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RP shrimps exports hurt by US embargo
The embargo on shrimps imports into the United States since May 1 of this year has been hurting Philippine shrimps exports, it was reported by the Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center (SEAFDEC). The US embargo on ...
- August 11, 1996
From wetlands to wasteland
Vital mangrove areas in the Philippines have shrunk to less than 1% of its area in 1920. The loss could be worth as much as $3 billion. The country was among 30 countries with the largest mangrove areas in the world in ...
- September 12, 1993
Seafdec eyes commercialization of aquaculture research results
Dr. Rolando Platon, chief of the Iloilo-based Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Centers aquaculture department (Seafdec/AQD), reiterated the Department's thrust on commercialization of Seafdec's research and development ...
- November 11, 1999
Solon urges transfer of fish agencies
Senator Agapito 'Butz' Aquini, chairman of the Senate committee on agriculture and food, has filed a resolution recommending the transfer of all fishery agencies and programs to the Department of Environment and Natural Resources.
- December 13, 1992
RP seahorses head for extinction
The warning has come true: Seahorses have started to disappear because of overfishing and destruction of their habitat. Haribon Foundation, a non-governmental organization, has noted a 70-percent decrease in the catch of ...
- June 4, 1998
New method increases milkfish production
Bangus (milkfish) production in the country could be improved to approach or even exceed the 2,000-kilogram per hectare potential yield if the modular pond system of production will be pushed by the government. This was ...
- August 6, 1990
Misamis Or.
The Mindanao State University (MSU) campus in Naawan town and Iloilo-based Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center Aquaculture Department (SEAFDEC AQD) have been conferred centennial awards by the Department of Science ...
- March 15, 1998
Int's confab tackles problems of RP shrimp industry
The local shrimp industry, despite disease and marketing problems currently plaguing it, is not dead as some doomsayers think. Solutions are earnestly being worked out to reinvigorate the industry, it was reported during ...
- June 23, 1996
Prawn industry needs gov't support for survival
The country's prawn industry has been showing signs of recovery from the impact of the glut in the Japanese market, but this may backfire if the government does not intervene to make the Black Tiger prawn competitive in ...
- May 23, 1990
The future of RP shrimp industry lies in Palawan
The country's shrimp production continues to be sluggish due to shrimp diseases brought about by widespread infection by the luminescent bacteria. Quoting data from the Bureau of Agricultural Statistics (BAS), shrimp expert ...
- December 15, 1999