GEORGE TOWN: Groupers such as the Tiger Dragon may not make it to dining tables this Chinese New Year as fish farmers are racing against time to raise and harvest them.
From the water and put in a box, ok, it was a nice comfy box, but put in a box and then put on a seaplane and put on a jumbo jet and then in the back of a van, you know, it s a very stressful process. and as he s had amputations, there are potentially some problems with his joints we could see over the years. so that was always a problem. would we exacerbate these potential injuries with the journey? as it turns out, he s had some x rays since he s been back in plymouth and so far, so good. he looks ok. he certainly hasn t lost his appetite. with his quarantine period over, the time has come to release heidi into his new home the national marine aquarium s second largest tank, where he ll have to get used to having company. there s a lot of big fish in there, a lot of stingrays, groupers, and he s spent the last four and a half years sat in a little tank in a rehabilitation centre, so he s not used to seeing all these other animals. so he will get used to it, but it might take him a
(File photo) MANILA - The recorded inflation for fish and other seafood commodities has decreased from 9.2 percent in July to 7.2 percent in August 2022 based on the recent data released by the Philippine Statistics Authority. The same report has indicated an ease in national food inflation to 6.5 percent in August from the previous month's 7.1 percent. Inflation in the bottom 30 percent income households has likewise slowed from 6.1 percent in July to 5.7 percent in the following month. In this demographic, the inflation for fish and other seafood commodities has also decreased from 8.4 percent to 5.5 percent during the said months. Among the factors attributed to its decline is the decrease in the prices of oil, a commodity which the fisheries sector, especially capture fisheries, is generally dependent on. With the prices of oil gradually decreasing, more fishers were able to venture out to the sea to fish. The Department of Agriculture-Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources