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180-kilo bluefin tuna sells for $37,000 in Japan
A giant bluefin tuna sold for more than $37,000 in the first auction of the year at a Tokyo fish market on Monday, as Japan faces growing pressure to cut back on consumption of the threatened fish. The 180.4-kilogram ...
- January 6, 2015
Fisheries bureau imposes shellfish ban in Region 7
The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources has imposed shellfish ban in two bays and several municipal waters in Leyte, Samar and Biliran provinces. BFAR found the red tide bloom in bays and some coastal waters in the ...
- November 23, 2015
DENR tests Manila Bay waters
The Department of Environment and Natural Resources tested the quality of water on several portions of the Manila Bay following the directive of President Rodrigo Duterte to rehabilitate Manila’s popular coastline starting ...
- January 13, 2019
Having heart in service key to Pasig rehab
In 1999, the Philippine Government, under the administration of President Joseph Ejercito Estrada, created the Pasig River Rehabilitation Commission or PRRC Executive Order (EO) No. 54, as amended by EO No. 65. he PRRC, a ...
- March 22, 2019
Record coral kill-off on Great Barrier Reef
Sydney - A mass bleaching event on the Great Barrier Reef this year killed more corals than ever before, scientists said Tuesday, sounding the alarm over the delicate ecosystem.
- November 30, 2016
Solons at fishport
Cavite Sixth District Rep. Luis ‘Jon Jon’ Ferrer IV (right), chairman of the House Committee on Aquaculture and Fisheries Resources, stands with committee members Imus City Rep. Alex ‘AA’ Advincula, Bacoor City Rep. Edwin ...
- March 15, 2017
Bay cleanup kicks off today
The Department of Environment and Natural Resources and the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority kick off what is expected to be a five-year program to rehabilitate Manila Bay starting today, with thousands of government ...
- January 27, 2019
Pro-, anti-whaling nations brace for battle in Brazil
Pro- and anti-whaling nations are set for a showdown when the International Whaling Commission (IWC) meets in Brazil from Monday as Japan leads an assault on a three-decade-old moratorium on commercial whale hunting. Tokyo ...
- September 10, 2018
China builds maritime rescue hub; PH unfazed
China has established a “maritime rescue center” in the West Philippine Sea, the state-run Xinhua News Agency said Wednesday. The rescue center was opened Tuesday in Fiery Cross Reef or Kagitingan Reef, one of the ...
- January 31, 2019
Trump on North Korean threat
United States President Donal Trump, in his first State of the Union Address before a joint session of Congress, painted a picture of social, economic and political progress in his first year in power. Trump appealed for ...
- February 2, 2018