Browsing Aquatic News Index by Subject "tagging"

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    • 12-kg tagged turtle set free 

      Sotelo, Yolanda (Philippine Daily Inquirer, December 15, 2010, on page A18)
      The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) on Tuesday released a 12-kilogram Olive Ridley turtle, that kept returning to a village in Pangasinan, into the Lingayen Gulf. The turtle ( Lepidochelys olivacea), whose ...

    • 2,400 fishes in RP to be tagged 

      (The Visayan Daily Star, January 17, 2008, on page 13)
      The Department of Agriculture and the Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center are aiming for a number coding of "tagging" of up to 2,400 pieces of small pelagic fishes like galunggong, hasa-hasa and tunsoy in Palawan ...

    • 6 rehabbed sea turtles released 

      Nepomuceno, Jezza (Panay News, December 10, 2010, on page 1-12)
      The Marine Sanctuary, Rescue and Rehabilitation Center island province has released six sea turtles to the sea near the coastal Brgy. Lawi, Jordan town. Released were two of each species green turtle, hawkbill and olive ...

    • Australia increases shark tagging after teen mauling 

      (The Manila Times, October 3, 2016, on page B4)
      The tagging and relocation of sharks off Australia's most populous state will be sharply increased to protect surfers ahead of a busy summer season, authorities said Sunday, after a teenager was mauled in a recent attack. ...

    • DA mulls bigger fisheries budget 

      Go, Marianne V. (The Philippine Star, December 27, 2009, on page B-3)
      The Department of Agriculture (DA) plans to allocate a hefty P1 billion budget for the fisheries subsector, particularly aquaculture, next year. As part of moves to develop aquaculture industry, two DA agencies have partnered ...

    • DA, SEAFDEC to implement tagging of fishes 

      (The Philippine Star, January 14, 2008, on page B-6)
      The Department of Agriculture (DA) and the Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center (SEAFDEC) plan to implement a number coding or tagging of up to 2,400 pieces of small pelagic fishes like galunggong, hasa-hasa and ...

    • Dagupan to implement bangus labeling 

      Visperas, Eva (The Philippine Star, February 15, 2015, on page B-4)
      No more mislabeling, goodbye to misrepresentation of Dagupan bangus (milkfish) from outside sources whose producers make the claim as a marketing strategy. This, as the Dagupan city council recently passed an ordinance to ...

    • DENR releases endangered green sea turtles back to sea 

      Flora, Ian Ocampo (SunStar Philippines, June 13, 2020, on page 2-11)
      The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) here released six endangered female green sea turtles into the sea of Casiguran town in Aurora as part of the annual celebration of the Philippine Environment ...

    • DENR returns two turtles to sea in Northern Samar 

      Cayubit, Restituto A. (Manila Bulletin, May 6, 2017, on page 7)
      Two turtles where released back to the sea in a town in Northern Samar, according to a report released Friday by the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) regional office. Sibbaluca said that based in the ...

    • DENR, SEAFDEC release Olive ridley sea turtle 

      (The Daily Guardian, April 27, 2017, on page B7)
      The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR)-6 and Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center (SEAFDEC) recently released an Olive Ridley (Lepidochelys olivacea) sea turtle at SEAFDEC AQD beach in Tigbauan, ...

    • Device could uncover shark secrets 

      Seelye, Katherine Q. (Manila Bulletin, October 20, 2012, on page 10)
      Beachgoers on Cape Cod may have spotted several sharks this summer, bu when Chris Fischer and his crew - former subjects of the television show "Shark Wranglers" - went looking for the great whites here in early September, ...

    • Endangered green sea turtle returns home 

      Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR)-Region VI; Community Environment and Natural Resources (The Daily Guardian, February 7, 2019, on page 13)
      After a six-month rehabilitation, a green sea turtle (Chelonia mydas) was released back to its habitat through the efforts of the Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center (SEAFDEC) in close coordination with the Wildlife ...

    • Female Olive Ridley turtle returns home safely 

      Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR)-Region VI (DailyGuardian, May 15, 2019, on page 13-12)
      An endangered female Olive Ridley (Lepidochelysolivacea) was recently released back to its home – the sea facing the town of Tigbauan, Iloilo. The turtle was trapped in a payao, a fishing devicemade of coconut fronds and ...

    • Fish tagging program starts 

      (BusinessWorld, January 16, 2008, on page S1/3)
      Up to 2,400 species of small pelagic fishes like galunggong, tunsoy, tawiles,hasa-hasa, and matangbaka in the waters of Palawan and Manila Bay are targeted for tagging and coding under a joint research program that will ...

    • Fisherfolk turn over tags to gov't for study 

      Benaning, Marvyn N. (Manila Bulletin, May 25, 2009, on page 4)
      Fishermen have started returning tags recovered from their catch to Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR), which is engaged in multilateral scientific-projects to develop regional conservation management plans ...

    • Hawksbill sea turtle released off Boracay 

      Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR)-Region VI; PN (Panay News, May 4, 2019, on page 13)
      Three hawksbill sea turtle (Eretmochelysimbricata) were recently released on the shores of this world-famous island. Biodiversity Management Bureau director Crisanta Marlene Rodriguez and Department of Environment and ...

    • It’s official: ‘Butanding’ an endangered species 

      Honasan, Alya B. (Philippine Daily Inquirer, July 17, 2016, on page A1-A14)
      There’s bad news for the whale shark (Rhincodon typus), an iconic marine animal frequently spotted in Philippine waters and known locally as butanding. Now listed as “endangered” on the International Union for Conservation ...

    • Lute turtle rescued in Culasi, hawksbill on Guimaras Island 

      (BusinessMirror, September 20, 2020, on page A7)
      For hundreds of years, marine turtles lived in the vast oceans and they coexist with humans in many countries and shores each time they visit land. The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) had reported ...

    • More whales strand in New Zealand, bringing total to 650 

      (Panay News, February 12, 2017, on page 13)
      Wellington - A new pod of 240 whales swam aground at a remote New Zealand beach Saturday just hours after weary volunteers managed to refloat a different group of whales following an earlier mass stranding. In total, more ...

    • Newbie volunteers deface sea turtle 

      Gomez, Carla P. (Philippine Daily Inquirer, January 6, 2017, on page A9)
      Members of a group of volunteers guarding against poaching in the seas have learned a valuable lesson on handling green sea turtles—don’t paint on their carapace. Bantay Dagat (sea watch) volunteers in Silay City, Negros ...