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Netcage culture of hybrid tilapia
Tilapia culture in freshwater ponds, pens and netcages is now widely practices in the Philippines. A tilapia culture system or man-made water impoundment offers a profitable livelihood to farmers and fisherfolks. AQD tested ...
- May 8, 2000
Nadine Samonte talks about new business
Actress Nadine Samonte has joined the list of celebrities who have ventured into online business. On Instagram, Samonte told her fans that she is now selling dried fish as she posted snaps of her products. “Yes we sell ...
- September 15, 2020
Boracay lands – parameters of use (1st of 3 parts)
Many legal-sounding words are being tossed about, which could also affect other paradise islands in the Philippines. It is said that February of last year the NAMRIA (National Mapping and Resource Authority) counted 7,507 ...
- April 24, 2018
Global warming set to pass 2°C threshold in 2050
Earth is on track to sail past the two degrees Celsius (3.6 degrees Fahrenheit) threshold for dangerous global warming by 2050, seven of the world's top climate scientists warned Thursday. Since 1990, devastating weather-related ...
- October 6, 2016
The hard and soft water story
Water hardness is the traditional measure of the capacity of water to react with soap and describes the ability of water to bind soap to form lather (ang pagbukal sang habon), a chemical reaction detrimental to the washing ...
- October 29, 2018
Limited fisherfolk role in FMAs protested
International nongovernment organization Oceana urged the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) to recall an order that limits the participation of local government units, fisherfolks, and key stakeholders in ...
- April 17, 2021
DA touts potential of raising red tilapia
Agriculture Secretary Emmanuel F. Piñol is upbeat on the potential of the red variety of tilapia, calling it a possible “hot new product” for aquaculturists because of its high growth rate. Mr. Piñol said the Red Nile ...
- June 20, 2017
Tuna sells for record $3 million in auction at Tokyo’s new fish market
The owner of a Japanese sushi restaurant chain on Saturday set a record by paying more than $3 million for a bluefin tuna in the year’s first auction at Tokyo’s new fish market, exceeding his own record price of 2013. ...
- January 10, 2019
Savings on seaweed through S&T
Seaweed farming has long been a reliable source of income for coastal communities in the Philippines, fringed by waters of the Sulu Sea and the Moro Gulf, the city of Zamboanga is no stranger to the seaweed trade. Four ...
- January 24, 2020
Different kind of killer whale discovered off Chile
For decades, there were tales from fishermen and tourists, even lots of photos, of a mysterious killer whale that just didn’t look like all the others, but scientists had never seen one. Now they have. An international ...
- March 9, 2019