Japan sushi boss pays $117,000 for threatened tuna
A Japanese sushi boss paid more than $117,000 Tuesday for a giant bluefin tuna as Tokyo's Tsukiji fish market held its last New Year auction ahead of a much-needed modernization move. The post Japan...
View ArticleFishermen driven from West PH Sea want jobs
IBA, Zambales—Fishermen displaced by the territorial dispute in the West Philippine Sea asked Agriculture Secretary Proceso Alcala to put up artificial reefs now that they were forced to abandon their...
View ArticleHouse ratifies bill punishing large-scale agri smuggling as economic sabotage
The House of Representatives has ratified a bill making large-scale agricultural smuggling as an act of economic sabotage subject to harsher penalties in a bid to end the influx of rice, sugar, onions,...
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Fish growers lose as Pangasinan ponds dry up
The El Niño phenomenon is now beginning to dry up fish ponds in Pangasinan province, incurring losses to fish farmers, a provincial agriculture official said on Friday. The post Fish growers lose as...
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Rare, deep-sea dwelling fish caught in Antique
Julie Miranda was fishing in Barangay Indalog here on Thursday when he saw a shark chasing a big fish., Inquirer Visayas The post Rare, deep-sea dwelling fish caught in Antique appeared first on...
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A place to forget the rest of the world
BY THE USUAL tourist’s standard, Cape San Agustin may well be considered off-the-beaten track. Only a few people know that such rugged beauty exists, and what used to be the pot-holed 60-kilometer...
View ArticleFish sanctuary offers food for generations
LYDIA Cantos will not allow anyone to do away with the law, especially that related to fisheries. “I love this job. The sea employed my father and my brothers. It literally nurtured us. Imagine rice on...
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With ‘reefs,’ fish return to Lamon Bay
ISHERMAN Godie Romualdo still remembers the days when fish had gone scarce in the Lamon Bay off his town of Atimonan in northern Quezon province. “My catch was barely enough to feed my family,” he...
View Article80-year-old Tokyo fish market holds final New Year auction
It's among the biggest of Japan's many New Year holiday rituals: Early on Tuesday, a huge, glistening tuna was auctioned for about 14 million Japanese yen ($118,000) at Tokyo's 80-year-old Tsukiji...
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China to PH fishers: ‘Filipino, go!’
“Filipino, go!” Those two words continue to ring loud in fisherman Romulo Ferrer’s ears, coming from a Chinese coast guard vessel that threateningly approached the fishing boat that Ferrer and seven...
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Pangasinan townsfolk oppose fish hatchery plan
BOLINAO, Pangasinan—Long stretches of white sand beaches are found in Bolinao on the western tip of Pangasinan province—reasons compelling enough for residents to fight a proposal to put up a fish...
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Street dancing opens Bangus Festival in Dagupan
DAGUPAN CITY—A bangus (milkfish) harvest dance called “Gilon! Gilon!” performed by hundreds of dancers, opened on Friday the monthlong Bangus Festival here. The post Street dancing opens Bangus...
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‘Gloria’ invasion hurting milkfish growers
A species of tilapia named after former President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo for being a smaller version of the ordinary tilapia is invading fishponds in Pangasinan province, prompting bangus (milkfish)...
View ArticleFishers come home to PH, narrate abuses in Malaysia
Three Filipino fishermen, who were held on May 9 by the Malaysian Navy, urged the Philippine government to sue the people who assaulted them while they were being detained. The post Fishers come home...
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China harassment of PH fishers stops, but occupation continues
Filipino fishermen venturing out to the Scarborough Shoal, a rich fishing ground some 200 kilometers from the coast of the province, are enjoying a respite from Chinese coast guard harassment, but the...
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3 ways to save Nemo and Dory
Sure, Finding Nemo was an awesome movie, inspiring a generation of people to love clownfish, now colloquially called Nemos. Its intended message was to keep fish in the sea, where they belong. The...
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Sea bass tapped to stop fish invading ‘bangus’ ponds
DAGUPAN CITY—Government marine experts released 5,000 sea bass fingerlings on Friday into the Watac-Mamalingling River here in an effort to control the growing population of a species of tilapia,...
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Dagupan City’s rivers are cleaner, thanks to campaign vs fish pens
An aggressive campaign on illegal fish pens has prevented the release of about 1.8 metric tons of commercial feed to the city’s rivers in the last three years, city agriculturist Emma Molina said on...
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Japan skating rink slammed for freezing 5,000 fish
A Japanese skating rink that froze 5,000 dead fish into the ice as an attraction for visitors has been forced to close after receiving a barrage of criticism. The post Japan skating rink slammed for...
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Tilapia growing in Lake Sebu stopped after fish kill
Officials of Lake Sebu town in South Cotabato province have imposed a three-year ban on tilapia cultivation in Lake Sebu after another fish kill last week laid to waste some 7,000 kilograms of...
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