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Texas bears brunt of US plastic pollution
Former shrimper Diane Wilson watches in disgust as a Taiwan-owned factory in Texas spews millions of plastic pellets into the Matagorda Bay. For years Wilson has been documenting this pollution by Formosa Plastics Group, ...
- December 6, 2021
18 ASIAN technologists complete training
Eighteen Asian trainees completed their 4-week training course on freshwater aquaculture at the Binangonan Freshwater station of the Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center Aquaculture Department (SEAFDEC/AQD), September ...
- October 8, 1999
Ganzon to SEAFDEC: Disseminate information to increase adoption of aqua culture technology
"Take a more aggressive stance in information dissemination activities to increase adoption of aquaculture technologies," Presidential Assistant for Western Visayas Rodolfo Ganzon told the Southeast Asian Fisheries Development ...
- May 11, 1999
SEAFDEC to publish aquaculture textbooks
A government-hosted Southeast Asian center based here has embarked on an aquaculture textbook-writing program. The Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center-Aquaculture Department (SEAFDEC-AQD) ventured into the program ...
- October 4, 2000
‘Buwad’-making thrives in Bantayan Island
Bantayan island in Cebu is known for its fine, white-sand beaches and clear waters, and also for buwad, or sun-dried salted fish, better known as daing or tuyo in other parts of the Philippines. Fishing is the main livelihood ...
- March 23, 2020
Coast Guard finds debris of sunken boat in Palawan waters
The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) has already tracked the possible location of the sunken fishing vessel that collided with a foreign commercial vessel in the waters near Maracanao Island in Agutaya town, Palawan province, ...
- May 31, 2022
Sandfish: expensive, endangered, and ecologically essential
Sandfish, or Holothuria scabra, is one of the most threatened tropical sea cucumbers because of its high price, reaching up to $1,600 per kilogram (approximately P80,800) when processed and dried into trepang or beche-de-mer ...
- May 29, 2020
Coral reef assessment set for Eastern Visayas
The Region 8 office of the Department of Environment and Natural (DENR-8) is conducting an assessment on coral reefs in three identified sites in Eastern Visayas, a report from the DENR-8 said. Regional Director Leonardo ...
- April 30, 2015
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
Red tide hits Surigao Sur, Masbate
The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) has warned the public from harvesting and eating shellfish from Lianga Bay in Surigao del Sur and the coastal waters of Milagros in Masbate that have been added to a ...
- September 26, 2018