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    • Filipinos can still fish in disputed sea-Lorenzana 

      Andrade, Jeannette I. (Philippine Daily Inquirer, May 30, 2019, on page A3)
      Filipino fishermen can still ply their trade in the South China Sea not covered by any restrictions in the area. In an online interview uploaded on social media on Tuesday, Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana said Filipinos ...

    • Finding Nemo may become even harder, says climate study 

      Agence France-Presse (AFP) (Philippine Daily Inquirer, October 13, 2017, on page A17)
      The clownfish, the colorful swimmer propelled to fame by the 2003 film “Finding Nemo,” is under threat from warming ocean waters wreaking havoc with sea anemones, the structures that serve as its home, a study has found. ...

    • Firm dredging Marikina River 

      (Philippine Daily Inquirer, September 8, 2012, on page A18)
      The Marikina River will be cleared of accumulated silt and trash, by dredging a critical bend near the Manggahan Floodway, said property developer Ortigas & Co. The dredging activity is Ortigas & Co.’s commitment to the ...

    • Firm in oil spill ordered to do thorough job 

      Burgos, Nestor Jr. (Philippine Daily Inquirer, February 12, 2014, on page A20)
      A multiagency task force monitoring the oil spill in Estancia, Iloilo province, has directed a firm that got an P87-million contract to clean up the spill site to do a thorough job. “In our inspection of the contaminated ...

    • A firm voice to China 

      (Philippine Daily Inquirer, May 31, 2022, on page A6)
      After meeting with top diplomats from the United States, Japan, South Korea, and India last week, incoming President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. outlined his approach toward China’s persistent incursions in the West Philippine ...

    • Firm vows to help promote tobacco use vs farm, fishponds pests 

      (Philippine Daily Inquirer, January 12, 2014, on page A8)
      A tobacco company based in Bulacan province said it would promote the use of tobacco dust as organic fertilizer and pesticide to help at least three million tobacco farmers and their families earn more income. “We are going ...

    • First in SEAFDEC/AQD milkfish research: Milkfish spawns in concrete tanks 

      (Philippine Daily Inquirer, December 6, 1990, on page 20)
      Milkfish (Chanos chanos), a traditionally cultured food-fish in the Philippines, Indonesia and Taiwan spawned naturally for the first time in concrete tanks at the SEAFDEC Aquaculture Department's Tigbauan Main Station in ...

    • First shipment of wartime grain sails from Ukraine 

      Agence France-Presse (AFP) (Philippine Daily Inquirer, August 2, 2022, on page B4)
      The first shipment of Ukrainian grain left the port of Odesa on Monday under a deal aimed at relieving a global food crisis following Russia's invasion of its neighbor, the Turkish defense ministry said. "The ship Razoni ...

    • FirstGen bankrolls Batangas marine ecosystem project 

      (Philippine Daily Inquirer, August 17, 2015, on page B3-3-B3-4)
      Rey Manalo is an active and vocal advocate of the Bantay Dagat (Sea Patrol) program in Mabini, Batangas. Quite a departure from his younger days when Manalo was a menace to the marine ecosystem of Batangas, being a muro-ami ...

    • Fish and sea creatures 

      Jimenez-David, Rina (Philippine Daily Inquirer, May 30, 2014, on page A17)
      If you’re walking or driving down Manila’s streets this morning and find yourself in the midst of sea creatures—turtles, fish, crabs, squids, dolphins and maybe even a mermaid or merman (what we call siokoy)—don’t be ...

    • Fish cages crowding Laguna's Sampaloc Lake next targey on LLDA demolition list 

      Cinco, Maricar (Philippine Daily Inquirer, August 2, 2017, on page A16)
      The government is now targeting to dismantle illegal fish cages in Sampaloc Lake, one of this city's popular seven interconnected lakes and a major tourist attraction in Laguna province. The Laguna Lake Development Authority ...

    • Fish canners warn of shutdown: If factories shut down, the entire canning industry will collapse, affecting over 30,000 workers, warns biz group 

      Alipala, Julie S. (Philippine Daily Inquirer, March 23, 2020, on page A5)
      Eleven fish canneries in the city that supply around 85 percent of the canned sardines found in the country’s supermarket shelves and sari-sari stores could shut down as a result of the community quarantine imposed by the ...

    • Fish delivery in regional ports hits record high 

      Lagare, Jordeene (Philippine Daily Inquirer, July 9, 2022, on page A9)
      The volume of fish unloaded at regional ports in June reached its “highest for the year” after climbing by 19.7 percent, the Philippine Fisheries Development Authority (PFDA) said. Fish unloading for the month reached ...

    • Fish farming pushed as important alternative 

      Cardinoza, Gabriel (Philippine Daily Inquirer, November 25, 2018, on page A6)
      Instead of importing “galunggong” (round scad), the country should boost fish farming, given that it can generate fish all year round, a former director of the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources said. Malcolm Sarmiento ...

    • Fish growers ask gov't: 'Reconsider' import plan: Aquaculture industry may suffer same fate as rice producers, warns group 

      Cinco, Maricar (Philippine Daily Inquirer, October 12, 2020, on page A6)
      Fish growers in Taal Lake in Batangas province have opposed the government’s plan to import fish, saying this could only stall the industry’s recovery from damage wrought by Taal Volcano’s eruption and the low market demand ...

    • Fish have rights, too 

      Jimenez-David, Rina (Philippine Daily Inquirer, August 3, 2018, on page A15)
      If it were only a matter of laws, we have more than enough of them to ensure the protection of our environment. What makes environmental protection so difficult, however, is that despite the plethora of international, ...

    • Fish imports barred from wet markets 

      Lagare, Jordeene B. (Philippine Daily Inquirer, December 15, 2022, on page A7-A9)
      The government has temporarily barred the entry of certain imported fish to avert their diversion to wet markets which could aggravate disruptions in the food value chain. In a directive, the Department of Agriculture (DA) ...

    • Fish kill feared caused by chemical pills 

      Cinco, Maricar (Philippine Daily Inquirer, October 25, 2010, on page A19)
      Lake authorities were looking into reports that the fish kill at the Laguna de Bay on Friday was caused by chemical spills from an alcohol distillery plant in Cabuyao town that burned down last week. This was after lake ...

    • Fish kill hits Lake Buhi; ₱2.1M worth of tilapia lost 

      Arguelles, Mar S. (Philippine Daily Inquirer, October 28, 2020, on page A8)
      About 20 metric tons of tilapia worth P2.1 million have been lost in a fish kill that hit Lake Buhi in Camarines Sur province after Typhoon “Quinta” (international name: Molave) pummeled Bicol on Sunday and Monday, the ...

    • Fish kill in Guimaras linked to new oil spill 

      Burgos, Nestor Jr.; Aning, Jerome C. (Philippine Daily Inquirer, January 23, 2014, on page A6)
      Guimaras officials and residents have reported a case of fish kill along the coast of a village contaminated by bunker fuel from a sunken vessel. Teresita Siason, coordinator of the Guimaras provincial risk reduction and ...