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Typhoons and coral reef fisheries
The trend for typhoons to hit the lower latitudes of the country in recent times has serious implications on reef fisheries. This question is being asked because most of the best coral reefs are situated in the southern ...
- April 11, 2014
Earth day 2019: Protect our species
Each year on April 22, Earth Day marks the anniversary of the birth of the modern environmental movement in 1970 (Earth Day Network, 2019a). Earth Day aims to raise awareness of a specific theme with various events held ...
- April 22, 2019
Tilapia with better genes swims upstream to Cordillera highlands
The Philippine Council for Agriculture, Aquatic and Natural Resources Research and Development (PCAARRD), Department of Science and Technology, has approved a P4.1-million grant to determine the best strain of tilapia ...
- March 23, 2018
China Sea code of conduct part of Asean summit agenda
Foreign Affairs Undersecretary Enrique Manalo yesterday said efforts to come up with a Code of Conduct in the South China Sea (COC) by yearend would be part of the agenda in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) ...
- January 6, 2017
Affordable test for shrimp disease
A highly sensitive tool that detects a disease that affects shrimps has been developed at the University of Santo Tomas (UST). The technology helps detect Acute Hepatopancreatic Necrosis Disease (AHPND) or Early Mortality ...
- April 10, 2018
DA to give loans to farmers and fishermen affected by El Niño
The Department of Agriculture said it is now ready to give loans to farmers affected by climate change following the approval by its Agricultural Credit Policy Council (ACPC) of the resolution spelling out the guidelines ...
- August 26, 2010
Duterte: No fishing in PH Rise or there will be war
President Duterte yesterday warned that war could break out any group, especially foreigners, would conduct research explorations and fishing activities within the Philippine Rise without the Philippine government's ...
- March 1, 2018
Justice Carpio's Benham Rise 101
The notes by Supreme Court Senior Associate Justice Antonio T. Carpio on Benham Rise are very useful as the 13-million-hectare undersea region east of Luzon is in the news with the disclosure last week by Defense Secretary ...
- March 15, 2017
No fish story in Abalos wanting to go to Taiwan
Former Commission on Elections chairman Benjamin Abalos Sr. yesterday asked two Pasay City courts handling the electoral sabotage charges against him for permission to be allowed to travel to Taiwan for four days next ...
- October 25, 2012
US seafood catch hits 17-year high
The U.S. seafood catch reached a 17-year high last year, with all fishing regions of the country showing increases in both the volume and value of their harvests. Commercial fishermen last year caught 10.1 billion pounds ...
- September 21, 2012