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ADB gives Pasig River rehabilitation a failing grade
A 15-year program which started in 1999 to rehabilitate the Pasig River was rated unsuccessful by the Asian Development Bank (ADB). "The program was too ambitious, and its implementation arrangements too complicated to be ...
- December 28, 2010
Nabcor turns over state-of-the-art freezers to farmers, fisherfolks groups
The Department of Agriculture's National Agribusiness Corp. (Nabcor) has formally turned over a state-of-the-art multifunctional freezer using the revolutionary brine immersion freezing (BIF) technology to small farmers ...
- January 27, 2010
2010 Walong Filipina: Alagad ng Kalikasan
Liongoren Gallery presents its 2010 Walong Filipina: Mga Alagad ng Kalikasan to celebrate women's month and the coming Earth Day by April. Jurgenne Primavera Phd., internationally renowned advocate of sustainable fish ...
- April 14, 2010
Fishery school on air
Whenever education is mentioned, the four corners of a classroom is the first thing that comes to mind. After all, when you've spent 16 or so years learning in a classroom, the association is almost a knee-jerk reaction. ...
- December 3, 2010
Aquaculture poisoning Taal Lake
The calm waters of Taal Lake are deceiving, and what lies below may be toxic. Fish cages have poisoned the sediments below while surface waters remain relatively safe for fisheries, according to a study made by the University ...
- February 4, 2010
Palawan's Honda Bay affected by red tide
The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) has confirmed that the coastal waters of Honda Bay in Puerto Princesa City, Palawan is now contaminated by red tide. Honda Bay now joins Dumanquillas Bay in Zamboanga ...
- August 23, 2010
Move over GG, tilapia's now poor man's fish
Tilapia is the preferred food of most Filipinos than galunggong (mackerel scad) during hard times, indicating that if tilapia price rises, hunger incidence would also go up, the National Economic and Development Authority ...
- February 12, 2010
EU bans uncertified RP tuna
The Philippine is losing millions of dollars in potential revenue because its marine products are off limits to European consumers. Since January 1, the European Union (EU) imposed a mandatory scheme that allows only seafood ...
- January 26, 2010
Predators now protectors of Tubbataha marine park
It's been a challenge every step of the way, but the efforts of Tubbataha's warriors have not been for naught. The WWF reports that the hard coral cover of Tubbataha increased from 40 percent in 2004 to 46 percent in 2005, ...
- December 24, 2010
Tiny Antarctic creatures hint at sea level rise
Tiny marine creatures found on the seabed on opposite sides of the vast West Antarctic ice sheet give a strong hint of the risks of sea level rise caused by climate change, scientists said Tuesday. The discovery of very ...
- September 3, 2010