Browsing Manila Bulletin by Subject "salinity"

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    • As seas rise, saltwater plants offer hope farms will survive 

      (Manila Bulletin, June 16, 2015, on page B-8)
      On a sun-scorched wasteland near India’s southern tip, an unlikely garden filled with spiky shrubs and spindly greens is growing, seemingly against all odds. The plants are living on saltwater, coping with drought and ...

    • Dagupan threatened by fish kill 

      Iñigo, Liezle Basa (Manila Bulletin, January 24, 2016, on page 18)
      The river's marine products are threaten by a high level of phosphate and the city mayor is now addressing the possible wide destruction that may cause more death on fishes. Earlier, Felicidad Salazar Visser called the ...

    • New mussel species seen to help revolutionize PH shellfish industry 

      Riñoza, Jojo (Manila Bulletin, July 23, 2015, on page B-8)
      A new species of mussel or tahong found recently by fishery experts in Calmay River can potentially boost the shellfish farming industry in the country. Westly Rosario, director of the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic ...

    • Shellfish ban up in Eastern Visayas bays due to red tide 

      Philippine News Agency (PNA) (Manila Bulletin, November 15, 2018, on page B-7)
      The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) imposed a shellfish ban in two bays in Eastern Visayas due to the recurrence of red tide.Just last week, BFAR found the red tide algal bloom in Cancabato Bay in Leyte ...

    • Weather transition causes fish kill in Dagupan 

      Rinoza, Jojo (Manila Bulletin, May 24, 2017, on page 7)
      An aquaculture specialist has warned “bangus” growers in the city to monitor the water in their fishponds, noting how some have already suffered “gataw” – an event when the milkfish surfaces to gasp for air – or, worse, a ...