Browsing Aquatic News Index by Place "Nueva Valencia, Guimaras"

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    • ₱3-M project for Guimaras fisherfolk set 

      Philippine News Agency (PNA) (Manila Bulletin, August 16, 2007, on page 13)
      A ₱3-million mariculture project in Guimaras is set to kick off sometime this August to further empower the province's fisherfolk affected by the oil spill. Serving at the front of the project is the South East Asian ...

    • 6 Negrense trawl fishers arrested 

      Silubrico, Ruby (Panay News, July 24, 2018, on page 4)
      In the nearby island province of Guimaras, six fishermen accused of illegal fishing were arrested off the waters of Unisan Island in the municipality of Nueva Valencia. The fishers used “trawl with active gear,” in violation ...

    • Abalone culture now ready for local farms 

      Icamina, Paul M. (Malaya, November 11, 2011, on page A9-A10)
      Generally, local abalone research and development lags behind other countries like Japan where pioneering R&D started in the 1960s, said Vincent C. Encena III of SEAFDEC's Technology Verification & Demonstration Division, ...

    • Activities restricted at new marine reserve 

      PIO Guimaras; PN (Panay News, August 22, 2017, on page 3-14)
      Under Municipal Ordinance No. 004-2017, the MPA is from the village’s Sitio Casita to Sitio Balingasag spanning 24.49633 hectares. Within the core zone of the MPA, fishing of any kind or manner or collecting of shellfish ...

    • Another Guimaras boat capsizes 

      Silubrico, Ruby (Panay News, August 9, 2019, on page 1-14)
      A squall hit another Guimaras boat. But this time it was a fishing boat, according to the Guimaras Police Provincial Office (GPPO). The boat’s two fishermen, a father and son, survived. They were residents of Barangay ...

    • Baby dugong appeals for help 

      Lena, Pearl G. (Manila Bulletin, May 25, 2004, on page B-13)
      Far beyond its weaning stage, the survival of a female baby dugong that was fished out from the seashore of Igang, Nueva Valencia, Guimaras is now at the public's mercy. Information gathered at the Office of the Protected ...

    • Bangus culture 

      Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center (SEAFDEC) (The News Today, September 10, 2010, on page 7)
      A milkfish sea cage at the mariculture park of SEAFDEC Aquaculture Department’s Igang Marine Station in Nueva Valencia, Guimaras that provides livelihood to residents of four barangays affected by the oil spill in 2006.

    • BFAR cites outstanding partners 

      Conserva, Louine Hope (The Daily Guardian, October 24, 2016, on page 2-14)
      The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR-6) recognized its outstanding partners in local governments, law enforcers, and the media for helping achieve a sustainable fishery sector. The awardees are the Maritime ...

    • Containing the slick 

      (The Manila Times, September 4, 2006, on page A1)
      A flotilla of boats lays out booms in this section of Guimaras Island to keep the oil that has leaked from a sunken tanker from contaminating the beaches. In the town of Nueva Valencia food packages to be distributed to ...

    • Crisis becomes opportunity 

      Pedrosa, Carmen N. (The Philippine Star, March 29, 2009, on page 13)
      The oil spill off Guimaras almost two years ago was tragic. For days it hogged the headlines on how bad it was for the environment but most of all, on how it deprived the fishermen of their livelihood. The livelihood project ...

    • DA chief to turn over P233M in agri projects for W. Visayas 

      Toreno, Sheila Mae H. (The Daily Guardian, August 8, 2017, on page B1-B7)
      Secretary Emmanuel F. Piñol of the Department of Agriculture (DA) will visit Antique, Guimaras and Iloilo on Aug. 8 to 9, 2017 to lead the turnover of P233 million-worth of agricultural and fishery projects, according to ...

    • DENR orders protection of 70-ha. Guimaras coral reefs 

      De los Santos, Maricyn A. (The Daily Guardian, December 14, 2016, on page 2-7)
      DENR-6 regional executive director Jim Sampulna told the Guimaras Provincial Environment and Natural Resources Office (PENRO) to ensure that tourists and fisherfolks will not intrude the coral reef area. Sampulna stressed ...

    • DENR, PCG release pawikan to habitat 

      (The Daily Guardian, February 14, 2014, on page B6-B7)
      The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR)-6 and the Philippine Coast Guard-Iloilo released a green sea turtle back to its natural habitat recently. DENR-6 regional executive director Jim Sampulna and ...

    • Firm assures no oil debris will be left in Guimaras 

      Angelo, Francis Allan L. (DailyGuardian, July 21, 2020, on page 1-11)
      The owner of the power barge stationed in Iloilo City that triggered an oil spill earlier this month assured local officials of Guimaras that it will never leave the island until it has cleaned up the spill. In a meeting ...

    • First RP mariculture park set to open: Project to benefit fisherfolk, officials say 

      (Manila Bulletin, July 3, 2001, on page E-3)
      All is set for the launching of a mariculture park in Igang Bay off this seaside town. The first of its kind in the Philippines, the mariculture park is a joint project of the government-hosted Southeast Asian Fisheries ...

    • Fishermen 'floated for over an hour' before PCG rescue 

      Silubrico, Ruby (Panay News, December 22, 2018, on page 6)
      Five fishermen whose boat capsized in the waters of Nueva Valencia, Guimaras have been rescued. But they had been floating in the sea for over an hour before Philippine Coast Guard officers – luckily – found them, an agency ...

    • GMA turns over of P12-million worth of projects in Guimaras 

      Philippine News Agency (PNA) (Panay News, June 14, 2007, on page 2)
      President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo visited Guimaras Wednesday to turn over projects expected to spur the development of the province and hasten its recovery after the 2006 Solar I oil spill incident. Guimaras will receive ...

    • Gov't to investigate post-oil spill actions 

      Golez, Prince; Sologastoa, Glenda (Panay News, August 12, 2014, on page 2-12)
      The government will verify the status of the 2006 massive oil spill in Guimaras. Yesterday, Guimaras marked the eighth anniversary of the oil spill – the worse environmental disaster to hit the country. Earlier, the ...

    • Gov't wants to help market Guimaras seaweed industry 

      Del Rosario, Jed Jaleco (Panay News, May 23, 2018, on page B1)
      Guimaras seaweed growers are getting more and more support from the government this 2018. Seaweed production is considered to be Guimaras' second most important industry, and any improvements in this sector are of tremendous ...

    • Guimaras fisherfolks get P2.4M livelihood grant 

      Burgos, Nestor P. Jr. (The News Today, April 15, 2009, on page 1-6)
      Fishermen in Guimaras whose livelihood were severely affected by the massive oil spill in 2006 have received a livelihood grant of US$50,000 (around P2.4 million) to help recover from the lingering effects of the disaster. ...