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                    [ArticleID] => 703063
                    [Title] => The Taal fishkill: Realizations and recommendations
                    [Summary] => 

Lack of importance given to “small” fishermen.

[DatePublished] => 2011-07-07 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 135735 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1681491 [AuthorName] => Rey Donne S. Papa, Ph.D. [SectionName] => Science and Environment [SectionUrl] => science-and-environment [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 698867 [Title] => Two faces of fishkill [Summary] =>

The recent incident of dead fish floating in Taal Lake in Batangas has certainly aroused the attention of global climate watchers.

[DatePublished] => 2011-06-24 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133715 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1805279 [AuthorName] => Rey Gamboa [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 39794 [Title] => Degradation [Summary] => If you arrive early enough at the Talisay public market in Batangas, you can snap up pla-pla or giant tilapia swimming in wide, shallow sinks filled with water from the lake, at only P75 per kilo. [DatePublished] => 2008-01-21 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133252 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1807094 [AuthorName] => Ana Marie Pamintuan [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 341142 [Title] => Fishkills hit two Batangas towns [Summary] => BATANGAS CITY — An estimated 25 tons of bangus floated dead in fishcages in the Batangas towns of Agoncillo and San Nicolas last Friday morning in what experts said were fishkills due to the "overturn" or "upswelling" of the water.

Evelyn Estigoy, provincial environment and natural resources officer, said the two towns, which lie along Taal Lake, have been experiencing the phenomenon every year, particularly in the months of May, June and December.
[DatePublished] => 2006-06-11 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 341324 [Title] => Fishkills hit two Batangas towns [Summary] => BATANGAS CITY — An estimated 25 tons of bangus floated dead in fishcages in the Batangas towns of Agoncillo and San Nicolas last Friday morning in what experts said were fishkills due to the "overturn" or "upswelling" of the water.

Evelyn Estigoy, provincial environment and natural resources officer, said the two towns, which lie along Taal Lake, have been experiencing the phenomenon every year, particularly in the months of May, June and December.
[DatePublished] => 2006-06-11 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 315313 [Title] => Climate change takes its toll on Taal Lake fish growers [Summary] => Batangas tilapia and bangus growers are bracing themselves for bigger losses due to mounting massive fishkills in Taal Lake resulting from a climate change that has raised the toxic sulfur emission in the lake.

The Department of Agriculture quoted initial reports from the municipal agricultural office of Talisay town as saying that the fishkill in Taal Lake has so far destroyed 720 metric tons of tilapia and bangus stocks valued at P50.4 million.
[DatePublished] => 2006-01-06 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1704647 [AuthorName] => Rocel Felix [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 221471 [Title] => Batangas tilapia breeders fight for survival [Summary] => The tasty Batangas tilapia may soon vanish as the province’s fish breeders are now prohibited from using the Pansipit River for the "conditioning" of tilapia fingerlings.

Tilapia breeding is the main source of livelihood of the people in the towns of Agoncillo, Lemery, Taal and San Nicolas in Batangas. The eight-kilometer Pansipit River flows through these towns before emptying into the sea.
[DatePublished] => 2003-09-21 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1546326 [AuthorName] => Nestor Etolle [SectionName] => Agriculture [SectionUrl] => agriculture [URL] => ) ) )
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