Browsing Manila Standard by Subject "fish culture"

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    • Alava: from cycling to fish farming 

      Ebreo, Ben Moses (Manila Standard, August 13, 2017, on page D2)
      Leaving cycling for a moment to focus on fish farming has its ups and downs for former cycling champ Lupo Alava of Barangay Poblacion. Venturing into fishpond farming, he said, was not a walk in the park either. He experienced ...

    • 'Bangus, like GG, in short supply too' 

      Mauricio, Orlan L. (Manila Standard, September 3, 2018, on page A1-A2)
      Fishermen, fish traders, fishpen and fishpond operators in Laguna Lake are asking President Rodrigo Duterte to step in to address the shortage of locally produced bangus or milkfish and the resulting high prices. “Although ...

    • BFAR, Itbayat Island open first tilapia hatchery 

      (Manila Standard, April 11, 2024, on page B3)
      Batanes fish farmers will soon have their own local source of tilapia fingerlings as the Department of Agriculture-Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (DA-BFAR) and the local government inaugurated on April 4, 2024 ...

    • Can fish farming in territorial waters feed a hungry world? 

      Hood, Marlowe (Manila Standard, August 16, 2017, on page C4)
      Harvesting fish and shellfish from offshore farms could help provide essential protein to a global population set to expand a third to 10 billion by mid-century, researchers said Monday. Suitable open-sea zones have the ...

    • Drought batters La Unions's fishpond industry 

      Garcia, William Jun (Manila Standard, April 7, 2014, on page B6)
      The aquaculture sector here is expected to lose money during summer as drought worsens in the province, said an official. “There are 117 hectares of fishponds sowed with bangus, native tilapia and shrimps in five barangays ...

    • EPI to produce fish 

      Estrada, Anna Leah (Manila Standard, February 24, 2014, on page B3)
      Emerging Power Inc., a developer of renewable energy resources, plans to enter into joint ventures with aquaculture farms in Oriental Mindoro province to produce 10 tons of high quality tilapia, sea bass and shrimps annually. ...

    • Fish kill triggers moratorium 

      Campos, Othel V. (Manila Standard, June 16, 2011, on page A3)
      The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources has imposed a moratorium on the release of fingerlings and fry in Taal Lake in a bid to prevent fish kill incidents. It also warned fish cage owners in two Pangasinan towns not ...

    • Fishermen demand probe of Acosta 

      Araneta, Sandy (Manila Standard, August 9, 2016, on page A6)
      The fisherman’s Pambansang Lakas ng Kilusang Mamamalakaya ng Pilipinas (Pamalakaya) demanded the investigation of Laguna Lake Development Authority General Manager Nereus Acosta over the proliferation of fish pens and ...

    • Govt eyes roadmap for PH eel industry 

      Gonzales, Anna Leah (Manila Standard, February 25, 2015, on page B3)
      The government is looking at formulating an eel commodity roadmap to take advantage of the rising global demand for eels, Agriculture Secretary Proceso Alcala said Tuesday. “Eels, or igat as they are more known locally, ...

    • Iloilo research center finally breeds 'galunggong' in captivity 

      (Manila Standard, March 3, 2022, on page A3)
      A scientific breakthrough at an Iloilo-based research center might finally be the long-term solution to the perennial shortage of galunggong (round scad) in the Philippines. In a world’s first, researchers successfully ...

    • Laguna's pangasius fish program launched 

      (Manila Standard, December 24, 2010, on page A6)
      Laguna Gov. Jeorge Ejercito Estregan officially led the launching of the Pangasius Industry Development Program Livelihood Backyard Fish Farming at the Provincial Capitol for public markets and supermarkets in the province. ...

    • Mountainous Lesotho finds gold in trout fish farming 

      Doyen, Claire (Manila Standard, October 19, 2022, on page B3)
      It’s harvest time in Lejone, a small village nestling in mountains in southern Africa more than two thousand meters above sea level. The yield is not grain or fruit, but rainbow trout — the bounty from an undulating river ...

    • PH turn Scarborough into a 'no- fishing zone' 

      Bencito, John Paolo; Fabunan, Sara Susanne D. (Manila Standard, November 22, 2016, on page A1-A2)
      PRESIDENT Rodrigo Duterte will soon issue an executive order making the lagoon portion of Scarborough Shoal a “marine sanctuary and no-fishing zone,” which is now being guarded by Chinese Coast Guard ships, officials said ...

    • Research center seeks to promote 'pompano' 

      (Manila Standard, September 26, 2022, on page A3)
      The Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center Aquaculture Department (SEAFDEC/AQD) is seeking to promote “pompano” as an alternative to more popular fish varieties in the Philippines. The SEAFDEC/AQD is an international ...

    • Tilapia project for Laguna, Batangas 

      Gunio, Butch (Manila Standard, November 6, 2020, on page A4)
      An initiative of the Philippine Council for Agriculture, Aquatic and Natural Resources Research and Development (PCAARRD) is making tilapia farming accessible to beneficiaries in Laguna and Batangas. A total of 14 farmer ...

    • Typhoon kills 11k farmed Tuna in Japan 

      Agence France-Presse (AFP) (Manila Standard, July 26, 2015, on page B4)
      A powerful typhoon which lashed Japan last week has killed more than 11,000 farmed bluefin tuna, costing over US$10 million (S$13.7 million) in damage, local media said on Saturday. Typhoon Nangka made landfall in southwestern ...

    • Villar cites aquaculture import 

      Ramos-Araneta, Macon (Manila Standard, February 21, 2020, on page A6)
      With the decreasing fish supply due to overfishing and other environmental causes, Senator Cynthia Villar cited the importance of aquaculture or fish farming to ensure enough supply of fishes on every Filipino table. Villar, ...