Browsing by Name "Gomez, Edgardo"

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    • 132M giant clams spawned in 2020 

      Gomez, Eireene Jairee (The Manila Times, June 12, 2021, on page B5)
      The Malampaya Foundation Inc. (MFI) reported having spawned 132 million giant clam species of Tridacna gigas (Taklobo) at the end of 2020, which will be deployed to effectively-managed marine-protected areas (MPAs) in ...

    • Bloggers tapped for into campaign on West PH Sea 

      PN; Philippine Information Agency (PIA) (Panay News, May 4, 2015, on page 6)
      The information campaign on the West Philippine Sea is now tapping bloggers to penetrate netizens. for the first time, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) launched a modern means to make the public, local and international, ...

    • Coral regrowth is new crusade 

      Sotelo, Yolanda (Philippine Daily Inquirer, October 5, 2016, on page A10)
      Every day at 9 a.m., divers scour the waters off Mayor’s Island in the Hundred Islands National Park (HINP) in Alaminos City in Pangasinan province, to look for fragments of live coral that could still be nurtured at the ...

    • Damage from China's reclamation:$109.55M 

      Escano, E. E. (BusinessWorld, April 24, 2015, on page S1/11)
      Marine resources- including coral reef ecosystems- destroyed by China's reclamation activities in the disputed West Philippine Sea have reached $109.55 million, a national scientist of the Philippines said on Thursday. In ...

    • Giant clam 're-wilding' waters near Semirara mine site 

      (Philippine Daily Inquirer, May 12, 2016, on page B6)
      In 2006, the company released 150 pieces of the Tridacna gigas, an endangered species of giant clams, near the waters of Panian mine on Semirara Island in Caluya, Antique province. Citing research, the firm says these giant ...

    • Giant clams up for adoption 

      Cardinoza, Gabriel (Philippine Daily Inquirer, April 23, 2018, on page A1-A3)
      Be a foster parent to an endangered clam and help the environment. For P200 to P400, you can adopt a baby giant clam at a marine center here, but you can’t take it home. The adopted clam gets named by the parent and released ...

    • Meet the giant clam, the building block of our oceans 

      Fernandez, Jayvee (Manila Bulletin, April 23, 2017, on page 16-17)
      Meet the giant clam, more commonly known as “Taklobo.” Native to the waters of the Philippines and in other parts of the Pacific and Indian Ocean, these clams bear the weight of helping cultivate life in our coral reefs. ...

    • National Scientist Gomez, marine conservation advocate, 81 

      Mateo, Janvic (The Philippine Star, December 4, 2019, on page 8)
      National Scientist Edgardo Gomez, a pioneer in marine conservation in the Philippines, died on Dec. 1. He was 81. Gomez was a researcher, scientist, conservation advocate and educator in various fields, including invertebrate ...

    • 'Ocean filling' activities cost US$108.9 M per year - study 

      de Vera, Ellalyn; Namit, Madel Sabater (Manila Bulletin, April 24, 2015, on page 1-16)
      The total economic value of destroyed coral reefs from the ongoing reclamation activities of China in the West Philippine Sea has reached US$352,249 per hectare of coral reef, equivalent to an economic loss of US$108.9 ...

    • Phl to ASEAN: China getting de facto control 

      (The Philippine Star, April 27, 2015, on page 1-8)
      The Philippines yesterday urged the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) to unite and stop China’s massive reclamation in disputed waters as it will give China “de facto control” over the area and cause $100 ...

    • Playground of giant clams 

      Cardinoza, Gabriel (Philippine Daily Inquirer, May 7, 2017, on page A2-1-A2-2)
      The reef is where the baby giant clams are released to grow to adulthood after spending five months in a hatchery at the Bolinao Marine Laboratory (BML) of the University of the Philippines Marine Science Institute (UPMSI). ...

    • Scientists bat for wider coverage of marine protected areas 

      Lazaro, Ramon Efren (The Philippine Star, August 6, 2015, on page B-8)
      As the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) in Central Luzon establishes needed support to help marginalized fisherfolk in coastal villages of Manila Bay, scientists are raising the need to safeguard marine ...

    • Seafdec hosts int'l fisheries gab in Iloilo 

      Padilla, Raj (Panay News, July 13, 2005, on page 1-17)
      This southern Philippines city takes center stage today as the Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center (SEAFDEC) holds a regional consultation on fisheries concerns at the Iloilo Business Hotel. World-renowned scientists ...

    • Shore Story: Assessing corals and educating the public 

      Tumampos, Stephanie (BusinessMirror, October 1, 2018, on page A9)
      The US Navy, not spared from repercussions, had to pay in full to the Philippine government after two years the damage to the corals caused by its ship. It paid around P87 million (equivalent to $1.87 million) in 2014 based ...

    • Stop seafront planting of bakhaw propagule 

      Primavera, J. H. (Philippine Daily Inquirer, February 28, 2015, on page B3)
      Typhoon “Yolanda” in 2013 and the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami, among others, have highlighted the importance of mangroves in coastal protection. Of global storm events, the Philippines has the greatest intensity (maximum ...

    • Young Tawi-Tawi scientist out to save sea of childhood 

      Uy, Jocelyn R. (Philippine Daily Inquirer, July 24, 2016, on page A1-A15)
      The sea, with its diverse marine life, and the pristine beaches of his hometown Sibutu Island in Tawi-Tawi were Richard Muallil’s playground as a child. Now, as a 35-year-old marine scientist, Muallil is hoping to transform ...