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R&D on new technologies undertaken to revive prawn, milkfish industries
The Department of Science and Technology (DOST) is undertaking research and development ( R&D) on new technologies intended to revive the prawn and milkfish industries in Western Visayas and ultimately, the rest of the ...
- March 8, 2012
W. Visayas' fisheries output up in Q1
Fishery production in Western Visayas posted an overall increase of 3.40 percent or an estimated 2,450 metric tons in the first quarter of this year, data from the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA-6) indicated. The ...
- July 21, 2023
Aklan remains red-tide free - BFAR
The coastal waters of Aklan province remain free from the red tide toxins, according to the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR). In an advisory addressed to Aklan Governor Florencio Miraflores, the BFAR-Aklan ...
- July 5, 2017
Pistay Dayat promotes sea ecosystem
For the people of Pangasinan, merry-making is also a unique opportunity to pitch environmental protection concerns. This is what they do at Pistay Dayat, a traditional annual summertime festival held recently at Lingayen ...
- June 4, 2017
What to do with the fish pens in Laguna de Bay (Part 3)
‘There are those who look at things the way they are, and ask why… I dream of things that never were, and ask why not?’– Robert Kennedy In the 05 March 2017 column I dealt at length with Resolution 518 series of 2017 of ...
- March 19, 2017
Coastal R&D center to rise in Ilocos
An Ilocos Norte-based university is establishing a coastal research and development (R&D) center to spearhead the development of coastal engineering and management centers that will develop technological breakthroughs and ...
- July 10, 2021
Overexploitation has cut diversity in Philippine waters
Increased fishing activity in the Philippines has reduced diversity by nearly 20 percent since the 1950s. This was pointed out by maritime scholars who participated in a roundtable discussion on marine biodiversity ...
- January 12, 2017
Tons of trash collected from Pasig River
The Pasig River Rehabilitation Commission (PRRC) has collected 500 sacks of garbage weighing around 15,000 kilograms in total during a half-day clean-up along the Pasig River last Saturday. PRRC Executive Director Jose ...
- April 29, 2019
Small-time ‘mananagat’ learns how to survive
As the saying goes, "if you can't beat them, join them." This, in a sense, is the travail of small-time fisherfolk circling off the Macajalar Bay in Cagayan de Oro. In the so-called "tamban (sardine fish) season," which ...
- June 8, 2020
Japan's whaling science under the microscope
When Japanese researchers said earlier this year that eating whale meat could help prevent dementia and memory loss, the news provoked snorts of derision - it couldn't be real science, went the retort. Despite protestations ...
- June 4, 2015