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Cannibal crab PH's third most important fishery export
This crab is a cannibal. And the government wants more of them. The Blue Swimming Crabs, also known as Portunuspelagicus, is well known for its cannibalistic habits. It preys on other weak crabs, those with missing appendages ...
- October 23, 2017
Extreme weather hits tilapia output
“The major tilapia producing regions in the Philippines are now experiencing significant impacts from the progressing negative effects of climate change,” according to a report prepared by the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic ...
- March 28, 2017
Regulation on tuna fishing burdensome
While fishing is one of the major industries in the Philippines’ agriculture, fisheries, and forestry sector, its contribution to the economy is still minimal—only 1.7 percent of the gross domestic product. The study ...
- May 8, 2017