Browsing by Place "Palau"

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    • Ban on tuna fishing in the Pacific: Boon or bane? 

      (Philippine Daily Inquirer, April 4, 2010, on page A14)
      Conservation measures are generally instituted to prevent the collapse of fish stocks due to overfishing. These can be in the form of closing an area for any fishing activity, limiting the amount of fish that can be caught ...

    • Boats idle, workers lose jobs as GenSan reels from tuna ban 

      Zonio, Aquiles (Philippine Daily Inquirer, February 25, 2010, on page A10)
      Gone were the days when fishing boats of the Amadeo Fishing Corp. (AFC) sailed daily to catch tuna. Now, most of its fishing vessels are grounded in the company’s private wharf in the coastal village of Calumpang here. ...

    • China fishing boat detained by Taiwan ally Palau 

      Agence France-Presse (AFP) (Philippine Daily Inquirer, December 16, 2020, on page A11)
      An illegal Chinese fishing vessel and its 28 crew have been detained in Palau, authorities said, creating a delicate diplomatic situation for the tiny Pacific nation, which is allied with Beijing's rival Taiwan.

    • Coral reefs' survival hangs 

      (Daily Tribune, April 24, 2022, on page B16)
      The world’s best-known coral reefs could be extinct by the end of the century unless we do more to make them resilient to our warming oceans. That's the stark messages from United Nations Educational, Scientific and Culture ...

    • Divers find whale shark with fins and tail sliced off 

      Lesaba, Marrah Erika; Papa, Alcuin (Philippine Daily Inquirer, February 17, 2010, on page A1-A20)
      A dead whale shark without fins and a tail was buried on the shores of Tingloy Island on Tuesday morning, inscribing a sad epilogue to a Manila conference of 50 nations for the protection of the endangered fish species. ...

    • Fishers appeal tuna ban 

      Sarmiento, A. S. (BusinessWorld, February 16, 2010, on page S1/6)
      The tuna fishers' federation here has appealed to an international body to exempt small-and medium-sized purse seine vessels from the fishing ban in portions of the Pacific Ocean, noting that the number of workers displaced ...

    • Help of Indonesia to Filipino fishing industry sought 

      Carillo, Carmencita A. (BusinessWorld, February 7, 2014, on page S1/11)
      The Philippines-Indonesia Border Committee Chairmen’s Conference, held here last Wednesday, has committed to bring to higher authorities a request to allow Philippine-flag fishing vessels to pass through the Indonesian ...

    • Higher tuna catch expected in Q4 

      (BusinessWorld, October 16, 2012, on page S1/6)
      The Philippines should see a higher tuna catch starting next month after the country deployed 36 high-seas fishing vessels to the Pacific, a Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) official said. BFAR Director ...

    • Include oceans in post-2015 goals, UN urged 

      (Manila Bulletin, June 27, 2013, on page B-9)
      Oceans need to be part of the United Nation's (UN) development plans to save the already decaying marine life around the globe, activists urged the UN Tuesday. Stuart Beck, UN representative of Palau island nation smaller ...

    • Palau bans 'reef-toxic' sunscreen 

      Agence France-Presse (AFP) (Manila Standard, January 2, 2020, on page B3)
      Palau's pioneering ban on "reef-toxic" sunscreens took effect Wednesday as the tiny Pacific island nation introduced strict environmental measures that also include one of the world's largest marine sanctuaries. "We have ...

    • Palau first to ban 'reef toxic' sun cream 

      BBC (Panay News, January 4, 2020, on page 9)
      The Pacific nation of Palau has become the first country to ban sun cream that is harmful to corals and sea life. From Wednesday, sun cream that includes common ingredients, including oxybenzone, is not allowed to be worn ...

    • Palau to ban sunscreen as it tries to save its coral reefs 

      Associated Press (AP) (Panay News, November 3, 2018, on page 13)
      In an attempt to protect the coral reefs that divers so admire they have dubbed them underwater Serengeti, the Pacific nation of Palau will soon ban many types of sunscreen. President Tommy Remengesau Jr. last week signed ...

    • Palau travel guide 

      (Manila Bulletin, March 11, 2010, on page C-5)
      Tourist traffic from the Philippines to Palau grew five percent, from 2008 to 2009, according to the Palau Visitors Authority, in part because of GMA7's Survivor Palau, which introduced most Filipinos to the tropical ...

    • Sharks lose fight at UN meeting 

      Associated Press (AP) (The Philippine Star, March 25, 2010, on page A-23)
      US-backed proposals to protect the heavily fished hammerhead and oceanic whitetip sharks were narrowly rejected Tuesday over concerns by Asian nations that regulating the booming trade in shark fins could hurt poor coastal ...

    • Sharks worth more for tourism than in soup 

      Reuters (Malaya, June 7, 2013, on page B1)
      Sharks swimming free in the oceans may soon become more valuable as tourist attractions than when caught, sliced up and served i soup, a global study showed on Friday. It urged better protection for the fish, from Australia ...

    • Sharks worth more for tourism than in soup - study 

      Doyle, Alister (BusinessWorld, June 7, 2013, on page S3/11)
      Sharks swimming free in the oceans may soon become more valuable as tourist attractions than when caught, sliced up and served in soup, a global study showed last week. It urged better protection for the fish, from Australia ...

    • Underwater photographer offers new perspective in Phl diving 

      (The Philippine Star, April 27, 2014, on page K-3)
      Reverse ring macro has been around for ages and has been a favorite choice by passionate and patient individuals who focus on shooting insects usually smaller than a grain of rice. The method is surprisingly a cost-effective ...