Browsing by Subject "Migrations"

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    • 2,400 fishes in RP to be tagged 

      (The Visayan Daily Star, January 17, 2008, on page 13)
      The Department of Agriculture and the Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center are aiming for a number coding of "tagging" of up to 2,400 pieces of small pelagic fishes like galunggong, hasa-hasa and tunsoy in Palawan ...

    • 3-mth Palawan ban up vs galunggong fishing 

      Galvez, James (The Manila Times, November 3, 2015, on page A7)
      The government will implement a 3-month moratorium against fishing round scad (galunggong) in North Eastern Palawan starting mid-November in line with the government’s program for sustainable utilization and management of ...

    • 5-year ludong fish ban pushed 

      Ebreo, Ben Moses (Manila Standard, March 21, 2017, on page C1)
      The imminent extinction of the rare “ludong” fish species, also known as the lobed river mullet, depends on the proactive moves of local government units hosting the fish’s habitats and their support of the fishery sector ...

    • Bird on brink of extinction flies over Apo Reef park 

      Virola, Madonna T. (Philippine Daily Inquirer, August 3, 2018, on page A1-A11)
      One of the world’s critically endangered seabirds, the Christmas Frigatebird, was spotted for the first time at Apo Reef Natural Park (ARNP) in Sablayan town in Occidental Mindoro province, the third record of the species ...

    • Catching of 'Ludong' fry banned in Cagayan 

      (Manila Bulletin, January 7, 2010, on page B-2)
      Poachers are warned not to collect the fry of the extremely rare Ludong fish that will migrate upstream of the Cagayan River this February, Jack Enrile, adviser to his father, Senate President Juan Ponce Enrile, and the ...

    • Climate change affects whales 

      Agence France-Presse (AFP) (Manila Standard, December 3, 2015, on page B7)
      The sight of thousands of whales surfacing, jumping and playing off the coast of South America as they migrate toward their breeding grounds is one of nature’s most majestic displays. But global warming is killing off their ...

    • Climate change may drive fish from equator, studies say 

      NYT (The Philippine Star, June 11, 2015, on page B-7)
      As the climate warms, fish may flee the equator for cooler waters with more oxygen according to a new study in the journal Science. "The oceans are warming up, and the amount of oxygen in the ocean is going down and will ...

    • Climate change worries fishers 

      Tan, Tiffany Anne (Panay News, September 24, 2016, on page 14-15)
      Small fishers in Negros Occidental have expressed concern over climate change. It forces fishes to migrate, thereby affecting their catch, said Abcede Jardinico, chairman of the Negros Occidental Small Fishers Alliance ...

    • DA plans ban on catching ‘galunggong’ in Palawan 

      Benaning, Marvyn N. (BusinessMirror, March 26, 2013, on page B3)
      The Philippines may soon be self-sufficient in round scad or galunggong, but it must be prepared to accept a ban on catching the so-called poor man’s food this year, the Department of Agriculture (DA) said on Monday. In a ...

    • DA, SEAFDEC to implement tagging of fishes 

      (The Philippine Star, January 14, 2008, on page B-6)
      The Department of Agriculture (DA) and the Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center (SEAFDEC) plan to implement a number coding or tagging of up to 2,400 pieces of small pelagic fishes like galunggong, hasa-hasa and ...

    • DENR chief pushes for int'l collab on wetlands conservation 

      Philippine News Agency (PNA); PN (Panay News, October 13, 2019, on page 5)
      Participants from various countries visited the Negros Occidental Coastal Wetlands Conservation Area (NOCWCA) – the seventh Ramsar site of the Philippines located in southern Negros – as part of the 2nd East Asian-Australasian ...

    • DENR cites LGU efforts on 'butanding' preservation 

      (Malaya, November 6, 2017, on page A2)
      The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) has cited the country’s gains in protecting the whale shark or butanding, calling the local conservation effort a significant model worth emulating. During the ...

    • Diverse marine life found in 2016 Benham Rise expedition 

      (Manila Standard, June 9, 2016, on page C1)
      Since the United Nations' Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf recognized Benham Rise as the Philippines's newest territory in 2012, our country's territory has increased to 43 million hectares from 30 million ...

    • Extreme weather hits tilapia output 

      Icamina, Paul (Malaya, March 28, 2017, on page A2)
      “The major tilapia producing regions in the Philippines are now experiencing significant impacts from the progressing negative effects of climate change,” according to a report prepared by the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic ...

    • Fish tagging program starts 

      (BusinessWorld, January 16, 2008, on page S1/3)
      Up to 2,400 species of small pelagic fishes like galunggong, tunsoy, tawiles,hasa-hasa, and matangbaka in the waters of Palawan and Manila Bay are targeted for tagging and coding under a joint research program that will ...

    • For global water crisis, climate may be the last straw 

      Hood, Marlowe (Manila Standard, February 15, 2018, on page A5)
      Before man-made climate change kicked in—and well before "Day Zero" in Cape Town, where taps may run dry in early May—the global water crisis was upon us. Freshwater resources were already badly stressed before heat-trapping ...

    • Homecoming 

      (Philippine Daily Inquirer, June 5, 2015, on page A14)
      Whale sharks, the biggest fish in the world, have returned to Donsol, a town in Sorsogon province that the so-called gentle giants have made famous. According to the conservation group World Wildlife Fund (WWF), sightings ...

    • Humpback whales move north; warm oceans may be the cause 

      Bloomberg News (BusinessMirror, September 27, 2020, on page A4)
      Humpback whales are steadily moving north, and warmer seas and melting ice may be the reason. The whales, which move between the Antarctic and the southern tips of three continents, will be the focus of a six-year, $5-million ...

    • Injured dolphins land on Lingayen Gulf shores 

      Cardinoza, Gabriel (Philippine Daily Inquirer, January 28, 2015, on page A16)
      At least 17 injured bottlenose dolphins have been found beached in the last two days in the coastal areas of the Lingayen Gulf stretching from Alaminos City in Pangasinan province to Aringay town in La Union province. ...

    • It's shark week, guys! 

      Wang, Nickie (Manila Standard, June 27, 2016, on page C5)
      The sharks are back and will stay for a week starting today. Shark Week holds a week-long of exciting shows. Premiering at 8 tonight is The Return of the Monster Mako, which centers on the transformation of giant mako ...