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                    [ArticleID] => 1411532
                    [Title] => American students learn from Filipino aquaculture experts
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A group of American students are currently in the country to study  the Filipinos’ success in fisheries.

[DatePublished] => 2015-01-11 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1096897 [AuthorName] => Eva Visperas [SectionName] => Agriculture [SectionUrl] => agriculture [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1384480 [Title] => BFAR opens shrimp school [Summary] =>

The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) here is set to open soon its shrimp school, the first in the country, that aims to empower interested students to become experts in the new technologies on shrimp farming.

[DatePublished] => 2014-10-26 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1096897 [AuthorName] => Eva Visperas [SectionName] => Agriculture [SectionUrl] => agriculture [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1353149 [Title] => Commercial production of sea cucumbers now possible [Summary] =>

They are over exploited in the wild due to high demand from consumers for their reported medical, pharmaceutical, gastronomical and commercial use.

[DatePublished] => 2014-08-03 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1096897 [AuthorName] => Eva Visperas [SectionName] => Agriculture [SectionUrl] => agriculture [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1323871 [Title] => Low dissolved oxygen threatens bangus in 2 P’sinan towns [Summary] =>

The chief of the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) in Dagupan City has advised fishpond owners in the coastal towns of Anda and Bolinao to harvest their bangus (milkfish) early to prevent losses due to low dissolved oxygen based on the agency’s monitoring.

[DatePublished] => 2014-05-17 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1096897 [AuthorName] => Eva Visperas [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1281494 [Title] => Cold weather affects fish, too, says fisheries expert [Summary] =>

The prevailing cold weather affects not only humans but fish, too, like the bangus (milkfish) and tilapia, as it stops their spawning, slows down their growth, and makes them susceptible to diseases.

[DatePublished] => 2014-01-22 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1096897 [AuthorName] => Eva Visperas [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1241490 [Title] => BFAR treats wounded striped dolphin [Summary] =>

A wounded striped dolphin (Stenella coeruleoalba) was found at the provincial capitol beachfront in Lingayen, Pangasinan yesterday morning.

[DatePublished] => 2013-10-05 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 941015 [Title] => BFAR promotes use of aerators to increase shrimp production [Summary] =>

The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources(BFAR) is introducing a mechanized aquaculture system that would increase production of shrimps by as much five times using a especially-designed aerator.

[DatePublished] => 2013-05-12 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1096897 [AuthorName] => Eva Visperas [SectionName] => Agriculture [SectionUrl] => agriculture [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 922938 [Title] => 2 dolphins, sea turtle found dead [Summary] =>

Two dolphins and a sea turtle were found dead in this capital town’s coastal waters yesterday.

[DatePublished] => 2013-03-23 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1096897 [AuthorName] => Eva Visperas [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 898109 [Title] => Fishpond owner raises rare blue, black ‘bangus’ [Summary] =>

Rare species of black and blue bangus (milkfish) are being raised in a fishpond in Barangay Bonuan Gueset here.

[DatePublished] => 2013-01-18 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1096897 [AuthorName] => Eva Visperas [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) [9] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 832471 [Title] => Golden bangus dies due to stress, low oxygen [Summary] =>

The golden bangus (milkfish) here which had attracted many curious onlookers is dead presumably due to stress and low dissolved oxygen. 

[DatePublished] => 2012-07-29 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1096897 [AuthorName] => Eva Visperas [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) ) )
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