Browsing Manila Bulletin by Place "Florida"

Now showing items 1-7 of 7

    • Biologists begin to salvage sea turtle eggs in oiled Gulf 

      Associated Press (AP) (Manila Bulletin, July 11, 2010, on page 23)
      Biologist Lorna Patrick dug gingerly into the beach Friday, gently brushing away sand to reveal dozens of leathery, golfball-sized loggerhead sea turtle eggs. Patrick, of the US Fish and Wildlife Service, carefully plucked ...

    • Coral gardening beckons ecotourists to restore reefs 

      Sheridan, Kerry (Manila Bulletin, July 9, 2015, on page B9)
      Coral reefs are fragile and in danger worldwide, but a growing movement to restore them is based on the science of breaking off pieces in order to grow more, known as coral gardening. It works like this: marine biologists ...

    • Endangered listing eyed for US loggerhead turtles 

      Associated Press (AP) (Manila Bulletin, March 16, 2010, on page B-8)
      The federal government on Wednesday recommended an endangered-species listing for the loggerhead turtles in U.S. waters, a decision that could lead to tighter restrictions on fishing and other maritime trades. The massive, ...

    • Fish landing app keeps track of boats, catch 

      (Manila Bulletin, September 17, 2015, on page B-7)
      With a mobile phone, fishery stakeholders can now find out where commercial fishing boats are located as well as the type of species these have caught. This is possible with a Fish Landing App recently launched in the ...

    • Plastic pollution builds up in Arctic waters 

      Agence France-Presse (AFP) (Manila Bulletin, April 27, 2017, on page 12)
      Even though few people live in the Artic, some seas in the region are heavily polluted with plastic because of an Atlantic ocean current which dumps debris there, researchers said Wednesday. Scientists aboard the globe ...

    • Seawalls in Florida blocking sea turtle nesting opposed 

      NYT (Manila Bulletin, August 13, 2015, on page B-9)
      Four conservation groups notified the state Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) that they intend to sue over its permitting of seawalls that block sea turtles from nesting on Florida beaches. The agency has already ...

    • Whaling plan to okay hunts with fewer kills 

      Agence France-Presse (AFP) (Manila Bulletin, February 25, 2010, on page 8)
      The global body regulates whaling has proposed giving the green light to Japan to keep hunting the sea mammals in return for reducing the number of animals killed. Greenpeace and the World Wild Fund for Nature harshly ...