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    • Alarm raised over 'lapu-lapu' decline 

      De Vera, Ellalyn B.; Chavez, Chito A. (Manila Bulletin, May 16, 2015, on page 8)
      Fish farmers in Taytay, Palawan, are working double-time in expanding their production of grouper, or lapu-lapu, in 2,000 fish offshore cages that host 161 species of the highly-prized reef fish. These cages are perhaps ...
    • China to put up automated under water base in manila trench 

      GMA News (The Daily Guardian, December 1, 2018, on page 12)
      China is considering putting up an automated underwater base in Manila Trench for "scientific purposes," an article from the South China Morning Post said. According to Maki Pulido's report on "State of the Nation Address ...
    • Coral reefs face new El Niño threat 

      De Vera, Ellalyn B. (Manila Bulletin, March 12, 2010, on page 14)
      An international conservation group warned yesterday that the current El Niño episode may have adverse effects on the recovering coral reefs in the country. Gregg Yan, information, education and communications officer of ...
    • Environmental groups undergo seminar on reef monitoring 

      Villanueva, Rhodina; Macairan, Evelyn (The Philippine Star, March 3, 2013, on page 8)
      Environmental groups underwent a workshop on coral reef monitoring processes as part of the preparation for assessment of the full extent of damage brought by the grounding of the US Navy warship in Tubbataha Reef. Seven ...
    • Lowly ‘labahita’ may yet help heal Tubbataha atolls 

      Yap, Dj (Philippine Daily Inquirer, June 9, 2013, on page A1-A20)
      They aren’t the most beautiful fish in the sea, but the labahita may just be what the Tubbataha Reefs need to regenerate after being bruised by the intrusions of two foreign vessels earlier this year. With the presence of ...
    • Prosecute butchers of butanding - WWF 

      Andrade, Katherine (The Philippine Star, February 18, 2010, on page A-23)
      An international conservation group is calling for the prosecution of people responsible for the “butchery” of an 18-foot butanding (whale shark) on the shores of Tingloy town in Batangas, with the marine animal’s dorsal ...
    • Save Corals, seashells by shifting to alternatives, says green group 

      (The Daily Guardian, September 3, 2018, on page 11)
      The recent apprehension of a suspected smuggler with thousands of live corals and several giant clams in Bacoor, Cavite last week has ignited public furor over the continued trade in protected marine life. A Filipino ...
    • Tubbataha divers prepare to assess grounding damage 

      World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) (Malaya, March 22, 2013, on page A11)
      One in every four known marine species call coral reefs home. Endlessly seeding the vast oceans with fish and invertebrate spawn, these sunken oases provide food and livelihoods for a billion people in Asia alone. forty ...