Credit to Author: clopez| Date: Sat, 09 Feb 2019 21:32:56 +0000
“Tawilis,” the world’s only freshwater sardine, is a delicacy once considered the “poor man’s fish” and a household staple in the communities around Taal Lake.
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Credit to Author: lalos| Date: Fri, 01 Feb 2019 21:08:48 +0000
The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) in Batangas province asked fish cage operators in Taal Lake to harvest their tilapia and “bangus” (milkfish) stocks as “sulfur upwelling” in the lake was seen to continue over the next couple of weeks.
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Read moreCredit to Author: lalos| Date: Sat, 26 Jan 2019 23:24:55 +0000
The government is scrambling to save the popular tawilis which was recently declared an endangered species by the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN).
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Read moreCredit to Author: cbibe| Date: Thu, 24 Jan 2019 00:08:02 +0000
The International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) has listed tawilis, the only freshwater sardine in the world, as endangered.
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Read moreCredit to Author: cbibe| Date: Thu, 24 Jan 2019 00:08:02 +0000
The International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) has listed tawilis, the only freshwater sardine in the world, as endangered.
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