Browsing Philippine Daily Inquirer by Subject "sea turtles"
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PH wants 'butanding' on 'endangered' list
(Philippine Daily Inquirer,October 23, 2017 , on page A17)Whale sharks, locally called “butanding,” should be reclassified from vulnerable to endangered, according to the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR). The DENR will propose the inclusion of the butanding ... -
Protect nesting sites of sea turtles, group urges execs
(Philippine Daily Inquirer,May 11, 2017 , on page A9)Lucena City—Environmentalists have asked officials in Sariaya town in Quezon province to declare areas in the municipality as “protected nesting sites” for endangered sea turtles which lay eggs on their shoreline along the ... -
Rare turtle lives to swim another day
(Philippine Daily Inquirer,September 5, 2012 , on page A7)The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) has cited three fishermen from Aparri, Cagayan who released back to the sea an endangered Pacific green turtle that was accidentally caught in their fishing net. Citing a report from its ... -
Revenge of the 'Pawikan': 5 dead after eating sea turtle meat
(Philippine Daily Inquirer,August 23, 2013 , on page A12)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 ... -
Saving turtles by saving their nesting sites
(Philippine Daily Inquirer,August 5, 2018 , on page A6)One of the most fascinating facts about sea turtles is that they have unusually sharp memories, according to experts. So they would return again and again to the place where turtles hundreds of years before them hatched ... -
Sea turtle bought by tourists freed
(Philippine Daily Inquirer,June 26, 2018 , on page A8)A green sea turtle bought by Chinese tourists was rescued on Wednesday and set free on Thursday by employees of the Cagayan Economic Zone Authority (Ceza). Freeport workers saw the turtle being carried in a sack by resort ... -
Siargao reptiles thrive as tourism pauses
(Philippine Daily Inquirer,January 31, 2021 , on page A11)As tourism ground to a halt in Siargao, environmental officials in the coastal town of Del Carmen in Surigao del Norte province saw a record number of sea turtle rescues. From March to November last year, the Municipal ... -
The taste of turtle meat and fat
(Philippine Daily Inquirer,May 30, 2014 , on page A17)The apprehension of Chinese poachers in our waters by the Philippine Coast Guard occurs so often that it does not readily make headline news. The last vessel captured yielded a cargo of turtles, and the sorry sight of these ... -
Tubbataha incident caused by total negligence
(Philippine Daily Inquirer,February 11, 2013 , on page A20)The Tubbataha Reefs Natural Park, located in the Central Sulu Sea, is cited as one of the most biologically diverse and one of the remarkable coral reefs on the planet. It is home to 600 species of fish, 360 species of ... -
Turtle haven in Mati under threat
(Philippine Daily Inquirer,June 30, 2013 , on page A11)The Amihan Boys are considered the “guardians of Dahican.” The group of 25 boys and young men, all residents of the village of Dahican, started as mere skim boarding enthusiasts nine years ago. Since then, they have become ... -
Turtle Islands: Hundreds of nautical miles away from justice
(Philippine Daily Inquirer,August 22, 2010 , on page A14)They came in the dead of night and pulled off the first heist on Baguan Island this year. The thieves, possibly armed, quietly left onboard a boat taking about 600 pieces of green turtle eggs from this protected wildlife ... -
UP's 'CSI' helps catch illegal wildlife traders
(Philippine Daily Inquirer,August 26, 2019 , on page A6)When officials of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) learned that some eateries in Barangay Pasil in Cebu City were selling steaming bowls of turtle stew, they first needed to make sure that the ...