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Prawn farming can be friendly with more rules
The country's prawn industry would never be sustainable unless more environment-friendly regulations are put in place. "To achieve long term sustainability, the shrimp industry must seriously consider its effects on the ...
- November 6, 1994
WWF report: Chemical contamination in the high seas threatens ocean mammals
Chemical contamination is linked to disease, reproductive failure and sporadic die-offs among the world's whales, dolphins and porpoises, according to a recent report from the World Wildlife Fund. "Synthetic chemicals are ...
- December 16, 1999
Iloilo
Three elementary pupils and six high school students from five Iloilo towns won prizes in quiz, design, and essay contest conducted during the recent Aquaculture Week sponsored by a Southeast Asian center based in Tigbauan town.
- July 25, 1999
Tilapia project for rebel returnees
A tilapia production project is now being implemented in the San Julian dam in Tapaz, Capiz, for the benefit of local residents, particularly rebel-returnees. The project is a collaborative undertaking of the Tapaz municipal ...
- December 19, 1999
Capiz
The San Julian irrigation dam in Tapaz town has been chosen as a demonstration center for technologies on cage culture of tilapia and other freshwater fish under a project to be undertaken by three government and nongovernment ...
- June 13, 1999
Fish health network set up
A Southeast Asian center based here and two Philippine government agencies have joined hands to organize a national network for aquatic animal health. The network has been worked on by the Southeast Asian Fisheries Development ...
- August 25, 1996
Iloilo
A Technology Promotion Center (TPC) for Western Visayas will be established. This is stipulated in a memorandum of agreement signed among the Land Bank of the Philippines (LBP), University of the Philippines in the Visayas ...
- May 2, 1999
Six receive DOST-PCAMRD centennial awards
Six academic and research and development (RAD) institutions and private corporation received centennial awards for Los Baños-based research council of the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) when it celebrated its ...
- February 1, 1998
Reaping the gifts of the sea
Our meeting today deals with one of the most basic concerns of Filipino life. Fish is the main source of protein for the Filipino people, with each Filipino consuming 40 kilograms of fish every year. I have learned that ...
- May 4, 1995
'Hito' can now be bred in captivity
Those fearing the extinction of the luscious catfish (hito) need not worry anymore. This popular fish, scientifically named Clarias macrocephalus, can now be induced to spawn in captivity. A scientific technique for this ...
- February 12, 1999