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Saving biodiversity at Verde Island Passage
Casting a fishing line with a coral sinker and a plastic-bottle reel, children as young as 8 years old catch their next meal from the pebbled shore of Barangay San Andres here. Most of the women are at home, raising hogs ...
- October 21, 2018
No more fish to catch, or spilt fuel to collect
Wearing the face masks given to them by health and social workers, Rodolfo Lasca, 49, and two neighbors arrived at the village basketball court yesterday to claim their emergency rice ration. Ever since a huge diesel oil ...
- August 11, 2013
Fishkill hits cages in Taal Lake; owners lose ₱5M
The local government of Agoncillo town in Batangas province will distribute tilapia fingerlings to local cage operators affected by the recent fishkill in Taal Lake. The incidence of “fish mortality,” a term preferred by ...
- November 6, 2018
₱12.3-M tilapia lost in Taal Lake fish kill: BFAR monitoring waters off 3 lakeshore towns
At least 150 tons or P12.3 million worth of cultured tilapia turned belly-up in fish cages in Taal Lake in Batangas province due to a low level of dissolved oxygen in the water. The Department of Environment and Natural ...
- June 1, 2019
50 tons of tilapia lost to fish kill
At least 50 tons of cultured tilapia were lost as fish kill hit parts of Taal Lake in Batangas province, a normal phenomenon that occurs during the cold months, according to experts. Mario Balazon, spokesperson of Taal ...
- January 21, 2014
LLDA funds sought for fish kill recovery
Fishermen suffering from huge losses due to last week’s fish kill in the Laguna de Bay are asking local government units (LGUs) for assistance in securing funds provided to lakeside localities by the Laguna Lake Development ...
- June 5, 2012
In Tanay, Rizal, predator knife fish ends up as fertilizer
The town of Tanay in Rizal province is turning knife fish caught from Laguna de Bay into organic compost to address the growing population of the predator species that continues to threaten local aquaculture. The knife ...
- January 27, 2015
Dead tilapia found in Laguna de Bay
The agriculture office in Calamba, Laguna province, on Friday ordered fish pen operators in their coastal area to bury the tons of dead tilapia plucked out from Laguna de Bay.
This was while they were waiting for the ...
- May 26, 2012
Time running out for Taal Lake's 'tawilis'?
“Tawilis,” the world’s only freshwater sardine, is a delicacy once considered the “poor man’s fish” and a household staple in the communities around Taal Lake. In the old days, the lake would “turn white” at night as schools ...
- February 10, 2019
Lobo Mayor checks for underwater damage after dredging ship sails away
The mayor of Lobo town in Batangas province on Friday asked fishery authorities to inspect the site where a 2,990-ton Chinese-manned dredging ship had dropped anchor to determine whether it had caused damage to marine life. ...
- April 6, 2019