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    • 500 'pawikan' hatchlings released in Sarangani Bay 

      De Vera-Ruiz, Ellalyn (Manila Bulletin, May 26, 2019, on page 14)
      The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) has released more than 500 hatchlings of threatened marine turtle or pawikan in the waters of Saranggani Bay. DENR-Soccsksargen executive director Nilo Tamoria led ...
    • African tap SEAFDEC on aquaculture woes 

      PN (Panay News, September 19, 2000, on page 3-12)
      The Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center Aquaculture Department (SEAFDEC AQD) continues its aquaculture training mandate by serving the needs of aquaculturists from near and far. Recently, two nationals from Kampala, ...
    • Australia hatches first IVF shark 

      Agence France-Presse (AFP) (The Philippine Star, March 13, 2014, on page A-21)
      Australia has successfully hatched its first shark born via artificial insemination with hopes that the development can ultimately be used to help breed threatened species, an aquarium said yesterday. Sea Life Melbourne ...
    • A call to protect La Union's seas and 'pawikan' 

      Alpad, Christina (The Manila Times, May 17, 2016, on page B7)
      Tina Antonio of La Union Soul Movement joined “SOS: Save the Seas Coastival”—dubbed the green alternative to the famous “LaBoracay” Labor Day weekend in Boracay—but she was not there for the sea breeze, fresh seafood and ...
    • Japanese firm breeds 'sustainable' bluefin tuna from eggs 

      Agence France-Presse (AFP) (Manila Bulletin, March 17, 2010, on page B-8)
      A Japanese company has started exporting what it calls sustainably grown bluefin tuna, which it says allows sushi lovers to keep eating the species without driving down ocean stocks. Bluefin tuna is either caught in the ...
    • [ Olive ridley ] 

      Dumlao, Artemio (The Philippine Star, March 5, 2017, on page 1)
      Foreign tourists take photos of an olive ridley hatchling released into the sea in San Juan, La Union hours after the sea turtles were hatched in a facility run by a volunteer conservation group. World Wildlife Day 2017 ...
    • Protect nesting sites of sea turtles, group urges execs 

      Mallari Jr., Delfin T. (Philippine Daily Inquirer, May 11, 2017, on page A9)
      Lucena City—Environmentalists have asked officials in Sariaya town in Quezon province to declare areas in the municipality as “protected nesting sites” for endangered sea turtles which lay eggs on their shoreline along the ...
    • The turtle diaries 

      Garceau, Scott R. (The Philippine Star, April 27, 2014, on page H-4)
      A troop of some 88 hawksbill turtle hatchlings made their way down a carefully landscaped beach pathway on Turtle Island at sunset — each about the size of an iPod Nano, entering the surf by instinct, where their flippers ...
    • Turtles find abode in Antique Village 

      Mondragon, Anthony Badoy (Panay News, May 2, 2015, on page 1-15)
      The peaceful coastal barangay of Sabang West in the third-class municipality of Bugasong, Antique, became an instant marine hotspot when a number of sea turtles began laying their eggs in the seashore. It was in the morning ...