The government’s rehabilitation efforts in Boracay are bearing fruit as the island is now back to its pristine condition and businesses are starting to prosper –a year after it was closed to tourists, the Department of ...

Three hawksbill sea turtle (Eretmochelysimbricata) were recently released on the shores of this world-famous island. Biodiversity Management Bureau director Crisanta Marlene Rodriguez and Department of Environment and ...

Filipino fishers should continue fishing in contested waters despite a ban announced by China, Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana said. The summer fishing ban, which started on May 1, covers the Bohai Sea, Yellow Sea, East ...

The national congress for the shrimp industry held here last July 1-3, 2002 presented latest advancements in technology and scientific studies relegated to shrimp farming and disease prevention. The congress attended by ...

The National Planning Workshop for Aquaculture Biotechnology was held April 12 at the headquarters of the Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center - Aquaculture Department (SEAFDEC AQD) in this town. The one-day workshop ...

In order to conserve the dwindling coral reefs in the country, the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources along with other national government agencies had launched the first Coral Garden here. According to Malcolm ...

Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) Regional Director Sonia Seville advised fishermen along shores where once there were abundant harvests of lampirong (Placuna placenta) or kapis shells to "wait a little bit ...

Research results conducted by scientists from the Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center (SEAFDEC) and the University of the Philippines in the Visayas (UPV) at Panagatan Cays (shoal) in Caluya Group of Islands, ...

Here is good news to the seaweed industry associations, academic, and research organizations conducting seaweed research and development and other interested parties. The proceedings for the National Seaweed Planning ...

Bullish oil players in the country informed Mayor Rolando Distura here of their interest in putting up a depot near the port. Distura informed Panay News on this update yesterday. Three of the oil companies mentioned were ...