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Shrimp business
Ten years ago, the Philippines used to be the one of the biggest shrimp producers- No. 3- in the world and ten years before that, the shrimp production had emerged as the country's "sunshine industry". Local shrimp production ...
- September 13, 2013
Yellow submarine probe findings bared
The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) 7 has issued its findings and recommendations on the controversial case of coral damage by a submarine used by a Korean company for commercial tourism purposes ...
- June 7, 2013
Oyster eyed for commercial culture
The government is eyeing to culture a previously undiscovered Philippine oyster whos DNA is now under study so as to name it as Surigao Barobo Bay's unique oyster species that could give livelihood and export opportunities ...
- March 3, 2013
Tubbataha update
The head task Force Tubbataha said the March 23 target of the salvage personnel hired by U.S. government to dismantle the USS Guardian and remove it from the Tubbataha Reef is feasible. "They (salvors) works fast and very ...
- March 4, 2013
WV farmers, fishermen honored
The Department of Agriculture (DA-6) recently honored outstanding farmers and fishermen in Western Visayas. In particularly, five individuals and three organizations were 2013's Regional Gawad Saka awardees. The Gawad Saka, ...
- August 2, 2013
Oil spill hampering retrieval operations
The retrieval operations for the remaining passengers of the ill-fated M/V St. Thomas Aquinas off Talisay City in Cebu is getting more the sunken vessel is affecting the breathing apparatus of the divers. But Lt. Jim Alagao, ...
- August 23, 2013
Fish kill
Herring worth billions in export are seen floating dead in Kolgrafafjordur, a small flord on the northern part of Snaefellsnes Peninsula, west Iceland, for the second time in two months.
- February 7, 2013
Bicol mangroves
More than 231,000 seedlings of mangrove trees have been planted in 52 hectares in adjacent barangays of Taopon, San Nicolas and San Pedro on Panganiban town, Catanduanes under the National Greening Program (NGP). The scope ...
- February 4, 2013
Breeding 'bangus' and micro-entrepreurs
Foodies swear that nothing beats the taste of authentic "Bonuan bangus," a milkfish variety grown only in Dagupan City - the so-called "Bangus Capital of the World" - and soon an island not far away in Pangasinan is poised ...
- August 3, 2013
Philippine shrimp industry's economic potential
The Department of Agriculture (DA) is conducting a crash program for the shrimp sector so it can start to again export this year amid a strong global demand. There is a something market demand for vannamei (white shrimp) ...
- August 5, 2013