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Tubbataha: A worthy substitute for a dinosaur safari
Located in the Sulu Sea, 181 kilometers from Puerto Princesa City in Palawan, Tubbataha Reef is a marine sanctuary home to over 300 species of coral and 1,000 species of animals, many of which are endangered. It has also ...
- April 16, 2010
Save Agusan Marsh
In 2008, 34 international companies joined an initiative of the Conference of Parties to the UN-Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) and committed to implement corporate social responsibility (CSR) projects that would ...
- October 3, 2010
BFAR-Region 7 fails to collect P33.6 M in fishpond rentals
The Cebu-based Central Visayas office of the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) has failed to collect a total of P33.6 million in rentals from fishpond owners in the past years, the Commission on Audit (COA) ...
- September 20, 2010
Philippine coral reefs-in hot water
At first glance, coral simply looks like either a rock (if it is hard coral which has an outer skeleton made of limestone) or a plant (if it is soft coral which does not produce a limestone skeleton). But actually, coral ...
- September 23, 2010
Shellfish ban enforced in Leyte's Carigara Bay
The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) has imposed a shellfish ban in Leyte's Carigara Bay after finding red tide microorganisms there. In an advisory submitted to the Department of Health, BFAR director ...
- August 28, 2010
A man named Omar
God equips His children with specific talents and abilities in order to pursue their purpose in life. It is therefore no coincidence that Omar Nepomuceno was born in the seaside town of Donsol, Sorsogon, a blessed haven ...
- May 2, 2010
A nutritious noodle made from bangus scrap and seaweed
Enriched noodles can be produced from scraps of milkfish and Gracilaria seaweed. This product has been developed by Aurora Afalla, a researcher of the Don Mariano Marcos Memorial State University (DMMMSU), a multi-campus ...
- February 21, 2010
Giants of the deep on Discovery Channel
This month, Discovery Channel invites you into the high risk world of New England’s longline fishermen. The men and women on Swords: Life On The Line are gamblers, risking it all to catch an elusive prey in some of the ...
- May 12, 2010
Fisherfolk urge Noynoy to suspend Fisheries Code's implementation
Some 50 fisherfolk leaders and environmental activists urged Pres. Noynoy Aquino to suspend the implementation of the Fisheries Code of 1998 (RA No. 8550) due its failure to protect the livelihood and marine environment ...
- June 12, 2010
Naic Fish Sanctuary project relaunched
Cavite State University-Naic (formerly Cavite College of Fisheries) recently spearheaded the relaunching of the Naic Fish Sanctuary (NFS) Project at CvSU-Naic Eco Park, Bucana, Naic, Cavite. The NFS project is one of the ...
- January 21, 2010