Browsing Aquatic News Index by Scientific Name "Sargassum"

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    • Fights vs. sargassum debris 

      Philippine News Agency (PNA) (SunStar Philippines, August 13, 2020, on page 5)
      Seen as a blight on shorelines and considered a nuisance by fishermen, the sargassum seaweed is now being used to fertilize the mined-out lands of nickel miner Cagdianao Mining Corporation (CMC) here. Locally known as ...

    • Fisheries bureau partly lifts ban on collecting seaweed 

      Ignacio, Reicelene Joy N. (BusinessWorld, October 8, 2018, on page S2/6)
      Fisheries Administrative Order (FAO) 250-2 will allow individual fishermen to collect, sell, trade, and transport Sargassum, a type of brown seaweed, subject to seasonal restrictions and permit requirements. The newly-published ...

    • High-value seaweeds recommended 

      Orig, Thor S. (Manila Bulletin, May 15, 1990, on page 34)
      The seaweed Gracilaria isn't as popular as Eucheuma, Sargassum and Caulerpa, but it's a high-value commodity if properly harnessed for processing. A well-known derivative of processed Gracilaria is agar, a hydrophilic ...

    • Ocean advocates back Bermuda marine reserve 

      Associated Press (AP) (Manila Bulletin, August 15, 2013, on page B-8)
      Officials from the Pew Charitable Trusts and one of famed underwater explorer Jacques Cousteau's grandsons were in Bermuda on Thursday calling for the creation of the Atlantic's biggest marine reserve. The ambitious "Blue ...

    • Overharvesting perils seaweeds 

      Sotelo, Yolanda (Philippine Daily Inquirer, March 12, 2014, on page A14)
      Passing through the highway traversing Alacan village in San Fabian town in Pangasinan province, one cannot ignore the peculiar smell of seaweeds being dried by fishermen by the roadside. Seaweeds harvesting has spurred ...

    • Scientists probe deep sea secrets 

      International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) (Malaya, October 19, 2012, on page A1)
      New facts about marine life are enabling scientists to locate some of the oceans's most ecologically and biologically significant areas in the planet's most remote places. For the first time, the world ocean, including its ...

    • Stinky seaweed 

      Agence France-Presse (AFP) (Manila Bulletin, May 31, 2018, on page B-9)
      The French government is preparing a plan to deal with a new invasion of stinky seaweed that is covering the beaches of some its islands in the Caribbean, causing health problems for residents and threatening key fishing ...