Browsing by Subject "By catch"

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    • An encounter with ‘Toothless’ in Albay 

      Mier, Ma. April (Philippine Daily Inquirer, March 12, 2015, on page A16)
      The public viewing of Toothless, the rare megamouth shark (Megachasma pelagios), was officially launched on March 3, in time with the celebration of World Wildlife Day. The preserved 15-foot male shark was put on display ...

    • Fisherman rescues another endangered sea turtle 

      Masculino, Glazyl Y. (DailyGuardian, August 21, 2019, on page 6-14)
      A fisherman in Valladolid town rescued another Hawksbill sea turtle in the waters of Barangay Bagumbayan last Monday. Mark Cabrillos, staff from the Municipal Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office (Mdrrmo), said ...

    • Fisherman rescues trapped in fishing net 

      Masculino, Glazyl Y. (DailyGuardian, August 17, 2019, on page 3)
      A fisherman rescued a hawksbill sea turtle trapped in a fishing net in the waters of Barangay Central Tabao, Valladolid, Negros Occidental Thursday. Melvin Trayco was on board his fishing boat when he saw the turtle tangled ...

    • 'Giant' Arevalo stingray trapped 

      Sologastoa, Glenda (Panay News, January 6, 2016, on page 5)
      A huge stingray got trapped in a fisherman's fishnet in the coastal barangay of Calaparan, Arevalo district. By the time the stingray was found over the weekend, it was already dead. The stingray weighed almost 200 kilos. ...

    • Healthy bay? count the turtles 

      Mallari, Delfin T. Jr. (Philippine Daily Inquirer, February 28, 2017, on page A17)
      The annual spectacle “is a manifestation of our commitment to the protection and rehabilitation of the bay,” said Edwin Frias, 46, a fisherman and Bantay Dagat (fish warden) from the village of Bignay II. Frias and other ...

    • Leatherback turtle fished out from Ragay 

      Barcia, Rhaydz (The Manila Times, November 23, 2018, on page A7)
      A big leatherback sea turtle weighing 500 kilograms was fished out by local fisherman from the waters of Ragay Gulf in Bicol on Thursday. Nonie Enolva, regional spokesman for Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources, said ...

    • 'Lets talk about illegal fishing' 

      (Panay News, August 20, 2016, on page 3)
      The provincial government here was hoping to speak with its counterpart in Negros Occidental to come up with a solution to illegal fishing. Illegal fishing is rampant in the part of Guimaras facing Negros Island Region, ...

    • Loggerhead sea turtle trapped in fishing net 

      Masculino, Glazyl Y. (DailyGuardian, August 1, 2019, on page 3)
      Two fishermen discovered a loggerhead sea turtle trapped in their fishing net at the waters of Barangay Tabao Proper in Valladolid, Negros Occidental early Wednesday. Police Captain Joseth Catonina, town police chief, said ...

    • Lute turtle rescued in Culasi, hawksbill in Guimaras Island 

      Department of Science and Technology (DOST)-Region VI; ASCC; LR; MCM (DailyGuardian, September 18, 2020, on page 10-11)
      For hundreds of years, marine turtles lived in the vast oceans, but they coexist with humans in many countries and shores each time they visit land. The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) had reported ...

    • Lute turtle rescued in Culasi, hawksbill in Guimaras Island 

      Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR); PN (Panay News, September 19, 2020, on page 15)
      FOR hundreds of years, marine turtles lived in the vast oceans but they coexist with humans in many countries and shores each time they visit land. The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) had reported ...

    • Lute turtle rescued in Culasi, hawksbill on Guimaras Island 

      (BusinessMirror, September 20, 2020, on page A7)
      For hundreds of years, marine turtles lived in the vast oceans and they coexist with humans in many countries and shores each time they visit land. The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) had reported ...

    • Mangroves, fishponds, and the quest for sustainability 

      Primavera, Jurgenne H. (The Philippine Star, July 26, 2007, on page B-6-B-7)
      Aquaculture ranks as a phenomenal success story in global food production. In 1975, when I joined the SEAFDEC/AQD, aquaculture contributed 8% to the overall yield of the world's fish harvest; now it provides more than ...

    • Olive ridley sea turtle rescued from fish net 

      PN; Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR)-Region VI (Panay News, May 6, 2020, on page 9-11)
      A fisherman rescued a female Olive ridley sea turtle trapped in the fishnet while fishing in the waters of Bucay, Ilog, Negros Occidental at around 7:30 a.m., recently. Federico Alilain, a resident from Sitio Mapait, Brgy. ...

    • One of rarest sharks caught 

      Luces, Niño N. (Manila Bulletin, January 30, 2015, on page 18)
      One of the extremely rare species of deepwater sharks was accidentally captured by a fisherman in Albay, early morning on Wednesday. Edgar Chavez, a fisherman from Barangay Marigondon, Pioduran, Albay, caught the megamouth ...

    • 'Pawikan' released back to sea 

      PN (Panay News, February 19, 2014, on page 2-14)
      A green sea turtle accidentally caught by a fisherman here was released back to the sea. Regional Executive Director Jim Sampulna of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) Region 6 led the releasing, ...

    • PH fisheries code need amendments 

      Calvan, Dennis F. (The Manila Times, January 27, 2015, on page B8)
      In June 2014, the European Union (EU) slapped a “yellow card” warning to the Philippines because of the latter’s response to “illegal, unreported and unregulated” fishing. The EU warned that if the Philippines continue to ...

    • Plenty of fish in the sea? maybe not, says study 

      (Manila Bulletin, January 21, 2016, on page B-8)
      About 109 million tonnes of fish were caught in 2010 — 30 percent higher than the 77 million tonnes reported to the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), according to the study. This meant that about 32 million ...

    • Plenty of fish in the sea? maybe not, says study 

      (BusinessWorld, January 21, 2016, on page S1/5)
      The global fisheries catch has been underestimated by more than half since 1950, with tens of millions of tonnes unreported every year, said a study yesterday, warning that stocks may be running low. About 109 million ...

    • Rare shark found in Albay's Burias Pass 

      Barcia, Rhaydz B. (The Manila Times, January 30, 2015, on page A6)
      A fisherman had the surprise of his life when he fished out a lifeless but very rare 15-foot deepwater megamouth shark (Megachasma pelagios) in Burias Pass on Wednesday. Nonie Enolva, marine fisheries resources management ...

    • RP to use circle hooks for longline fishing 

      Sy, Marvin (The Philippine Star, January 21, 2010, on page A-18)
      The Philippine government will soon implement the mainstream use of circle hooks for longline fishing operations to reduce sea turtle bycatch. President Arroyo announced the new policy during her speech at the Coral Triangle ...