Browsing Aquatic News Index by Subject "tags"

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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 ...

    • 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. ...

    • Big gulp: feeding strategy of blue whales revealed 

      (BusinessWorld, October 9, 2015, on page 4/S3)
      The blue whale is the largest creature on Earth and perhaps the biggest that ever lived, so it is no surprise it has a huge appetite. But the strategies this behemoth uses to get enough food has not been well understood - ...

    • 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 'bangus' brand to carry tail tags 

      Cardinoza, Gabriel (Philippine Daily Inquirer, May 26, 2014, on page A27)
      It will soon be a lot easier for consumer to determine if the "bangus" (milkfish) they are buying are authentic Dagupan brand or not. Bangus grown in this city will carry "tail tags" to distinguish it from milkfish grown ...

    • Dead sea turtle with Taiwan metal tag found off Negros Occodental 

      GMA News (The Daily Guardian, June 28, 2018, on page 3-14)
      A fisherman in Negros Occidental found a dead hawksbill sea turtle with a tracking device on the back and Taiwan metal tags on both of its hind flippers. Quoting the fisherman who found the dead turtle, Mavee Ponciano, ...

    • DENR releases rescued endangered 'pawikan' 

      (The Daily Guardian, August 11, 2017, on page B7-B6)
      A large female Green Sea Turtle (Cheloniamydas) was recently released after it was rescued in the coastal area of Brgy. Navitas, Numancia, Aklan. The Department of Environment and Natural Resources-Protected Area Management ...

    • 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 ...

    • 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, ...

    • Ex hunter-gatherer turns into sea champ 

      Cruz, Ruffie Nyhl (The Manila Times, March 31, 2015, on page A5)
      Gerry Grospe, 53, used to hunt pawikans and collect their eggs for food 8 years ago. Sometimes, he would even sell his catch in the public market. "Turtle meat, although sold at very high prices, tastes better than beef, ...

    • 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 ...

    • Green sea turtle 'Maamo' doing well in Zambo marine facility 

      (Manila Bulletin, September 15, 2015, on page 16)
      The green sea turtle named "Maamo" (Tamed) rescued 21 days ago by fishermen with severe head trauma is responding well "to treatment and is now recuperating." This was announced by Roservirico Tan, Department of Environment ...

    • 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 ...

    • Olive Ridley turtle rescued by 3 teens 

      Reyes, Jonas (Manila Bulletin, January 16, 2016, on page 4)
      Three teenage fishermen rescued an Olive Ridley sea turtle yesterday at the lighthouse area in Barangay Kalaklan, here. Young friends Roel Avia, Dennis Galvez, and Kevin Del Pilar found the 22-inch sea turtle at the ...

    • Rescued pawikan returns, lays eggs at Cleanergy Park 

      PR (SunStar Philippines, June 9, 2021, on page 10)
      Davao Light and Power Co., Inc. spotted two sea turtles at the Aboitiz Cleanergy Park at Sitio Punta Dumalag, Matina Aplaya, Davao City in the evening of May 24, 2021. One of the sea turtles was on her way back to the sea ...

    • Sea turtles rescued, released 

      Philippine Information Agency (PIA) (Panay News, June 21, 2017, on page 4)
      Two green sea turtles locally known as “pawikan” were tagged and released by the Provincial Environment and Natural Resources Office (PENRO) and Ivisan town Bantay Dagat recently at Sapi-an Bay. The release of the turtles ...

    • Seafdec takes custody of captured green sea turtle 

      PN (Panay News, March 9, 2005, on page 3)
      The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) through its Community Environment and Natural Resources Office (CENRO) in Barotac Nuevo, Iloilo recently turned over a captured sea green turtle to the Southeast ...

    • Turtle rescued in Malaysia slaughtered for meat in Cebu 

      Villanueva, Rhodina; Manto, Mylen; Miasco, May (The Philippine Star, December 14, 2018, on page 2-9)
      A marine turtle rescued and tagged in Malaysia ended up in the freezer of a restaurant in Cebu. Dr. Rogelio Demelletes Jr. of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) Biodiversity Management Bureau said ...

    • White sharks found to migrate across the Pacific Ocean 

      Environmental News Network (Manila Bulletin, January 17, 2000, on page 14)
      A white shark mouths a plywood decoy of a seal placed in the water by researchers studying shark behavior near California's Año Nuevo reserve. The largest and most powerful predator in the sea, the great white shark, has ...