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Prawn industry needs gov't support for survival
The country's prawn industry has been showing signs of recovery from the impact of the glut in the Japanese market, but this may backfire if the government does not intervene to make the Black Tiger prawn competitive in ...
- May 23, 1990
SEAFDEC opens marine fish hatchery training
The Marine Fish Hatchery Training Course opened last June 3 at the Aquaculture Department of the Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center (SEAFDEC/AQD), Tigbauan, Iloilo.
- July 6, 1996
BFAR bares bangus fry shortage
The recent expansion of the country's bangus industry has resulted in tight supply of bangus fry, according to director Dennis B. Araullo, officer-in-charge of the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR). In a ...
- August 19, 1995
Submerged woeful tales of Tubbataha
Tubbataha comes from a combination of two Samal words, "taba" and "taha", meaning a long, or expansive, reef exposed by the low tide. Stretching over 10,000 hectares, the Tubbataha Reef National Marine Park is located 150 ...
- August 2, 1997
$3 B lost with destruction of mangrove areas
Vital mangrove areas in the Philippines have shrunk to less than one per cent of its area in 1920. The loss could be worth as much as $3 billion. The country was among 30 countries with the largest mangrove areas in the ...
- September 13, 1993
World famous Iloilo kapis being revived
The long-gone window pane oyster industry in this province is now being revived through the collaboration of the Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center-Aquaculture Department (Seafdec-AQD) and the Panay Gulf Development ...
- November 15, 1999
Tilapia holds promise for the future
Reconciling population growth and food productivity has trumped the government for ages. Projections from the National Census and Statistics Office placed the country's population at 75.2 million by the year 2000. Each ...
- July 27, 1996