worth at least P5 million, were lost in a fish kill that hit Friday in Lake Buhi in Buhi, Camarines Sur, fisheries officials said yesterday. Ronald Canabe, spokesperson of the Bureau ...

    • BFAR advisory to fishermen: Harvest early 

      Soltes, Jonas Cabiles (Philippine Daily Inquirer, March 2, 2010, on page A11)
      The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) in Camarines Sur advised fishermen and fish cage owners in the three lakes in the province to harvest fish early to preempt the full onslaught of El Niño. Santiago ...

    • Bighead carp introduced in Bicol 

      (BulletinToday, September 14, 1985, on page 24)
      The fast-growing bighead carp from China was introduced for the first time yesterday in Bicol during a unique lake-seeding activity in honor of the President's 68th birthday. Sponsored by ranking Bicolano career officials ...

    • Chemicals in tilapia feeds, Changes in temperature cause lake buhi fish kill; town state calamity 

      Saldico, Ruel (Manila Bulletin, November 26, 2016, on page 14)
      A state of calamity was declared in this municipality because of the occurrence of a fish kill over the past few weeks, delivering a big blow to almost a thousand fish cage owners and operators. The initial estimate of ...

    • Chinese carp fingerlings sowed in 2 Bicol lakes 

      (Philippines Daily Express, September 8, 1985, on page 8)
      The fast-growing bighead carp from China was introduced for the first time yesterday in Bicol during a unique lakeseeding activity in honor of the President's 68th birth anniversary.

    • Farmers urged to grow giant gourami 

      (Manila Bulletin, April 16, 2011, on page B-6)
      Agriculture Secretary Proceso Alcala urged fish farmers to venture into growing giant gourami (Ospronemus gouramy) as an alternative to bangus, tilapia, and catfish in inland water bodies such as fishponds, lakes, and even ...

    • Fewer fish cages help revive Lake Buhi 

      Escandor, Juan Jr. (Philippine Daily Inquirer, March 27, 2014, on page A9)
      Lake Buhi, the habitat of the world’s smallest edible fish locally called sinarapan, is showing signs of recovery three years after authorities launched a campaign to rid the freshwater body of excess fish cages and other ...

    • Fish kill damage reaches P100 M 

      Simeon, Louise Maureen (The Philippine Star, October 21, 2016, on page -A-23)
      Losses due to the fish kill in Lake Buhi in Camarines Sur have reached P100 million, the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) said yesterday. “Damaged tilapia may reach 100 metric tons,” said Nonie Enolva, ...

    • Fish kill hits Lake Buhi; ₱2.1M worth of tilapia lost 

      Arguelles, Mar S. (Philippine Daily Inquirer, October 28, 2020, on page A8)
      About 20 metric tons of tilapia worth P2.1 million have been lost in a fish kill that hit Lake Buhi in Camarines Sur province after Typhoon “Quinta” (international name: Molave) pummeled Bicol on Sunday and Monday, the ...

    • Fishkill 

      (The Philippine Star, July 17, 2010, on page 12)
      Large "Imelda" fish floated belly in the Pasig,k while the surface of Bicol's Lake Buhi was nearly covered with dead tilapia. In southern Metro Manila, large milkfish or bangus are being sold for as low as P10 per kilo as ...

    • Fishkill in Taal Lake spreads to Lipa, 2 towns in Batangas 

      Lesaba, Marrah Erika; Mallari, Delfin T. Jr. (Philippine Daily Inquirer, June 6, 2011, on page A1-A22)
      Showing no signs of abating, the Taal Lake fishkill has spread to two more towns and a city over the weekend. Authorities on Sunday reported tons of farmed and endemic fish species turning belly up in new areas of the ...

    • Lake Buhi, home of unique PH fish, gets attention 

      Tuyay, Francisco (Manila Standard, June 9, 2013, on page A3)
      The Department of Environment and Natural Resources has designated the Lake Buhi Watershed in Camarines Sur as a water quality management area in a bid to protect the lake that is home to the Mistichthys luzonensis, locally ...

    • SEAFDEC introduces fast-growing fish specie 

      (The Economic Monitor, September 23, 1985, on page 1)
      A fast-growing big-head carp from China was introduced for the first time in Bicol as the aquaculture department of the Southeast Asian Fisheries and Development Center (SEAFDEC) donated 6,000 fingerlings of such species ...

    • Typhoon causes fish kill in Lake Buhi 

      Escandor, Juan Jr. (Philippine Daily Inquirer, October 22, 2015, on page A10)
      Typhoon “Lando” did not just wreak havoc in northern Luzon but also in its periphery in this province. Lando (international name: Koppu) caused an upswelling at the bottom of Lake Buhi in this town, resulting in a massive ...

    • 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. ...