Browsing Aquatic News Index by Scientific Name "Epinephelus lanceolatus"

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    • 3 published outstanding R&D receive Dr. Elvira O. Tan Awards 

      Aya, Rose Anne M. (BusinessMirror, January 10, 2021, on page A5)
      Three published research and development papers in agriculture, aquatic sciences, and natural resources and environment were conferred with the Dr. Elvira O. Tan Awards. The awards were given during the recent virtual S&T ...

    • Center of biodiversity 

      (Manila Bulletin, February 14, 2017, on page 14)
      The Philippines is the "center of the center" of marine fish diversity. We have 2,983 fish species compared to the other countries within the Coral Triangle, the center of marine biodiversity of the world.

    • Giant grouper found in Antique 

      Calawag, Flord Nicson (Philippine Daily Inquirer, July 9, 2015, on page A8)
      A stranded seven-foot, 176-kilogram giant grouper, the largest reef-dwelling fish in the world, was found by a fisherman in the shore of Libertad town in Antique province on Wednesday. Jesie Cacam, a fisherman from Barangay ...

    • Profiles in Science: Peter Palma and the Case of Serendipity 

      Pagador, Juliana Rose (Panay News, December 30, 2020, on page 13)
      Being a scientist was never part of his career plan, but this young researcher is already making waves in aquaculture research with his award-winning study on the giant grouper, a “threatened” fish locally known as lapu-lapu. ...

    • The story of Ivy, Lito: ‘Straight’ males do exist, may help save threatened lapu-lapu 

      Dianala, Rex D. (Panay News, December 7, 2019, on page B8)
      Will Ivy someday become Ivan? Researchers have been monitoring Ivy since 2015 to gain a better understanding of how her gender as a giant grouper or lapu-lapu might change over the years. There is no record of Ivy’s exact ...

    • Stray fish 

      (Panay News, July 9, 2015, on page 2)
      Children poke a giant grouper that was washed ashore in Barangay Taboc, Libertad, Antique on Tuesday, July 7. Locally known as pugaro or kugtong, the giant grouper (Epinephelus lanceolatus) weighed 176 kilograms ad measured ...