Browsing by Scientific Name "Hippopus hippopus"

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    • Chinese vessels continue clam harvest in Panatag 

      Cardinoza, Gabriel (Philippine Daily Inquirer, June 14, 2019, on page A14)
      Chinese fishing vessels continue to gather giant clams at Panatag Shoal in the West Philippine Sea despite protests from maritime officials, according to Pangasinan fishermen who sailed there in late May. Unless Chinese ...

    • 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 ...

    • Lakawon Island marine reserve pushed 

      Bañaga, Dominique Gabriel (Panay News, March 28, 2023, on page 5)
      Creating a marine sanctuary in Lakawon Island, Cadiz City, Negros Occidental is being pushed. On Sunday, March 26, mayor Salvador Escalante Jr. and the media were given access to the island’s Giant Clam Village. The ...

    • 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). ...

    • Saving the 'Taklobo' giant clams of Samal 

      Lopez, Alexander D. (Manila Bulletin, July 5, 2015, on page 18)
      Adecor, Island Garden City of Samal - Fifteen years ago, giant clams locally known as "Taklobo" were already considered rare in the areas of the Island Garden City of Samal (IGACOS) as their numbers have continued to ...

    • Swimming with Samal's giant clams 

      Alcantara, Jojie (Manila Bulletin, September 15, 2013, on page F-2)
      Tridacna is a genus of large of saltwater clams, marine bivalve mollusks in the subfamily Tridacninae, the giant clams. In the Philippines, it is known as taklobo. Unfortunately, its global conservation status is listed ...