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Anti-whalers, Japanese fleet exchange water cannon fire
Activists vowing to stop the killing of whales exchanged water-cannon fire with a Japanese whaling fleet they are tailing in the Antarctic Ocean, as sea confrontations that have led to collisions and a sunken vessel continue. ...
- February 11, 2010
Tardy whales fail to show up
Some 24,000 gray whales migrate each winter from their feeding grounds in the Bering Sea to calving lagoons off Mexico's Baja Peninsula. The whales are late this year and scientists can't figure out why. But lately not a ...
- March 23, 2000
PH asserts sovereignty over Benham Rise
The Philippine government has expressed concern over the intrusion of a Chinese ship into Benham Rise and pledged to continue to assert the country's ownership over the area. The DFA is currently studying and consulting ...
- March 11, 2017
Illegal fishing threatens marine resources
Cebu's marine resources are dwindling, threatening food security for the province's growing population as incidence of illegal fishing continues to be a coastal issue. Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR-7) ...
- September 14, 2010
Dolphin Hunt
Japanese fishermen killed about 40 dolphins targeted for their meat as part of a larger group trapped recently in what activists say was the biggest roundup they witnessed in the last four annual hunt.
- January 23, 2015
'Red tide' alert up in Mindanao
The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) issued a warning on Thursday that four areas in Mindanao are positive for toxic "red tide" or paralytic shellfish poison which is beyond the regulatory limit. These areas ...
- February 12, 2010
Abalone seeds now produced locally
Rey Acap of Oton, Iloilo is a successful adopter of the abalone hatchery technology developed by the Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center's Aquaculture Department (SEAFDEC AQD) based in Tigbauan, Iloilo. He can ...
- December 29, 2007
Japan's historic Tsukiji market holds final auction
Tokyo’s world-famous Tsukiji fish market held its last pre-dawn New Year’s auction on Friday before closing down for relocation, with the highest bidder paying more than $320,000 for a giant tuna. After more than 80 years ...
- January 6, 2018
Puerto Galera clean-up next after Boracay, Manila Bay
Environment Secretary Roy Cimatu is hoping to replicate the rehabilitation efforts in Boracay and Manila Bay to promote the protection and preservation of tourist destinations in the country. Cimatu visited Puerto Galera ...
- December 4, 2019
Mayor Isko: Set aside politics in Manila Bay beautification
Manila Mayor Francisco “Isko Moreno” Domagoso on Saturday urged the public to set aside politics as various individuals and groups continue to raise health and environment concerns following the dolomite dumping in Manila ...
- September 20, 2020