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Gov't agencies unite to put back Capiz prawn industry in good shape
The provincial government of Capiz has tapped the help of the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) and Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center (SEAFDEC) in ascertaining the cause of the mass mortality ...
- January 22, 2002
Panay Gulf should be off season for kapis shells until mid-2001
Coastal communities of Panay Gulf were urged to keep kapis shells breeders undisturbed for two years. And this can only be done if the breeding sites will be declared off season for kapis shells until mid 2001. Jocelyn ...
- February 3, 2000
Philippines catching up in fish hatchery business
Not long ago, Taiwan imported marine fish larvae and fingerlings from its Asian neighbors, one of which is the Philippines. Now, Taiwan boasts of its capability to produce at least 60 marine fish species at commercial ...
- April 29, 2002
Councilor pushes for protection of Angel Wings
A councilor is pushing for the protection of Angel Wing shells from unregulated harvests. Councilor Soviet Dela Cruz, chairman of the committee on fisheries, said they are currently coordinating with the Southeast Asian ...
- February 17, 2009
Oil extraction
It's final. OnMarch 14, Petron Corp. will start extracting the remaining bunker fuel from MT Solar, almost seven months at the Iloilo- Guimaras Strait, causing an oil spill. Petron has tapped the Singapore-based Sonsub to ...
- February 20, 2007
Seabass project reap good harvest
Five months of culture. About 200 pieces of seabass, weighing a total 83 kilograms or nearly half-kilo each fish. Suddenly, a dream project becomes reality. Early this month, on February 2, the top managers of the Southeast ...
- February 13, 2007
First week of July is national biotech week
The first week of July 2006 was proclaimed by President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo as National Biotechnology Week with the theme "Securing the Philippines' Niche in the Global Bio-Enterprise”. In connection with the observance ...
- July 7, 2006
"We want our diwal back"
Diwal or the angelwing clam (Pholas orientalis) is indigenous to the coastal waters of Negros Occidental and Iloilo but particularly abundant in Capiz province (particularly in towns of Sapian, Ivisian, Panay, Pontevedra, ...
- February 27, 2002
September to February provides higher yield in seaweed culture
Research results conducted by scientists from the Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center (SEAFDEC) and the University of the Philippines in the Visayas (UPV) at Panagatan Cays (shoal) in Caluya Group of Islands, ...
- October 6, 2002
Mangrove conservation, rehabilitation gab held
A three-day seminar on Mangrove Conservation and Rehabilitation was recently held at the Sampaguita Garden Resort in New Washington town Aklan. The activity, which wrapped up yesterday, aims to promote people's awareness ...
- August 20, 2005