Browsing Panay News by Subject "pelagic fish"

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    • Another oarfish found in Antique 

      Philippine News Agency (PNA) (Panay News, August 16, 2015, on page 6)
      A fisherman in Belison town caught another oarfish on Thursday afternoon, the third so far in a span of three weeks. Pablo Crespo found the dying oarfish at a small canal around 1:20 p.m. on the shores of Maradiona, Belison ...

    • Climate change takes toll in Davao Gulf: High temperature prompts fish catch decline 

      PN; Philippine News Agency (PNA) (Panay News, July 1, 2018, on page 13)
      The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) in Region 11 raised concerns on the decreasing fish catch in the Davao Gulf. The decline in the number of catch was seen even BFAR’s implementation of the annual closed ...

    • Conservation of fishery resources 

      PN (Panay News, November 3, 2015, on page 10)
      During the National Summit on Participatory Governance Towards Sustainable Fisheries, Agriculture secretary Proceso Alcala said that the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources budget increased from P3.3 billion in 2010 ...

    • Fish aggregating device‘efficient, sustainable’ 

      Singuay, Mae (Panay News, September 19, 2016, on page 20)
      A city councilor is pushing for the use of fish aggregating devices locally known as payao. Payao is a floating raft anchored by a weighted line with suspended materials such as palm fronds to attract pelagic and schooling ...

    • 'Ninja' sharks seen off Malapascua 

      (Panay News, August 21, 2015, on page 7)
      Scientists spotted endangered and rarely seen "ninja" sharks off Malapascua Island in Cebu. Marine scientists Thomas Grothues, an associate research professor from Rutgers University in the United States, and Simon Oliver ...