Browsing Aquatic News Index by Place "Tañon Strait"

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    • Cebu fishing hero wins int’l Ocean Awards 

      (The Philippine Star, August 19, 2018, on page B3)
      A fisherman from San Remigio, Cebu, who almost lost his life fighting illegal fishers in Tañon Strait, is one of the five winners of the 2018 Ocean Awards, conducted by two international groups both based in the United ...

    • Commercial fishing ordinance reversed to protect Tañon Strait 

      (The Philippine Star, November 15, 2018, on page B7)
      Environmental groups and fisherfolk have lauded the Cebu provincial government for rejecting the ordinance of Toledo City that would have allowed commercial fishing within 10.1 to 15 km from the city’s coastline along Tañon ...

    • DENR opposes comm'l fishing in Tañon Strait 

      Simeon, Louise Maureen (The Philippine Star, January 29, 2017, on page B-3)
      The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) has opposed a proposal that seeks to allow commercial fishing within the municipal waters of the Tañon Strait, the country’s biggest marine protected area. The ...

    • Enforce fisheries laws—BFAR 

      Gonazales, Anna Leah E.; Araneta, Sandy (Manila Standard, October 13, 2016, on page C2)
      Stronger law enforcement are needed to achieve sustainable fisheries and seafood self-sufficiency in the Philippines, Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources National Director Eduardo Gongona said. Relatedly, the Angono, ...

    • Enforcement plan for PH’s largest marine protected area strengthened 

      Miraflor, Madelaine B. (Manila Bulletin, December 15, 2016, on page B-3)
      The enforcement plan for the country’s largest marine protected area (MPA), Tañon Strait, underwent a fresh review, a move that will further protect the channel from commercial, illegal, and destructive fishing operations. ...

    • Fishermen earn less as catch dwindles 

      (The Philippine Star, October 25, 2015, on page B-4)
      Municipal fishermen in Tañon Strait are catching lesser and smaller fish as the number of people dependent on fishing as a major source of livelihood has increased significantly. A team from Oceana Philippines conducted a ...

    • GCash to plant half a million mangrove trees in Cebu 

      (Manila Bulletin, April 10, 2022, on page SS-3)
      GCash, the leading digital mobile wallet in the country, together with the Ramon Aboitiz Foundation Inc., (RAFI), is planting 550,000 mangrove trees in Tañon Strait in Cebu to help the environment and mitigate the effects ...

    • Gov't cracks down on illegal fishing in Tañon Strait 

      Simeon, Louise Maureen (The Philippine Star, January 22, 2017, on page B-2)
      The government is taking a tougher stance against illegal fishing with the implementation of an improved enforcement plan in Tañon Strait, the country’s biggest marine protected area. The enforcement plan is one of the ...

    • Govt toughens protection of Tañon Strait 

      Kritz, Ben (The Manila Times, January 26, 2017, on page B5)
      The Tañon Strait Protected Area Office is set to operationalize the enforcement plan for the Tañon Strait Protected Seascape, increasing seaborne patrol operations and speeding up the filing of cases against violators. ...

    • Gov’t, LGUs take tougher stance against Tañon Strait illegal fishers 

      (Manila Bulletin, January 26, 2017, on page B-8)
      Concerned government agencies and local government units (LGUs) will conduct more sea patrols and file cases against illegal and commercial fishers in Tañon Strait, the country’s largest marine protected area between Cebu ...

    • Illegal fishing 

      Mosqueda Jr., Mars W. Jr. (Tempo, September 6, 2012, on page 5)
      The Cebu Provincial Anti-Illegal Fishing Task Force (CPAIFTF) Team Pukot apprehended five commercial fishing vessels operating in a protected seascape off the municipal waters of a southern Cebu town. Four of the seized ...

    • Illegal fishing plagues Tañon Strait 

      (The Philippine Star, October 4, 2015, on page B5)
      An international non-government organization is urging the government to strictly enforce vessel monitoring measures pursuant to the newly-amended Fisheries Code. This after Oceana, the world’s biggest international NGO ...

    • Illegal fishing, commercial fishers still abound in Tañon Strait 

      (Manila Bulletin, October 1, 2015, on page B-7)
      Dynamite and cyanide fishing, and commercial fishing operations still abound in Tañon Strait, the country's largest marine protected area between Cebu and Negros islands. These were the findings of a recent seven-day ...

    • Kill the dolphins, sharks, whales 

      Doronio, Junex (Manila Standard, February 13, 2015, on page B5)
      Mayor Nelson Garcia has maintained that marine animals on Tañon Strait are “parasites” and their population should be controlled by killing some of them, shrugging off criticisms from environmentalists. At a summit on ...

    • Making fisheries 'sexy' 

      Honasan, Alya B. (Philippine Daily Inquirer, September 25, 2016, on page C2)
      The Visit of Alexandra Cousteau has thrust Oceana Philippines, the two-year-old local office of environmental organization Oceana, into the spotlight. Cousteau was the special guest at a media forum on the recent exploratory ...

    • Navy vows stricter campaign vs illegal fishing in Tañon Strait 

      Cordova, Calvin D. (Manila Bulletin, December 13, 2018, on page 9)
      The Naval Forces Central (Navforcen) vowed a stricter campaign against all forms of illegal and destructive fishing in Tañon Strait, the country’s largest marine protected area. In a joint maritime enforcement activity ...

    • Palawan held up as model for fishing in Negros-Cebu strait 

      Mogato, Anna Gabriela A. (BusinessWorld, January 15, 2018, on page S1/5)
      Non-governmental organization Oceana Philippines is pushing for the monitoring of all commercial fishing vessels in the provinces along the Tañon Strait Protected Seascape (TSPS), covering the body of water between Negros ...

    • SC sides with dolphins, strikes down oil deal 

      Quismundo, Tarra (Philippine Daily Inquirer, April 22, 2015, on page A4)
      For the sake of endangered dolphins, whales and other marine mammals, the Supreme Court yesterday struck down as unconstitutional, a deal between the Department of Energy (DOE) and a Japanese firm for oil “exploration, ...

    • SMARTSeas PH Project aims to arrest marine resource degradation 

      Padillo, Maya M. (BusinessWorld, October 29, 2018, on page S2/8)
      Small-scale fishermen, whose livelihoods depend mainly on municipal waters, require expanded fishing territory due to the continued degradation of the marine habitat, according to Vincent V. Hilomen, project manager of ...

    • Stronger law enforcement a boost to fish production 

      Simeon, Louise Maureen (The Philippine Star, March 19, 2017, on page B4)
      The successful management and protection of Tañon Strait, the Philippines’ largest marine protected area, should be replicated in other fishing grounds nationwide, marine conservation group Oceana Philippines said. Oceania ...