Browsing The Philippine Star by Place "Taal Lake"

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    • BFAR says no major fish kill expected this year 

      Visperas, Eva (The Philippine Star, June 5, 2012, on page A-23)
      Saying the situation is more manageable, the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) said no major fish skill is anticipated this year. BFAR director Asis Perez told local journalists here he is confident that the ...

    • DENR urges public to report restaurants selling tawilis 

      Villanueva, Rhodina (The Philippine Star, April 13, 2019, on page 7)
      The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) reminded the public yesterday that the closed fishing season for tawilis is strictly being enforced and will last until April 30. DENR-Calabarzon urged the public ...

    • DENR, BFAR move to protect tawilis 

      Simeon, Louise Maureen; Marcelo, Elizabeth (The Philippine Star, January 27, 2019, on page 12)
      The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) may have failed to fully implement the closed fishing season in Taal Lake that placed tawilis on the list of endangered species. The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic ...

    • Sulfur upwelling triggers fish kill in Taal Lake 

      Ozaeta, Arnell; Valencia, Czeriza (The Philippine Star, January 22, 2014, on page A25)
      Sulfur upwelling in Taal Lake has caused fish kill in four barangays in Talisay, Batangas late last week, according to the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR). Various fish species were found “gasping for ...

    • Taal fish feeding resumes as water quality improves 

      Simeon, Louise Maureen (The Philippine Star, February 9, 2019, on page B5)
      Fish cage operators can now resume feeding their fish stocks in Taal Lake after tests showed improvements in the quality of water. Agriculture Secretary William Dar said tests conducted by the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic ...

    • Taal fisheries recover, can again feed Luzon 

      Bondoc, Jarius (The Philippine Star, March 20, 2020, on page 9)
      Most Mega Manilans do not know that their preferred tasty dark tilapia comes from Taal Lake. Taal tilapia are raised in floating pens, 10 by 10 square meters, five meters deep. Escapees before and during the Taal volcanic ...

    • Tilapia, shrimps safe to eat 

      Simeon, Louise Maureen (The Philippine Star, June 24, 2020, on page 6)
      There is no outbreak of diseases in tilapia and shrimps amid the recent fish mortality cases, the Department of Agriculture (DA) clarified yesterday. The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR), an attached agency ...