Browsing The Manila Times by Place "Taal Lake"

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    • BFAR disperses 210,000 fingerlings in Cagayan 

      Domingo, Leander C. (The Manila Times, November 3, 2017, on page B5)
      The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) in Cagayan Valley (Region 2) on Thursday said it has dispersed 210,000 fingerlings to underutilized bodies of water under its Balik-Sigla sa Ilog at Lawa (BASIL) project. ...

    • BFAR urge to assess damage on Taal Lake 

      Gomez, Eireene Jairee (The Manila Times, July 4, 2021, on page A7)
      National fishers' group Pambansang Lakas ng Kilusang Mamamalakaya ng Pilipinas (Pamalakaya) urged the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) on Friday to conduct immediate assessment of the damage on fisheries ...

    • BFAR warns offish kill in Taal Lake 

      Ganzon-Ozaeta, Tina (The Manila Times, December 22, 2017, on page A7)
      The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) has warned fish pen operators around Taal Lake of a possible fish kill, saying the drop in the temperature could lead to an increase of sulfur in the water. In an advisory ...

    • Fish from Taal Lake safe to eat, says fisheries body 

      Gomez, Eireene Jairee (The Manila Times, January 21, 2020, on page A7)
      Despite the eruption of Taal Volcano, the consumption of fish from Taal Lake is safe, according to the Department of Agriculture-Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (DA- BFAR). The volcano sits on top of the lake. ...

    • Fish kill looms anew over Taal Lake 

      Alcober, Neil A. (The Manila Times, May 30, 2012, on page A7)
      Rep. Angelo Palmones of the Agham Party-list on Tuesday has called on the attention of concerned institutions and individuals for appropriate action to avoid another incidence of fish kill in Taal Lake, saying that fishes ...

    • House leader lauds order to dismantle fishpens 

      (The Manila Times, December 19, 2017, on page A7)
      Senior Deputy Minority Leader and Buhay Partylist Rep. Lito Atienza on Monday lauded President Rodrigo Duterte's latest order to the local government units (LGUs) in Laguna de Bay to destroy the fishpens that have been ...

    • Lack of oxygen caused massive fishkill 

      Pilapil, Jaime (The Manila Times, June 1, 2011, on page A7)
      Officials of the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) on Tuesday said that the P57-million fish kill in Taal, Batangas was due to depleted oxygen levels brought about by changing weather conditions. The officials ...

    • Lawmakers feast on fish amid fishkill 

      Panti, Llanesca T. (The Manila Times, June 9, 2011, on page A3)
      Massive fishkills in Batangas and Pangasinan have prompted at least seven lawmakers to eat milkfish and tilapia of different viands before members of the media on Wednesday to prove that it is safe to eat the country's ...

    • Oceana urges temporary fishing ban for tawilis 

      Gomez, Eireene Jairee (The Manila Times, February 1, 2019, on page B5)
      Environment advocate Oceana Philippines has called on government agencies to implement a temporary fishing ban on tawilis (Sardinella Tawilis), to allow the only freshwater sardine in Taal Lake to repopulate. The group ...

    • P10-M ‘bangus,’ ‘tilapia’ lost in fishkill 

      Ganzon, Tina (The Manila Times, January 22, 2014, on page A6)
      Around 120 tons or P10.5-million worth of tilapia and bangus were lost as a fish kill hit parts of Taal Lake in Batangas province over the weekend, the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) said. BFAR (Region ...

    • Stinking death spreads out to other species in Taal fishkill 

      Capul, Claire; Odronia, Cris G.; Pilapil, Jaime (The Manila Times, June 3, 2011, on page A3)
      Even as the Department of Interior and Local Government ordered the reduction of Taal Lake's fish corrals from 14,000 to a tenable 6,000 to ease fishkill outbreaks, the oxygen level in the volcano lake is dropping to ...

    • Taal Lake fishkill seen likely owing to dry spell 

      Rayos, Joenald Medina (The Manila Times, March 12, 2010, on page A7)
      Like in other bodies of inland waters, occasional fish kill may likely occur at the famous Taal Lake this summer because of the recurrence of El Niño phenomenon and the unprecedented changing of temperature in the lake ...

    • Taal Lake recovers from fish kill - BFAR 

      Galvez, James Konstantin (The Manila Times, February 13, 2014, on page A6)
      The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) on Wednesday said it has observed significant improvement in the dissolved oxygen and water transparency of Taal Lake, nearly a month after the reported sulfur upwelling ...

    • Tilapia from Taal Lake safe for consumption amid volcano unrest 

      Lagare, Jordeene B. (The Manila Times, July 6, 2021, on page A9)
      Amid the current restiveness of Taal Volcano, fish pen operators and fisherfolk assured the public that tilapia from Taal Lake is safe for consumption. "Yun pong phreatic explosion dito sa amin ang tawag eh pabusngi-busngi ...