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Fishkill in Taal Lake spreads to Lipa, 2 towns in Batangas
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 ...
- June 6, 2011
Fish farming lucrative in Cordillera
Aquaculture such as fish farming is viable, sustainable and now a profitable business here in Cordillera which is now also being patronized by rice, corn and vegetable farmers as an alternative source of their income to ...
- October 11, 2011
Weather change led to Batangas fishkill, says BFAR
A sudden drop in temperature that lowered oxygen level at the onset of the rainy season in Taal Lake has killed 752.6 metric tons of fish worth P57.226 million since Friday, officials said on Sunday. The fishkill was the ...
- May 30, 2011
SEAFDEC boosts survival of dwindling seahorse stocks
For the first time, saving baby seahorses in captivity is possible with the simple discovery that washing their food with low dose formalin prevents mass mortality. The new research, made by Shela Mae A. Buen-Ursua at the ...
- August 26, 2011
Fish output
The campaign to improve fish output can be done on land, based on the strides made by Finfish Hatcheries, Inc. (FHI) in Sarangani and the technologies developed by the Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center (SEAFDEC) ...
- December 18, 2011
Seaweed farming
As the demand for food continues to rise with the increase in population, worldwide seaweed production cannot keep up with the demand of the carrageenan or the seaweed extract industry. This was pointed out by Antonio Yuri ...
- September 25, 2011
Filipino savants develop new abalone hybrids
New hybrid technology for abalone farming has been developed by scientists at the Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center (SEAFDEC) Aquaculture Department. The new technology has produced two "presumptive" abalone ...
- November 11, 2011
DA chief to open Visayas Agri Machineries Roadshow in Iloilo
Agriculture Secretary Proceso Alcala will be in Iloilo City today to open the Agricultural Machineries (Agri Mach) Roadshow to jumpstart the Aquino government’s farm mechanization and post-harvest program. DA regional ...
- September 22, 2011
Customs sues coral consignee
The Bureau of Customs said that they are filing cases today before the Department of Justice against the consignee of an illegal shipment of corals in the country. Customs Commissioner Angelito Alvarez said consignee ...
- June 2, 2011
CHED chair to keynote UPV graduate research conference
The chairperson of the Commission on Higher Education (Ched) will keynote the 4th University of the Philippines Visayas (UPV) Graduate Research Conference Saturday, September 24, at the UPV Auditorium in Iloilo City. Dr. ...
- September 22, 2011