Browsing Aquatic News Index by Place "Sultan Kudarat"

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    • Climate change blamed for dwindling number of waterbirds on Maguindanao lake 

      Fernandez, Edwin O. (Philippine Daily Inquirer, February 1, 2020, on page A10)
      Environment officials blamed climate change and global warming for the marked decrease in the number of waterbirds feeding on Lake Buluan, the marshland and inland waters of Sultan Kudarat. Dr. Sabdullah Abubacar, regional ...

    • DA seeks offers for cold storage facilities for fisheries 

      (Malaya, April 16, 2018, on page A2)
      The Department of Agriculture (DA) is inviting suppliers of icemaking equipment, including cold storage facilities and refrigerated transport equipment to submit their offers for shortlisting. The DA is seeking proposals ...

    • Dampened exports, tourism, fisheries weigh on Region XII 

      RSS (BusinessWorld, July 5, 2010, on page S1/8)
      Reduced export income. Fish production and tourist arrivals weighed on Central Mindanao last year, the regional official here of the National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) said. NEDA regional director Teresita ...

    • DENR urges Mindanao folk to act vs plastic use 

      Gomez, Eireene Jairee (The Manila Times, July 3, 2018, on page A7)
      The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) urged more than 25 million residents in Mindanao to stop using plastic to help save Saranggani Bay from further environmental degradation. Environment Secretary ...

    • DENR: Thriving waterbirds mean healthy Soccsksargen wetlands 

      Fernandez, Edwin (Philippine Daily Inquirer, January 28, 2023, on page A7)
      Environmental authorities in the Soccsksargen region had concluded that local wetlands are in good health as indicated by the still vibrant stock of waterbirds found in various sites. On Tuesday and Wednesday, personnel ...

    • Fisheries bureau planning to establish mariculture park in Sultan Kudarat 

      RSS (BusinessWorld, June 14, 2010, on page S1/7)
      Plans to set up a mariculture park in Central Mindanao have gained ground for the propagation and production of high-value fish stocks, a regional fisheries official here said. Sani D. Macabalang, regional director of the ...

    • Fisheries department pushed 

      Sarmiento, Romer S. (BusinessWorld, September 30, 2010, on page S1/6)
      Tuna industry leaders in the South Cotabato-Cotabato-Sultan Kudarat-Sarangani-General Santos City (Socsksargen) region have urged the current 15th Congress to craft a law elevating to department status the Bureau of Fisheries ...

    • Fishing industry calls for passage of MEDA bill 

      Crismundo, Mike U. (Manila Bulletin, January 15, 2010, on page 14)
      Mindanao's fishing industry has urged for the speedy approval of the Mindanao Economic Development Authority (MEDA) bill, which will become a permanent agency that will ensure the continuity of peace and development efforts ...

    • 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 ...

    • 'Hito' revival, dev't plan up 

      (Manila Bulletin, December 6, 1999, on page 26)
      The provincial government and a Southeast Asian center here have agreed to work together in bringing back the native catfish (hito) to Iloilo's rivers and farms. A memorandum of agreement (MOA) for the implementation of a ...

    • Iloilo City gov't gives cash aid to sea mishap survivors 

      PN (Panay News, August 7, 2019, on page 1-10)
      The city government gave financial assistance yesterday to survivors and families of casualties of three capsized motorboats in the Iloilo Strait on Aug. 3. Three families of passengers who died received P10,000 each. Five ...

    • Lake Sebu's coal 

      (Philippine Daily Inquirer, March 17, 2017, on page A13)
      Here’s the rub. Under Region 12’s land use plan, Ned is a watershed area. If mining goes irresponsibly, as what we have witnessed of late, people living in the barangay and close to it would hardly feel its implications. ...

    • More regulation pushed for boats plying Rio Grande de Mindanao 

      Fernandez, Edwin O. (Philippine Daily Inquirer, August 28, 2019, on page A9)
      Officials of Sultan Kudarat town in Maguindanao province and this city have called for greater regulation on the operation of boats that ferry passengers along the Rio Grande de Mindanao after five people died in a collision ...

    • Neptune's Bounty 

      Zozobrado, Bob (Manila Standard, September 21, 2015, on page C4)
      General Santos City, which was previously known as Dadiangas and is now popularly known as GenSan, is the southernmost city in Mindanao. It is the center for commerce and industry of Region XII or SOCCSKSARGEN, the acronym ...

    • P5.7M allotted for fish landing centers 

      Philippine News Agency (PNA) (Panay News, November 1, 2015, on page B2)
      The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) in Region 12 has allocated around P5.7 million for the development of two community fish landing centers (CFLCs) in two coastal communities in the region. Omar Sabal, ...

    • Sarangani eyed as another Philippine diving hotspot 

      (BusinessWorld, June 3, 2022, on page S1/10)
      Sarangani Bay in southern Philippines, more known as a central source of the country’s tuna industry, is a diving hotspot that remains largely untapped. “Those who have had the opportunity to visit the region’s dive sites ...

    • Sulphur-powered giant shipworm unearthed in Sultan Kudarat 

      Agence France-Presse (AFP) (Manila Bulletin, April 20, 2017, on page 1-6)
      An enormous black worm that lives in the mud of the sea floor and survives on the remnants of noxious gases digested by bacteria has been unveiled by scientists for the first time. The slimy giant shipworm can grow up to ...

    • Tribes and tuna 

      (BusinessWorld, August 30, 2013, on page S3/11)
      It is said that there is a fiesta being celebrated somewhere around the country every day. For the next couple of weekends, one can celebrate the contributions of tuna to a city's development and the unique culture of what ...

    • Tuna harvest drives Region 12 to PHL-best fish output by value 

      Carillo, Carmencita A. (BusinessWorld, September 3, 2018, on page S2/6)
      Region 12, also known as the South Cotabato-Cotabato-Sultan Kudarat-Sarangani-General Santos City (SOCCSKSARGEN) Region, remained the country’s top fish producer with P18 billion in commercial production, or 31% of the ...