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    • Green sea turtle with lump to undergo surgery in Albay 

      Barcia, Rhaydz (The Manila Times, September 22, 2022, on page A8)
      A green sea turtle (Chelonia mydas) with a big lump on its neck will undergo an operation in Albay this week. The green sea turtle was accidentally trapped in a gill net, locally called, 'pangke,' which was fished out by ...

    • Burnham Lake water safe for fish breeding 

      Keith, Gaby (The Manila Times, September 22, 2022, on page A8)
      City Environment and Parks Management Officer (Cepmo) Rhenan Diwas said the results of water tests done at Burnham Park Lake have proven that it is safe for raising fish. Diwas said a water sampling was done at the lake ...

    • Stranded dolphin rescued in Cagayan 

      Visaya, Vince Jacob (The Manila Times, September 24, 2022, on page A8)
      A stranded juvenile dolphin (Pantropical spotted dolphin) was rescued along the shoreline by a fisherman while he was on his way to fish off Buguey dawn on September 20, a Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources report ...

    • Over 70 escaped crocodiles recaptured in China 

      Agence France-Presse (AFP) (The Manila Times, September 20, 2023, on page B6)
      Dozens of crocodiles that escaped a flooded Chinese farm have all been recaptured, state media reported on Tuesday, a week after the reptilian runaways wriggled free. More than 70 reptiles escaped from a commercial crocodile ...

    • Oil spill claims must be filed in 3 years 

      Baroña, Franco Jose (The Manila Times, August 20, 2023, on page A8)
      The Department of Justice (DoJ) said compensation claims in connection with the Mindoro oil spill must be filed within three years, otherwise it will exceed the prescription period. Beyond the prescription period, a party ...

    • Red tide warning up in 10 areas 

      Cariaso, Bella (The Manila Times, October 11, 2022, on page A3)
      The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) has banned the consumption and sale of shellfish in at least 10 areas in the country because of the presence of red tide toxins.The shellfish ban covers Roxas City, ...

    • 400 million-year-old fish fossils found in China 

      Associated Press (AP) (The Manila Times, September 30, 2022, on page A3)
      A big catch of fish fossila in southern China includes the oldest teeth ever found-and may help scientists learn how our aquatic ancestors got their bite. The finds offer new clues about key period of evolution that's been ...

    • Davao builds coastal recycling facility 

      Palo, Ruth (The Manila Times, October 8, 2022, on page A8)
      A P5 million material recycling facility (MRF) that will process plastic waste and bottles collected from coastal areas will be built in the city. The project is the initiative of the Davao City Bantay Dagat Association, ...

    • Marcos pushes joint exploration of WPS 

      Valente, Catherine S.; Malarit, Kristina (The Manila Times, December 2, 2022, on page A1)
      President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. on Thursday said the Philippine government will find "other ways" to proceed with the joint exploration with China of the West Philippine Sea (South China Sea) if government-to-government ...

    • PH protests China's fishing ban in SCS 

      Tamayo, Bernadette (The Manila Times, June 1, 2022, on page A1)
      The department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) on Monday filed a diplomatic protest against China’s unilateral imposition of a morato rium on fishing in the South China Sea (SCS) or the West Philippine Sea (WPS). The DFA noted ...

    • Sardines catch up again, PSA report shows 

      Barcia, Rhaydz B. (The Manila Times, December 20, 2022, on page A10)
      The species composition in the waters of Fisheries Management Area 7 (FMA-7) has significantly changed in the past two decades based on the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) data 2002-2020. In 2002, the dominant marine ...

    • Climate change threatens local fish species 

      Barcia, Rhaydz B. (The Manila Times, December 21, 2022, on page A8)
      While there is no sardine-supply shortage yet, the government and Oceana Philippines are moving to protect and conserve sardines to ensure that they will not go extinct, an official of the Department of Agriculture-Bureau ...

    • Cordillera farmers get P700-M agri aid 

      Gomez, Eireene Jairee (The Manila Times, September 24, 2019, on page A5)
      The Department of Agriculture (DA) has provided P700.44 million- worth of project assistance to 42 farmers' associations and cooperatives in the Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR) as part of its effort to increase ...

    • US to China: respect intl law of the sea 

      Tamayo, Bernadette E. (The Manila Times, December 21, 2022, on page A1)
      The United States on Tuesday said it supports the Philippines' continued calls on China to "respect" the international law of the sea in the South China Sea (SCS) amid the reported swarming of Chinese vessels there. In a ...

    • 'Ticao-Burias Pass seascape must be a marine protected area' 

      Barcia, Rhaydz B. (The Manila Times, December 22, 2022, on page A8)
      To protect the Philippines' second biggest seascape, former Albay Third District representative now Ligao City Mayor Fernando Gonzalez filed a bill declaring the Ticao-Burias Pass as a protected seascape. The move was ...

    • BFAR mulls moratorium on crackdown vs imported fish 

      Cariaso, Bella (The Manila Times, December 1, 2022, on page A1)
      The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) on Wednesday said it was considering imposing a moratorium on the crackdown of imported frozen fish in wet markets amid criticisms that it was anti-poor. In a radio ...

    • GCash to plant half a million mangrove trees in Cebu 

      (Panay News, April 9, 2022, on page B11)
      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 ...

    • 2,500 dead seals found on Russia's Caspian coast 

      Associated Press (The Manila Times, December 6, 2022, on page B7)
      About 2,500 seals have been found dead on the Caspian Sea coast in southern Russia, officials said on Sunday. Authorities in the Russian province of Dagestan said it was unclear why the mass die-off happened, but that it ...

    • DFA holds talks on deep sea mining 

      Tamayo, Bernadette E. (The Manila Times, December 28, 2022, on page A3)
      The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) recently consulted experts and stakeholders on "deep seabed mining" to facilitate the development of a national position on the matter. The department's Maritime and Ocean Affairs ...

    • Ban on imported fish sale put off for now 

      Cariaso, Bella (The Manila Times, December 3, 2022, on page A1)
      The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) has postponed the enforcement of the ban on selling imported pampano and salmon in wet markets. The ban was to have taken effect on December 4, but Officer in Charge ...