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More civilian focus, less military, in South China Sea would ease fears: Chinese paper
China should put more focus on building civilian facilities on islands in the South China Sea and less emphasis on the military to better sooth regional fears about China's intentions, an influential state-run paper said ...
- November 22, 2018
Pollution alarms Panay prawn growers
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 ...
- March 24, 1992
Why abalone
Abalone is a single-shell, herbivorous and nocturnal marine mollusk that thrives under rocks and corals at depths from less than 5 meters to 20 meters. It is unique among shellfish as it is called "sobra-sobra" because the ...
- November 18, 2011
Govt looks for typhoon-free sites for food production
The Department of Agriculture (DA) yesterday said that it plans to look for relatively typhoon-free sites to be developed as new food production areas following Nina's extensive damage to agriculture last month. Agriculture ...
- January 5, 2017
Globe leads awareness campaign on Marine Biodiversity Conservation
Following its recent rehabilitation efforts in Boracay, Globe Telecom led an awareness campaign on Marine Biodiversity Conservation in Siargao Island, Surigao del Norte which is dubbed as the surfing mecca of the Philippines. ...
- January 3, 2019
Landbank, BFAR tie up for mariculture parks
The Land Bank of the Philippines (Landbank) recently signed a memorandum of agreement with the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) for the promotion of mariculture parks in the country. This tie up its congruent ...
- March 22, 2010
Red tide in Davao Oriental, Pangasinan towns
The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) has raised red tide warnings in the coastal waters of Baliet Bay in Mati, Davao Oriental and in Bolinao and Anda towns in Pangasinan after shellfish in the area tested ...
- April 15, 2015
What's going on in Benham Rise?
The decision of the Duterte government to allow Chinese scientists to do research in Benham Rise, renamed Philippine Rise, a 13-million-hectare undersea region off the provinces of Isabela and Aurora has generated heated ...
- January 29, 2018
DA disperes 130,00 fish fingerlings in Caraga
To increase livelihood opportunities and income of fishers in Mainit, Surigao del Norte, the Department of Agriculture and the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources in Caraga have dispersed 60,00 bangus and 70,00 carp ...
- January 17, 2018
RP scientist named Pew Fellow
A witness to the destruction of mangroves in her native Philippines, Jurgenne Honculada Primavera has won the world's most prestigious award in marine conservation and will use it to protect this essential habitat. As one ...
- February 10, 2005