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Bigger crane ship in Tubbataha today
The second, bigger crane ship that would help remove portions of the USS Guardian, which remains stuck in Tubbataha Reefs in Palawan, is expected to arrive at the site on Saturday, according to the Philippine Coast Guard ...
- February 16, 2013
Giant clams serve as magnets for fish in Bohol
The Bohol provincial government has reported an increase in fish density in the province’s seawaters, just three months after giant clams were seeded in four marine protected areas (MPAs). Bohol Gov. Edgar Chatto said ...
- June 2, 2013
Gov't inaction blamed for Subic waste dumping
A Senate committee report concluded that a contractor of the United States Navy was liable for unauthorized dumping of untreated sewage in Philippine waters and scored the inaction of relevant environment protection agencies ...
- February 16, 2013
Knife fish newest scourge in Laguna’s fish farms
If you can’t lick them, eat them. Or feed them to other fish. The knife fish, an ornamental fish whose population has boomed and is harming the aquaculture industry in Laguna Lake, will be converted into fish meal and fed ...
- February 17, 2013
Revenge of the 'Pawikan': 5 dead after eating sea turtle meat
Five persons died while 153 others were taken ill after eating the meat of a sea turtle that was found dead on Aug. 17 in Arteche, a town in Eastern Samar. Marlon Gabril, a fisherman who found the sea turtle and later sold ...
- August 23, 2013
Turtle breed menace to fish farms
Chinese softshell turtles (Pelodiscus sinensis) have found their way in the waters of Pampanga, Bulacan, and Bataan, preying on bangus (milkfish) and tilapia fingerlings in fishponds there, an environment official said on ...
- February 7, 2013
Crown of thorns outbreak found in Batangas
An outbreak of the poisonous crown of thorn starfish (COTS) has been reported in the sea off a coastal village here, threatening corals in the waters that form part of Isla Verde Passage. Jacob Meimban Jr., executive ...
- June 1, 2013
Defenders of marine sanctuary win award
In a remote coastal village in Zamboanga del Sur, the task of protecting a marine sanctuary falls upon a six-person team of environmental workers who keep the sea and mangrove forest safe from greedy commercial fishers. ...
- August 25, 2013
Lakeside property regards environment as ‘first customer’
The isolated town of Buhi in Camarines Sur is home to the world’s smallest fish, the Mistichthys luzonensis, known among the natives as sinarapan. But Buhi, and its picturesque lake where the fish live, is also home to the ...
- June 29, 2013
Bad weather stalls Tubbataha salvage operation anew
Bad weather has forced a US Navy-contracted salvage team to suspend the dismantling of the USS Guardian, the minesweeper that has been grounded since Jan. 17 at the Tubbataha Reefs in the Sulu Sea, the Philippine Coast ...
- March 6, 2013