Browsing Aquatic News Index by Subject "marine mammals"

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    • Another whale beaches in Bali 

      (Daily Tribune, April 10, 2023, on page B14)
      A 17-meter-long sperm whale died after washing up on a beach in Bali, a conservation official said Sunday, making it the third whale that beached itself on the Indonesian island in just a little over a week. The male sperm ...

    • Anti-whalers, Japanese fleet exchange water cannon fire 

      Associated Press (AP) (Manila Bulletin, February 11, 2010, on page B-8)
      Activists vowing to stop the killing of whales exchanged water-cannon fire with a Japanese whaling fleet they are tailing in the Antarctic Ocean, as sea confrontations that have led to collisions and a sunken vessel continue. ...

    • Asia’s ocean pollution crisis 

      Agence France-Presse (AFP) (Manila Bulletin, June 6, 2018, on page 2)
      A Vietnamese mangrove draped with polythene, a whale killed after swallowing waste bags in Thai seas and clouds of underwater trash near Indonesian “paradise” islands — grim images of the plastic crisis that has gripped ...

    • At Ph meet, more nations sign up to protect dugong 

      Yap, DJ (Philippine Daily Inquirer, February 24, 2013, on page A4)
      Four more countries have joined 21 signatories to an international pact to protect the dugong, the mysterious marine mammal that used to be a constant presence along coastlines around the world, including in the Philippines, ...

    • Australia records 470 stranded whales in ongoing rescue 

      Reuters (Philippine Daily Inquirer, September 24, 2020, on page B4)
      Rescuers raced against the tide Wednesday to free whales beached off the Australian coast, with more than half the estimated 470 mammals in the country’s biggest stranding on record already believed dead. The pod of ...

    • Baby dolphin's name known today 

      Sison, Bebot Jr.; Cervantes, Ding (The Philippine Star, October 4, 2014, on page 8)
      The public will play a part in naming the new baby dolphin just born at Ocean Adventure Marine Park. "Hali, a first time dolphin mother, gave birth to a female calf on Aug. 31, 2014 at the Ocean Adventure facility in Subic ...

    • Baby dugong appeals for help 

      Lena, Pearl G. (Manila Bulletin, May 25, 2004, on page B-13)
      Far beyond its weaning stage, the survival of a female baby dugong that was fished out from the seashore of Igang, Nueva Valencia, Guimaras is now at the public's mercy. Information gathered at the Office of the Protected ...

    • Baby dugong dies in Thailand 

      (Manila Standard, August 18, 2019, on page A4)
      A sick baby dugong whose fight for recovery won hearts in Thailand and cast a spotlight on ocean conservation has died from an infection exacerbated by bits of plastic lining her stomach, officials said Saturday. Mariam ...

    • Baby dugong dies of plastic ingestion 

      Agence France-Presse (AFP) (Philippine Daily Inquirer, August 18, 2019, on page A9)
      A sick baby dugong whose fight for recovery won hearts in Thailand and cast a spotlight on ocean conservation has died from an infection exacerbated by bits of plastic lining her stomach, officials said Saturday. "Mariam" ...

    • Backpack eco tours 

      (Manila Bulletin, April 23, 2010, on page 6)
      Whale shark (butanding) watching in the Philippines has been gaining steady popularity through the years with global scientific groups and tourists. An endangered species, butanding sightings are relatively rare because ...

    • Balloons, sky lanterns harm the environment 

      Gamboa-Amante, Kitty (The Manila Times, January 10, 2019, on page B5)
      The spectacle of the symbolic releasing of balloons and night sky lanterns is, without a doubt, a beautiful sight to behold and has become increasingly popular at festivals, weddings and other celebrations across the world. ...

    • Ban on field trips to theme parks with captive dolphins, whales sought 

      Romero, Paolo (The Philippine Star, September 9, 2012, on page 6)
      A party-list lawmaker has filed a resolution urging the Department of Education (DepEd) and the Commission on Higher Education (CHED) to ban school field trips to theme parks that have captive dolphins and whales that ...

    • Bataan offers new canvass in bid to save dolphins 

      Gonzaga, Robert (Philippine Daily Inquirer, August 29, 2010, on page A15)
      Darwin Uy, 13, has never seen a live dolphin but he hopes to get his chance. Uy, a sophomore of Hermosa National High School, said he doesn’t want to see dolphins in an amusement park, like most people do, but in their ...

    • Beached dolphin rescued 

      Cayubit, Restituto (Manila Bulletin, August 27, 2015, on page 13)
      The City Agriculture Office here has rescued a young dolphin, according to a report from the city government. City mayor Stephany Uy-Tan informed reporters in an interview at her office that the dolphin was beached in ...

    • Beached whale rescued, herded back to open sea 

      Philippine News Agency (PNA) (Manila Standard, December 18, 2017, on page B4)
      A 15-foot whale was eventually pulled back into the sea Saturday afternoon after a team of environment, maritime, and coast guard authorities spent several hours to rescue it in Honda Bay here. The large whale, suspected ...

    • BFAR cites Ocean Adventure 

      (BusinessWorld, April 22, 2013, on page S4/4)
      Ocean Adventure is being recognized specifically for its central role in "the Development of a Marine Mammal Stranding response capability through the conduct of Marine Mammal (Cetacean) Stranding Workshops to BFAR ...

    • BFAR warns about parasites in sharks, stingrays 

      Escandor, Juan Jr. (Philippine Daily Inquirer, October 17, 2017, on page A16)
      Parasites, whose larvae live in orifices of sharks and stingrays, may harm humans when ingested through the favorite Bicol dish “kinunot,” a Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) official said. Nonie Enolva, ...

    • BFAR7: Do not disturb the sharks 

      Newman, Minerva (Manila Bulletin, February 28, 2020, on page 7)
      "Do not disturb the sharks." This was the appeal of the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources in Central Visayas (BFAR-7) following reports of their presence in the coastal waters off Santander town in the southern tip ...

    • Blast fishing blamed for dolphin deaths in Camarines Sur 

      Arguelles, Mar S. (Philippine Daily Inquirer, January 27, 2021, on page A10)
      Thirteen of 25 dolphins stranded on the shores of Del Gallego town in Camarines Sur province on Tuesday died from what fisheries officials described as injuries suffered from blast fishing. A necropsy performed on the ...

    • 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. ...