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Keeping giant clams to sustain PHL marine ecosystem

dc.contributor.authorAbad, Roderick L.
dc.coverage.spatialPhilippinesen
dc.coverage.spatialPalawanen
dc.coverage.spatialOriental Mindoroen
dc.coverage.spatialBatangasen
dc.date.accessioned2021-09-24T01:13:46Z
dc.date.available2021-09-24T01:13:46Z
dc.date.issued2021-06-20
dc.identifier.citationAbad, R. L. (2021, June 20). Keeping giant clams to sustain PHL marine ecosystem. Business Mirror, p. A7.en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12174/11309
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherPhilippine Business Daily Mirror Publishing, Inc.en
dc.relation.urihttps://businessmirror.com.ph/2021/06/20/keeping-giant-clams-to-sustain-phl-marine-ecosystem/en
dc.titleKeeping giant clams to sustain PHL marine ecosystemen
dc.typenewspaperArticleen
dc.citation.journaltitleBusinessMirroren
dc.citation.firstpageA7en
local.subject.classificationBM20210620_A7en
local.descriptionThe Philippines is rich in flora and fauna, with some species considered endemic or can be found only in the country. These include the locally known taklobo (Tridacna gigas)—the largest bivalve mollusk in the world that can weigh over 250 kilograms and grow up to five feet. Despite its gigantic size and longevity (it can live up to a hundred years), however, this giant clam has become scarce. Declared extinct in the 1980s due to poaching, destructive fishing practices, and water pollution, the late National Scientist Dr. Edgardo Gomez, who is also a former Malampaya Foundation Inc. (MFI) trustee, took broodstock of the taklobo from the Pacific Islands to breed at the University of the Philippines Marine Science Institute (UP MSI) to sustain the species in the country.en
local.subject.personalnameGomez, Edgardo
local.subject.corporatenameMalampaya Foundation Inc. (MFI)en
local.subject.corporatenameUniversity of the Philippines Marine Science Institute (UPMSI)en
local.subject.corporatenameWestern Philippines University (WPU)en
local.subject.scientificnameTridacna gigasen
dc.subject.agrovocmarine molluscsen
dc.subject.agrovocmarine parksen
dc.subject.agrovocmarine environmenten
dc.subject.agrovocecosystemsen


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