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    • Fishkill in Taal Lake spreads to Lipa, 2 towns in Batangas 

      Lesaba, Marrah Erika; Mallari, Delfin T. Jr. (Philippine Daily Inquirer, June 6, 2011, on page A1-A22)
      Showing no signs of abating, the Taal Lake fishkill has spread to two more towns and a city over the weekend. Authorities on Sunday reported tons of farmed and endemic fish species turning belly up in new areas of the ...
    • Hope for the crocs 

      Mascariñas, Erwin M.; Cinco, Maricar; Baraoidan, Kimmy; Miranda, Romar (Philippine Daily Inquirer, January 5, 2020, on page A12)
      The Philippine crocodile (Crocodylus mindorensis) is among the local species categorized in the International Union for Conservation of Nature’s (IUCN) Red List of Threatened Species as “critically endangered,” with its ...
    • Lake Sebu fish kill destroys ₱20M worth of tilapia 

      Sarmiento, Bong S. (Philippine Daily Inquirer, January 13, 2021, on page A8)
      At least 1,000 fish cages containing about 200,000 kilograms of tilapia were ravaged by the latest fish kill in Lake Sebu town, South Cotabato province, last week, an official said on Monday. Lake Sebu Mayor Floro Gandam ...
    • Lake Sebu's coal 

      (Philippine Daily Inquirer, March 17, 2017, on page A13)
      Here’s the rub. Under Region 12’s land use plan, Ned is a watershed area. If mining goes irresponsibly, as what we have witnessed of late, people living in the barangay and close to it would hardly feel its implications. ...
    • Massive fish kill wipes out Lake Sebu's tilapia stock 

      Fernandez, Edwin O. (Philippine Daily Inquirer, February 3, 2017, on page A8)
      A massive fish kill has left this lakeside town, Central Mindanao’s largest tilapia supplier, gasping for air. More than P120 million worth of tilapia grown in Lake Sebu was lost in what officials said was the worst fish ...
    • Tilapia floods wet markets in SOCCSKSARGEN 

      Sarmiento, Bong S. (Philippine Daily Inquirer, January 11, 2021, on page A5)
      A fish kill hit Lake Sebu town, South Cotabato province, anew, forcing tilapia growers to salvage stocks that eventually flooded wet markets, officials said on Sunday. Rudy Muyco, the lake warden, said the fish kill worsened ...
    • Tilapia growing in Lake Sebu stopped after fish kill 

      Fernandez, Edwin (Philippine Daily Inquirer, March 14, 2017, on page A8)
      Officials of Lake Sebu town in South Cotabato province have imposed a three-year ban on tilapia cultivation in Lake Sebu after another fish kill last week laid to waste some 7,000 kilograms of potential tilapia harvest. ...
    • Tilipia prices seen to reach P120 per kilogram 

      Magbanua, Williamor (Philippine Daily Inquirer, October 14, 2016, on page A20)
      Up to 50 tons of fish had gone to waste during a fishkill that struck Lake Sebu in South Cotabato province which started last week and is leading to an increase in prices of tilapia as a result of lack of supply. Authorities ...