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    • Reduced tariffs seen to boost prawn industry 

      Silva, Chell (The Manila Chronicle, August 21, 1990, on page 13)
      A reduction in tariffs and duties on prawn farm inputs coupled with a phase out of subsidies given by the Board of Investments (BOI) to prawn exporters will improve the competitiveness of Philippine prawns in the world ...

    • DA to build seafarming center in Antique 

      Perez, Elizabeth (The Manila Chronicle, October 22, 1990, on page 12)
      The country's first seafarming and searanching center will be built in Culasi town in Antique, the Department of Agriculture (DA) recently announced. The construction and operation of the P12-million project will be jointly ...

    • From wetlands to wasteland 

      PNF (The Manila Chronicle, September 12, 1993, on page 16)
      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 ...

    • Marine fish hatchery training opens in Iloilo 

      (The Manila Chronicle, June 25, 1996, on page 10)
      A marine fish hatchery training course opened on June 3 at the Aquaculture Department of the Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center (SEAFDEC-AQD), Tigbauan, Iloilo. The course objective is to equip participants with ...

    • Lahar devastated ponds eyed for massive tilapia culture 

      (Manila Chronicle, July 30, 1996, on page 13)
      Reconciling population growth and food productivity has stumped government for ages. Projections from the National Census and Statistics Office, projects 75.2 million Filipinos by the year 2000. Each consumer has the ...

    • RP shrimps exports hurt by US embargo 

      (The Manila Chronicle, August 11, 1996, on page 11)
      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 ...

    • Red tide swamps Davao Oriental: Local marine exports attribute incidence to improper waste disposal in region 

      Anislag, Vivencio (The Manila Chronicle, November 25, 1996, on page 9)
      Davao Norte has its mercury woes; this capital town has red tide in its bay. Nine coastal villages, with a population of 55,000, are affected with red tide, said the inter-agency Provincial Red Tide Monitoring Team (PRTMT). ...