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Giant grouper found in Antique

dc.contributor.authorCalawag, Flord Nicson
dc.coverage.spatialTibiaoen
dc.coverage.spatialLibertaden
dc.date.accessioned2018-08-16T02:29:59Z
dc.date.available2018-08-16T02:29:59Z
dc.date.issued2015-07-09
dc.identifier.citationCalawag, F. N. (2015, July 9). Giant grouper found in Antique. Philippine Daily Inquirer, p. A8.en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12174/1677
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherPhilippine Daily Inquirer, Inc.en
dc.relation.urihttp://newsinfo.inquirer.net/703909/giant-grouper-found-in-antiqueen
dc.subjectReef fishen
dc.subjectcarcassesen
dc.subjectvulnerable speciesen
dc.subjectfishery protectionen
dc.subjectnature conservationen
dc.subjectpercoid fisheriesen
dc.subjectfishery regulationsen
dc.titleGiant grouper found in Antiqueen
dc.typenewspaperArticleen
dc.citation.journaltitlePhilippine Daily Inquireren
dc.citation.firstpageA8en
local.seafdecaqd.controlnumberPD20150709_A8en
local.seafdecaqd.extractA stranded seven-foot, 176-kilogram giant grouper, the largest reef-dwelling fish in the world, was found by a fisherman in the shore of Libertad town in Antique province on Wednesday. Jesie Cacam, a fisherman from Barangay Taboc, saw the dying fish, locally known as “lapu-lapu” in Filipino, or “pugaro” or “kugtong” in Kinaray-a language, and asked the help of seven fishermen from the village to carry it from the Pandan Bay to shore, where it eventually died. “So far, that pugaro is the biggest grouper caught in the town of Libertad,” said one of the elders in the fishing village. A person weighing 50 kilos “can fit inside the mouth of the grouper,” said Estaquio Daypuyart, the barangay captain. The giant grouper (Epinephelus lanceolatus) has a large mouth and a rounded tail. Juveniles have irregular black and yellow markings, while adults are green-grey to grey-brown with faint mottling, with numerous small black spots on the fins. It is considered Vulnerable by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red List Status, indicating the need to protect and conserve this species.en
local.subject.personalNameCacam, Jesie
local.subject.personalNameDaypuyart, Estaquio
local.subject.personalNameRaymundo, Berting
local.subject.personalNameCalawag, Nicolasito
local.subject.corporateNameInternational Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN)en
local.subject.corporateNameLibertad, Pandan, Sebaste and Culasi (Lipasecu) Bay-wide Management Councilen
local.subject.corporateNameAntique Marine Wildlife Protection Networken
local.subject.scientificNameEpinephelus lanceolatusen
dc.contributor.corporateauthorInquirer Visayasen


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