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    • Only big fishermen benefit from gov't. development policy 

      Philippine News Agency (PNA) (Manila Standard, September 18, 1990, on page 14)
      The government should redirect fisheries policies towards greater environmental consideration to ensure the survival of small-scale fishermen, the Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center (SEAFDEC) said. Dr. Flor F. ...

    • Fish farms = low catch 

      Montebon, Marivir (Manila Standard, August 5, 1991, on page 14)
      The Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center (SEAFDEC) has found that fishponds and prawn farms have caused the decline of annual fish harvests. In a study, the Japanese-funded center said that small fishermen lose ...

    • SEAFDEC's newest training course 

      (Manila Standard, April 2, 1993, on page 1)
      Seaweeds culture is the newest offering of the SEAFDEC Aquaculture Department included in its line-up of training courses for 1993. The course is a national offering open to Filipinos only, but to be eventually included ...

    • Dar is Seafdec AQD speaker 

      (Manila Standard, July 9, 1998, on page 16)
      Acting Agriculture Secretary William Dar is the guest speaker in today's program marking the celebration of the 25th anniversary of the Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center Aquaculture Department (Seafdec AQD).

    • From predators to protectors: RP Energy moves to save endangered 'pawikans' in Zambales 

      (Manila Standard, February 23, 1999, on page B4)
      It used to be that these delicate eggs hatched by gentle creatures from the sea ended up in fisherfolk’s household pots. They were a delicacy, and also a source of livelihood. Back in the 1990s, even earlier, marine turtle, ...

    • Women work longer than men 

      (Manila Standard, October 9, 1999, on page 9)
      A case study on women's roles in a fishing community has found that women work more than men do. This finding is contrary to the common belief that men are the principal providers while women are mere assistants confined ...

    • Fisheries chief gets reelected 

      (Manila Standard, March 12, 2000, on page 4)
      The Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center has reappointed the chief of the Seafdec Aquaculture Department (AQD) based here for another term. Rolando Platon will serve his third two-year term as the center's AQD chief ...

    • Fisheries program launched 

      (Manila Standard, September 8, 2000, on page 20)
      Speaker Manuel Villar leads the formal launching of the Iloilo Stae College of Fisheries' SEAFDEC Fisheries Book Project during its 22nd Foundation Anniversary along with SEAFDEC chief Dr. Rolando Platon. Villar who served ...

    • Born in the backyard 

      (Manila Standard, December 20, 2000, on page 24)
      Seahorses can now be bred in captivity, thanks to research headway by the Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center's aquaculture department in Tigbauan, Iloilo. Began in 1996, the SEAFDEC-AQD ornamental seahorse breeding ...

    • Seafdec dept head reappointed 

      (Manila Standard, June 9, 2002, on page 1)
      Upon the government's endorsement, through President Arroyo, the chief of the Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center Aquaculture Department has been reappointed for an unprecedented four term. Dr. Rolando Platon was ...

    • The things that count 

      (Manila Standard, March 21, 2005, on page B4)
      Bonifacio Comandante (what a symbolic name) may not grab as many headlines as the Abu Sayyaf or prized boxer of 18 years certainly deserves the gratitude of Filipinos. Comandante's victory remind us of another admirable ...

    • SEAFDEC eyes higher budget 

      Campos, Othel (Manila Standard, July 3, 2006, on page B3)
      Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center, which is partly owned by the government, has asked the Department of Foreign Affairs to increase its 2007 budgetary allocation to 120 million. SEAFDEC aquaculture department ...

    • The dark side of prawn farming 

      Morella, Cecil (Manila Standard, April 11, 2008, on page A2)
      She helped turn many of world's prawn farmers into millionaires, but Jurgenne Primavera now worries that her life's work might have indirectly accelerated the destruction of fish nurseries. The Filipino zoologist, whose ...

    • Yap cites need to protect Coral Triangle 

      (Manila Standard, February 11, 2010, on page D4)
      The partnership between the government and the private sector and the pursuit of innovations in climate adaptations is meant to protect Coral Triangle and ensure its diversity and sustainability for some 360 million people. ...

    • REEForestation' project at the Cavite ecozone 

      (Manila Standard, February 11, 2010, on page G8)
      Aside from the economic activities resulting from the operation of the Cavite Economic Zone in the Municipality of Rosario, fishing and cottage industries related to fishing such as smoked fish (tinapa) processing, fish ...

    • The fight to rehabilitate Philippine coral reefs 

      Yan, Gregg (Manila Standard, February 11, 2010, on page D7)
      Through my foggy mask, I make out my dive buddy giving the go signal. I back-roll, in-gloriously, into the turquoise waters in northern Batangas in the Philippines. Scant seconds pass as I find my bearings, but soon the ...

    • Officials struggle to make Laguna Lake cleaner 

      Campos, Othel V. (Manila Standard, February 11, 2010, on page D6)
      There was a time when Laguna de Bay was the pride and joy of residents not only for its beauty but because of the benefits people got from the lake itself. But 40 years of uncontrolled peripheral activities and man-made ...

    • Turtle eggs 

      (Manila Standard, February 15, 2010, on page B2)
      A mother Olive Ridley turtle leaves her tracks on the sand after laying a clutch of over 100 eggs (inset) within the compound of the 1,500-megawatt, natural gas-fired plant of First Gas, a subsidiary of First Gen, in Sta. ...

    • Reward offered to get killers of whale shark 

      (Manila Standard, February 20, 2010, on page A2)
      A conservation group and the Philippine government are offering a reward for information on the people responsible for the killing of an 18-foot whale shark. The World Wildlife Fund says the whale shark-the world's biggest ...

    • Red tide forecast to spread 

      Campos, Othel V. (Manila Standard, February 27, 2010, on page A2)
      "Harmful algal blooms occur during heat spells," said Malcolm Sarmiento, director of the Fisheries and Aquatic Resources Bureau. "We are closely monitoring our seas, and we keep reminding the regions to keep a tight watch ...