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Algae scourge triggers hunt for culprit
For five years now, between the months of June and August, an iridescent tangle of green algae has been showing up in the shallow waters off Macajalar Bay, 30 kilometers west of Cagayan de Oro City. At first, residents of ...
- September 20, 1999
Diving in Moalboal
Diving sites have to meet a number of practical requirements. On top of list is the weather. You can can only dive during nice weather. For this reason, tropical countries score very high.
- August 23, 1996
Aquaculture information slated in Iloilo
The Aquaculture Department (AQD), one of the four technical departments of the Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center (SEAFDEC), will hold a seminar workshop on November 19-20 titled "Media networking for aquaculture ...
- November 3, 1998
Seafdec receives two awards
The Aquaculture Department of the Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center (Seafdec/AQD) swept the 1996 Dr. Elvira O. Tan Memorial Award for both aquaculture and marine fisheries category. AQD researchers Teresa R. de ...
- July 29, 1996
Studies raise hope amid declining fish catch
Meanwhile, Dan Baliao of the Iloilo-based Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center said recent studies in milkfish fry production showed an encouraging 95.5% to 99% survival rates in brackish water ponds for a culture ...
- March 18, 1998
Ecological time bomb ticks at Macajalar Bay ... everyone in the area points to everyone else as the culprit
A palpable gloom hangs over this coastal community in Northern Mindanao, where a murky green growth in the waters has been an unwelcome annual visitor since 1994. Smelly and ever-spreading, the green blight that appears ...
- September 21, 1999
Demand remains high: Gain from growing grouper
The lapu-lapu or grouper is a high-value marine fin fish that is abundant in the country. This fish has 40 different varieties and it accounts for about 2% of annual Philippine fish catch. According to the Southeast Asian ...
- February 9, 1998
New shrimp fry out
After launching its B-Meg shrimp feeds last year, San Miguel Food, Inc. (SMFI) is giving the prawn industry another boost with the HIGH-B100 high-health shrimp fry. The product of 11 years of research, SMFI's HIGH-B100 ...
- February 3, 1996
No to intensive 'bangus' production
Milkfish culture may go on the way of the once lucrative prawn industry if its practitioners ignore what environmentalists are saying. Filipino milkfish farmers who practice the shallow water culture tend to favor Taiwan's ...
- March 28, 1996