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One study in 2000 found that blast fishing earned US$170 million, but caused US$1,640 million in environmental damage. [88]: 2 In some places, increasing environmental awareness and the depletion of fish stocks have resulted in a decrease in blast fishing. [89] Cyanide fishing was thought to be used by perhaps 4,000 individuals as of 2013.
Territorial waters and exclusive economic zone of the Philippines. The Philippines is an archipelagic state whose over 7,000 islands [1] with their large coastal population [2]: 2 are surrounded by waters including 2,263,816 square kilometres (874,064 sq mi) of exclusive economic zone and 679,800 square kilometres (262,500 sq mi) of territorial sea, [3]: 1 of which 184,600 square kilometres ...
The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG; Filipino: Kagawaran ng Interyor at Pamahalaang Lokal) is the executive department of the Philippine government responsible for promoting peace and order, ensuring public safety and strengthening local government capability aimed towards the effective delivery of basic services to the ...
On January 1, 1933, by virtue of General Memorandum Order No. 4 dated December 5, 1932, of the Secretary of Agriculture and Commerce, the Division of Fisheries and Division of Zoology of the Bureau of Science together with the Division of Forest Fauna and Grazing of the Bureau of Forestry were fused into one special division known as the Fish ...
December 2, 1942 [4] October 14, 1943: Secretary of the Interior: Sergio Osmeña [6] Commonwealth (restored) 18 Tomas Confesor: March 8, 1945 July 10, 1945 Secretary of National Defense and the Interior: 19 Alfredo Montelibano, Sr. July 11, 1945 May 27, 1946 Secretaries of the Interior: Manuel Roxas [7] Third Republic: 20 José Zulueta: May 28 ...
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A U.S. judge overseeing an auction of shares in the parent of Venezuela-owned Citgo Petroleum on Monday agreed to reopen a data room to allow potential buyers to prepare new bids, a court document ...
Established in 1921, the market is a major market for fresh fish sourced throughout the seas of Visayas, such as Visayan Sea, Samar Sea, Camotes Sea, and Bohol Strait, among others. [2] The Pasil Fish Port started as a market, which was constructed with light materials and had wooden stalls. It was originally part of Barangay Pasil, thus its name.