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Fish farmers to SEAFDEC-AQD: Develop indigenous low-cost feed
Heeding to the long standing call of fish farmers, SEAFDEC/AQD is now putting the development of alternative feed using local ingredients in its priority list of activities. Feed cost is a major component in aquaculture ...
- May 21, 2018
Coastal management
Let us implement our environmental laws, plant mangroves or restore coral reefs, whichever is applicable. We should bring back the bounty and restore the ecological integrity of our threatened bodies of water. Moreover, ...
- December 3, 2017
Iloilo River can be PH model in river cleanup
The Iloilo River can be a model in river cleanup, according to newly-installed Environment secretary Roy Cimatu. He was impressed by efforts to clean the Iloilo River which is actually an estuary, said Cimatu. Over a decade ...
- May 17, 2017
20 illegal fishing vessels seized
More illegal fishers were caught in the waters of northern Iloilo. Before dawn yesterday, the Iloilo Bantay Dagat Force and Dumangas Police Station apprehended six motorboats and 17 illegal fishers. The Philippine Fisheries ...
- March 19, 2015
City mangroves can ease climate change
The study, “Species Diversity, Above and Below Ground Biomass, and Carbon Stock Assessments of Selected Mangrove Forests in Iloilo City, Philippines” by Dr. Resurreccion Sadaba and Allen Grace Niego of the University of ...
- October 9, 2016
Visayan Sea exclusive for small fishers - governors
Three Visayas provinces have signed a resolution requesting Congress and President Benigno Aquino III to declare the one million- hectare Visayan Sea a marine reserve exclusive only for small fishers. Iloilo, Negros ...
- June 14, 2015
Was that sea disaster 'God's will'?
“God's will” is a two-word of comfort we say to the bereaved family over death of a loved one. But whether the persons condoled think so to, too, is unlikely. “Condolences” would not appease the bereaved, especially if ...
- August 6, 2019
‘Make city waters swimmable again’
The goal is to make the coastal waters “swimmable again.” The local government unit here conducted yesterday a massive cleanup drive dubbed as “One Time, Big Time,” which covered 26 coastal villages in the city. The ...
- March 31, 2019
'Estancia oil spill cleanup 75 % done'
Will the cleanup of the oil spill that hit Brgy. Botongon, Estancia, Iloilo, and spread to other municipalities in the 5th District be completed soon? Calentino Mempin, director for operations of the contractor Kuan Yu ...
- March 1, 2014
US-PH $25-million fisheries partnership launched in Iloilo
To promote sustainable fisheries, a partnership program between the United States and Philippine governments was launched here recently. The $25-million Fish Right program will be implemented over a period of five years ...
- November 28, 2018