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15 fishermen rescued in Pangasinan
After being adrift at sea for three days, 15 fishermen were rescued in the waters off Agno town last weekend, the Coast Guard said. Their boat, the FB Aqua Princess, capsized when it encountered big waves on Oct. 7.
- October 14, 2020
Knife fish newest scourge in Laguna’s fish farms
If you can’t lick them, eat them. Or feed them to other fish. The knife fish, an ornamental fish whose population has boomed and is harming the aquaculture industry in Laguna Lake, will be converted into fish meal and fed ...
- February 17, 2013
Overharvesting perils seaweeds
Passing through the highway traversing Alacan village in San Fabian town in Pangasinan province, one cannot ignore the peculiar smell of seaweeds being dried by fishermen by the roadside. Seaweeds harvesting has spurred ...
- March 12, 2014
Dagupan celebrates 'bangus' bounty even without staging festival
For the second straight year, the local government has scrapped the monthlong Bangus Festival to avoid large crowds that could spread COVID-19. In the absence of tourist-drawing events, a small group of officials on Thursday ...
- April 30, 2021
Moby Dick' started fish cemetery in Pangasinan
There are 38 reasons for marine lovers to visit the fish cemetery of the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) research center at Barangay Binloc here. These are the 39 sea creatures, which died from illnesses ...
- October 30, 2018
Dolphins found dead with bullet wounds
Two dolphins and a sea turtle with hack wounds were found dead in separate sections of the Lingayen beach on Friday. The first dolphin was recovered at the beach front near the Pangasinan capitol, said Westly Rosario, chief ...
- March 24, 2013
Ilocos salt industry losing its savor
Rene Aruelo, 52, was in his teens in the 1980s when he would rake mud at a fishpond in a village in La Union province facing the Lingayen Gulf. His family, like most households in their community, would troop to the pond ...
- May 16, 2021
Blast fishing in Lingayen Gulf goes on, say villagers
Perez, a former governor of the Board of Investments and a daughter of the late Speaker Eugenio Perez, said she had been hearing explosions day and night since Sept. 4. “My house shakes whenever there is an explosion,” she ...
- September 22, 2015