Browsing by Subject "dolphins"

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    • 4th dead dolphin found in Negros town 

      Masculino, Grazyl (Manila Bulletin, September 16, 2019, on page 6)
      The decomposing carcass of a dolphin was found floating on the waters of Barangay Patic, Pulupandan, Negros Occidental last Wednesday, September 11. It was the fourth dead dolphin that got stranded in Bago- Pulupandan ...

    • Another dolphin, sea turtle found dead in Panay 

      Tayona, Glenda (Panay News, January 26, 2022, on page 9)
      Another dolphin and a sea turtle were found dead in Panay town here recently. The dead dolphin was found in Barangay Butacal, Panay on Jan. 23, 2022 by residents Daniel Alaban Jr. and Ryan Binondo. This was eventually ...

    • Beach dolphin in Pangasinan sent back to sea 

      Cardinoza, Gabriel (The Manila Times, September 23, 2023, on page A7)
      Members of the local Bantay Dagat here released a Fraser’s dolphin to the open sea after it beached on the shore of Barangay Libsong East here on Friday. The dolphin, which is about one meter long, was first seen swimming ...

    • Blast fishing blamed for dolphin stranding 

      Sotelo, Yolanda (Philippine Daily Inquirer, December 7, 2022, on page A10)
      Five adult dolphins washed ashore in different towns in Ilocos Sur province on Sunday and Monday, but three of them died, and marine mammal experts were pointing to blast fishing as the possible cause of the mass stranding. ...

    • Dead dolphin, turtle washed ashore 

      Yap, Tara (Manila Bulletin, January 27, 2022, on page 5)
      A dead dolphin and a dead turtle have recently washed ashore in Panay town, Capiz province. The Capiz Provincial Environment and Resources Office (Capiz PENRO) reported that the dolphin shoreline of Butacal and Navitas ...

    • Dolphin found dead in Sagay's carbin reef 

      Masculino, Glazyl (DailyGuardian, July 4, 2023, on page 2)
      A bottlenose dolphin was found dead near the Carbin Reef in Sagay Marine Reserve, Sagay City, Negros Occidental yesterday. According to Jose Roberto Togle, head of the Resource Management Section of Sagay City Environment ...

    • Dolphin found for the first time in President Roxas, but already dead 

      Tayona, Glenda (Panay News, January 14, 2022, on page 9-15)
      For the first time, a dolphin was seen in the seawater of President Roxas in this province on Jan. 12. Unfortunately, it was already dead. According to Eunice Posadas, a town resident, the dolphin was found entangled in a ...

    • Dolphin rescued in Boracay 

      Department of Environment and Natural Resources (Panay News, February 7, 2023, on page 4-11)
      A stranded sub-adult male Spinner dolphin (Stenella longirostis) was rescued in the waters of Barangay Yapak here. The marine mammal measured about 1.7 meters in length and weighed around 40 kilograms.

    • Dolphins and whales doomed by Dumaguete reclamation 

      Napkil, Lisa G. (The Philippine Star, July 17, 2021, on page C3)
      At least 13 species of whales and dolphins — or half of its Philippine population — will be doomed by the heartless reclamation of land along the entire length of Dumaguete City’s beachfront. The extremely rare pygmy blue ...

    • Int'l dolphin day: Protect our Irrawaddy Dolphins 

      Mangrove Matters PH; Earth Island Institute (SunStar Philippines, September 12, 2023, on page 6)
      The International Dolphin Day is celebrated annually every September 12 and it was created a year ago by Sea Shepherd, a non-profit, marine conservation activism organization based in Washington in the United States, to ...

    • Japan beachgoers warned over biting dolphin 

      Agence France-Presse (AFP) (Manila Bulletin, July 28, 2022, on page 8)
      Beachgoers in the Japanese region of Fukui have been warned to stay away from a displeased dolphin accused of biting swimmers, with officials urging visitors to “watch from afar”. Beach attendants at the seafront in the ...

    • Newly-discovered dolphin in Bicol hints at biodiversity under threat 

      (DailyGuardian, September 30, 2022, on page 8)
      The first-ever sighting of an Irrawaddy dolphin off the shore of Calabanga, Camarines Sur, has left scientists of the University of the Philippines excited but concerned over the possibility of as-yet undiscovered marine ...

    • Sarangani Bay home to dolphin, whale colonies 

      (Manila Standard, September 17, 2019, on page C2)
      A recent monitoring of the Sarangani Bay has found around 270 dolphins and whales thriving in the area. Marine biologists and divers from the Department of Environment and Natural Resources-Region 12 and its partner agencies’ ...

    • Stranded dolphin rescued in Cagayan 

      Visaya, Vince Jacob (The Manila Times, September 24, 2022, on page A8)
      A stranded juvenile dolphin (Pantropical spotted dolphin) was rescued along the shoreline by a fisherman while he was on his way to fish off Buguey dawn on September 20, a Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources report ...

    • Tañon Strait dolphins declining and in peril 

      (Panay News, December 2, 2023, on page 9-15)
      Researchers from the University of the Philippines – Diliman College of Science (UPD-CS) are warning that unchecked ecotourism and overfishing are threatening the cetacean biodiversity of the famous and richly diverse Tañon ...

    • Tourism, fishing take toll on dolphin population 

      (DailyGuardian, August 17, 2023, on page 1-11)
      Researchers from the University of the Philippines-Diliman College of Science (UPD-CS) are warning that unchecked ecotourism and overfishing are threatening the cetacean biodiversity of the famous and richly diverse Tañon ...

    • Whale won’t leave coast, dies while being treated 

      Sotelo, Yolanda (Philippine Daily Inquirer, October 7, 2016, on page A9)
      Fishermen found the 2-meter long whale beached along Dasol Bay on Sept. 23 and brought it back to the sea. But it was sighted again in the afternoon on the same day so village officials decided to bring it to the BFAR ...