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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
Benham Rise: Wealth under the sea
There is wealth out there, for the taking. But diving is daunting, starting at 15 meters deep.
In 2011, the Philippines acquired Benham Rise, a "massive" area east of Luzon. "We have access to resources in an area bigger ...
- July 29, 2015
Top performer fisheries play second fiddle
Vietnam is looking forward to earning $12 billion from fisheries by 2020 while the Philippines currently earns just $500 million. “Something is wrong,” said marine scientist Rafael Guerrero at a regional scientific conference ...
- May 25, 2017
EU bans uncertified RP tuna
The Philippine is losing millions of dollars in potential revenue because its marine products are off limits to European consumers. Since January 1, the European Union (EU) imposed a mandatory scheme that allows only seafood ...
- January 26, 2010