A marine pollution alert has been issued following the washing ashore of globules of oil along some of the beaches of Lifou Island, New Caledonia over the past few days. These include Lifou, Ouvea and both Yate and Houailou on the main island’s east coast, RNZ...
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TAGBILARAN CITY, November 22 (PIA) — Brace for a possible spike in the already expensive fish in Bohol. The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) through Regional Director Dr. Allan L. Poquita bared this warning as he shared that the government has...
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PRESIDENT Rodrigo Duterte is open to lifting the moratorium on oil exploration in the disputed West Philippine Sea (South China Sea). Duterte raised the possibility a week after meeting with Chinese Premier Li Keqiang wherein both parties, in a joint statement, said...
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Fishermen in Binangonan town in Rizal province navigate a section of Laguna de Bay filled with water hyacinth. —REM ZAMORA The surge of water hyacinths in Laguna de Bay only shows how “overfertilized” and polluted the water is, a problem that requires a long-term...
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An oil spill, said to have come from a cargo vessel battered by strong winds as Tropical Storm “Salome” was crossing the Bicol region last week, had spread to at least 10 villages here, officials said. Mayor Manuel Fortes Jr. said he would meet with members of the...
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Crew members of M/V DA-BFAR hold up a mackerel-like wahoo [pseudo tangigue] caught in the waters of Benham Rise. It takes Romeo Sarco 36 hours to travel eastward by motorized boat from Infanta, Quezon, where he is based, to Benham Rise, where he has been fishing for...
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A dead orca whale that washed up on the shore of a Scottish isle has been revealed to have the highest concentration of dangerous pollutants ever recorded. Orca Whale (Credits: Wikipedia | Manila Bulletin) Following the dead whale’s discovery in January on a small...
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Infanta, Quezon – Benham Rise may have entered the consciousness of most Filipinos only recently, but to the residents of Dinahican village here, it has long been part of the fisher folk’s lives for nearly four decades now. Romeo Sarco, 59, a boat captain, said it was...
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ILOCOS SUR – A 25-year-old fisherman got wounded in a shark attack while fishing in parts of South China Sea in Barangay Villamar in the town of Caoayan last Saturday. The victim, Benan Reintegrado, was on a motorized banca with his father, and as he tried to catch a...
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Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana said Thursday that a Chinese service ship was seen surveying Benham Rise, a 13-million hectare undersea region and biodiversity hotspot located east of Luzon. “One of the Chinese survey ship is plying the Benham Rise already...
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Beijing is softening its tone in South China Sea disputes, adapting to the American position — freedom of navigation, that is. That’s according to Wang Guoqing, spokesman for the Fifth Session of the 12th National Committee of the Chinese People’s...
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More or less 15,000 fishes died in Aringay, Bacnotan in La Union. Local fishermen’s livelihoods are very much affected because of this incident. According to BFAR, one possible cause of this is the low-level of water that resulted to low-dissolved oxygen which may...
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