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Fish kill
The Department of Environment and Natural Resources' Environment Management Bureau (DENR-EMD) recently inspected the water tributary in Brgy. Estefania, this city where fish kill was reported. Barangay residents are wary ...
- November 22, 2012
Fishers missing
The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) has confirmed that two Pangasinan fishermen, who are brothers, are still missing six days after they left home to engage fishing venture at West Philippine Sea last October 11. Lt. Adonis ...
- October 18, 2012
17 indigenous fish species in Laguna Lake extinct, say fisherfolk
They're gone. This was that the fisherfolk said of the 17 indigenous fish species at the Laguna de Bay that they used to catch before the Napinda Hydraulic Control Structure (NHCS) was built in 1982 and stopped the entry ...
- September 1, 2012
Mangroves planting
The Iligan City Office-Philippine National Police (ICPO-PNP), Station 1, in Ambo, Iligan City and members of the Alpha Phi Omega International fraternity and sorority recently joined forces in planting mangrove propagules ...
- September 11, 2012
Mangroves protection
The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR-7) has called anew for the continued protection and preservation of the mangrove plantations within the Getafe Mangrove Swamp Forest Reserve and Wilderness Area ...
- October 23, 2012
Sea turtle habitat protection established
The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) has declared 5,756 hectares along the coast of Carmen, Agusan del Norte as a critical habitat for marine turtles, as most species are considered endangered. Secretary ...
- October 31, 2012
Research: Sharks are color-blind
The US Navy did tests on colors other than yellow for the life jackets military pilots wear in case they have to eject and splash down in the ocean. They found that sharks were less likely to be attracted to red r black ...
- October 4, 2012
Untraveling Masbate's tourism treats
Filipinos may not know much about Masbate, but this province in the Bicol Region occupies a conspicuous space on the Philippines map - rigth at the heart of the archipelago. Surrounded by the Burias and Ticao Pass on the ...
- October 30, 2012
Red tide warning up in 3 areas
Shellfish and "alamang" (Acetes sp.) from some areas in Masbate, Zamboanga del Sur, Zamboanga del Norte, and Misamis Occidental remain unsafe for human consumption due to red tide toxin, the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic ...
- October 4, 2012
West Philippine Sea limited to exclusive economic zone
The renamed West Philippine Sea is limited to the area covered by the country's exclusive economic zone. This was stressed yesterday by Malacañang as it said China should not to take offense on the Philippines' move to ...
- September 15, 2012