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    • Pollution alarms Panay prawn growers 

      Philippine News Agency (PNA) (Malaya, March 24, 1992, on page 10)
      A group of prawn growers here, alarmed over the mass death of prawns worth million of pesos reportedly due to prawn virus, water pollution, and chemicals has asked the Department of Public Works and Highways and the ...
    • Prawn industry faces threat from Taiwan 

      Tangbawan, Romy (Malaya, March 22, 1988, on page 10)
      In its desire to become the world's top prawn producer, the Philippines may yet end up holding an empty bag because of problems faced by the Taiwanese, a source of tiger prawn fry for this country. In a report to the ...
    • Raising prawns for export 

      Velasco, Marietta (Malaya, October 7, 1985, on page 1)
      Why are big business names like Soriano, Ortigas, Roxas, Villareal engaged in intensive prawn culture? It's a big business, that's why. There is a big demand for sugpo or lucon, not only in the local market but in ...
    • Savants warn against prawn farm overstocking 

      Diola, Rodney (Malaya, April 12, 1988, on page 11)
      Prawn growers in the country who overstock their farms to ensure a bountiful harvest might unwittingly be courting economic disaster, a top fishery official said over the weekend. Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources ...
    • Shrimp industry leaves Iloilo fisherfolk poor 

      Girao, Viju Jess (Malaya, May 19, 1992, on page 7)
      Remigio Cahilig, 50, laments that he may have to give up fishing. Cahilig is one of this town's remaining 300 fishermen. Tigbauan used to be a thriving fishing community but what remains of it today are just specks of ...
    • Shrimp species for export bred 

      (Malaya, September 17, 1989, on page 11)
      Researchers at the Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center (Seafdec) in Iloilo have successfully bred another shrimp species which may yet replace the tiger prawn (sugpo) that local producers are exporting. Popularly ...