Browsing The Philippine Star by Subject "marine molluscs"

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    • Breakthrough in abalone research achieved 

      Fernandez, Rudy A. (The Philippine Star, August 18, 2002, on page B-5)
      Abalone, a marine mollusk, can withstand prolonged food deprivation without ill-effect of its growth. This was found in a study done by Armando Fermin, a scientist of the government-hosted Southeast Asian Fisheries Development ...

    • 'China's clam harvesting violates Phl sovereignty' 

      Lee-Brago, Pia; Romero, Alexis; Punay, Edu; Laude, Jaime (The Philippine Star, April 17, 2019, on page 1-10)
      Malacañang yesterday described as an “affront” to Philippine territory and sovereignty the harvesting of giant clams in Panatag (Scarborough) Shoal by Chinese ships as the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) announced it ...

    • Iloilo 

      Fernandez, Rudy A. (The Philippine Star, July 23, 2000, on page 16)
      The kapiz industry, once a thriving activity in western Iloilo's coastal towns, is now being revived. The effort is being spearheaded by the Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center Aquaculture Department (SEAFDEC AQD) ...

    • Kapis shell industry being revived 

      Fernandez, Rudy A. (The Philippine Star, July 31, 2000, on page B-5)
      Kapis is known scientifically as Placuna placenta and locally as "lampirong." It is a bivalve mollusk with translucent shells and a very small body. The only source of this shell is wild stocks that used to abound in some ...

    • Kapiz shell industry being revived 

      Fernandez, Rudy A. (The Philippine Star, July 7, 2002, on page B-4)
      The country's kapiz (window pane oyster) shell industry, which dwindled to near extinction in recent years owing to overexploitation of this mollusk, is well on its way to being revived. Spearheading the move is the ...

    • New method doubles production of abalone 

      (The Philippine Star, March 3, 2002, on page 25)
      Production of abalone juveniles in the country can now be doubled. This has been made possible through the seed production technique refined by the government-hosted Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center Aquaculture ...

    • Project to enhance abalone stock in on 

      Fernandez, Rudy A. (The Philippine Star, October 6, 2002, on page 1)
      An abalone stock enhancement program is now being undertaken at the Sagay Marine Reserve (SMR) in Sagay, Negros Occidental. Abalone is one of the most expensive marine mollusks, available in fresh, frozen, canned, or dried ...

    • SC to nat'l gov't: Protect WPS marine environment 

      Macairan, Evelyn (The Philippine Star, May 4, 2019, on page 1-8)
      Supreme Court (SC) has granted a petition of fishermen and a group of lawyers for the issuance of a Writ of Kalikasan directing the government to actively protect the West Philippine Sea and stop the degradation of itd ...

    • A snail's tale, by Dr. Lourdes Cruz 

      Carpio, Audrey N. (The Philippine Star, March 14, 2010, on page K-4-K-3)
      Professor Lourdes J. Cruz of the Marine Science Institute of UP Diliman was recently awarded the prestigious "For Women In Science" award in Paris, France along with four other female scientist from around the world. Her ...