For diving enthusiasts, seeing one or two crown-of-thorns starfish (COTS) in their favorite dive spots is tolerable. But a hundred of these large starfish with venomous thorn-like spines covering a bed of corals is considered alarming. Situations like this call for an immediate action. Volunteer divers did just that on May 23 when they launched a “search and destroy” operation to save the corals in some of the popular dive spots in Batangas.

Mayuga, J. L. (2021, June 6). Saving corals: Batangas dive spots under siege. Business Mirror, p. A7.