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    • Commercial fish operators protest revised law 

      Mallari, Delfin Jr (Philippine Daily Inquirer, August 12, 2015, on page A8)
      Commercial fishing operators and fish traders warned of a nationwide protest against the implementation of the amended Philippine Fisheries Code, the controversial Republic Act No. 10654. which prevents, deters and eliminates ...

    • Consensus on the South China Sea 

      de Jesus, Edilberto C. (Philippine Daily Inquirer, October 3, 2020, on page A7)
      “We must remain mindful of our obligations and commitment to the Charter of the United Nations and as amplified by the 1982 Manila Declaration on the Peaceful Settlement of International Disputes. The Philippines affirms ...

    • Conserving Southeast Asia's seas 

      Yozell, Sally; Christensen, Steen; Eyler, Brian (Philippine Daily Inquirer, September 15, 2017, on page A17)
      The United Nations’ call to conserve and sustainably develop the oceans perhaps resonates most with Southeast Asia than in any other part of the world. With a maritime territory thrice the size of its landmass, the region ...

    • COP23 and the World's Oceans 

      Claparols, Antonio M. (Philippine Daily Inquirer, November 27, 2017, on page A18)
      The 23rd annual climate change conference, or COP23, was held in Bonn, Germany, on Nov. 6-17. There is no doubt that this year will be another record-breaking year to showcase the disastrous effects of climate change. We’ve ...

    • Copper residue shows in river water 

      Cinco, Maricar (Philippine Daily Inquirer, September 2, 2016, on page A8)
      The sight of bluish green water flowing through the Boac River in Marinduque province has raised suspicions of a high level of acid seeping from mine wastes left in the defunct Marcopper mining site. The Environmental ...

    • Cops, PCG vow to protect Quezon’s Lamon Bay vs illegal fishing 

      Mallari, Delfin T. Jr. (Philippine Daily Inquirer, January 26, 2024, on page A11)
      Police and Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) officials in Quezon have assured local fisherfolk that they would intensify their patrol of the province’s waters to stop the activities of commercial fishers who have been reported ...

    • Coral deaths, fish kills blamed on shrimp farm 

      Orejas, Tonette (Philippine Daily Inquirer, May 31, 2000, on page 18)
      Diapitan Resources Development Corp. cut 14 hectares of mangroves to build its shrimp ponds, aerial photographs confirmed. The Department of Environment and Natural Resources, however, has not looked into the violation ...

    • Coral regrowth is new crusade 

      Sotelo, Yolanda (Philippine Daily Inquirer, October 5, 2016, on page A10)
      Every day at 9 a.m., divers scour the waters off Mayor’s Island in the Hundred Islands National Park (HINP) in Alaminos City in Pangasinan province, to look for fragments of live coral that could still be nurtured at the ...

    • Coral-eating starfish infest Boracay waters 

      Lujan, Nereo C. (Philippine Daily Inquirer, September 2, 1999, on page 12)
      A population of coral-eating crown-of-thorns starfish was found in the reefs of Boracay Island. But the aquaculture research center here said there was no cause for alarm. The Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center ...

    • Corals and garbage 

      (Philippine Daily Inquirer, June 28, 2015, on page A16)
      Recent reports present a rash of problematic incidents regarding the Philippines’ natural resources, foremost among which is China’s expansive seabed dredging in the disputed Spratlys—a reckless and dangerous move that is ...

    • Court stops demolition of Laguna lake fishpens: LLDA says ruling from Court of Appeals a setback in President Duterte’s environmental campaign 

      Cinco, Maricar (Philippine Daily Inquirer, November 11, 2017, on page A13)
      A recent Court of Appeals (CA) ruling allowed fishpen owners to continue operating in Laguna de Bay, prompting a state agency to call the decision a “setback” in President Duterte’s campaign to clean and clear the country’s ...

    • COVID brings Pangasinan town's salt industry to a standstill 

      Sotelo, Yolanda (Philippine Daily Inquirer, September 28, 2020, on page A8)
      Warehouses storing salt harvested in the town of Dasol in Pangasinan province would have been empty by this time of the year. But since March, when the community quarantine was imposed by the government to control the ...

    • Crab fattening pushed to ensure better yield 

      Ramos, Digs (Philippine Daily Inquirer, March 2, 2016, on page B2-2)
      There is one word crab vendors do not want their merchandise to be associated with: payat (skinny). The label sticks like glue. Meat shops are given some leeway whenever they sell a fatty slab of pork, but customers remember ...

    • Crackdown starts on fish pen guns: DENR, LLDA team runs after armed men manning Laguna de Bay fishery structures 

      Cinco, Maricar (Philippine Daily Inquirer, February 11, 2017, on page A10)
      The government on Friday began its crackdown on unlicensed firearms allegedly used by guards manning fish pens in Laguna de Bay. Environment Undersecretary Arturo Valdez, who heads the National Anti-Environmental Crime ...

    • Crane ship arrives at Tubbataha 

      Cabacungan, Gil; Burgonio, TJ (Philippine Daily Inquirer, February 4, 2013, on page A2)
      One of the two lift cranes commissioned by the US Navy has arrived at the Tubbataha Reefs Natural Park to begin the removal of a grounded US minesweeper, according to the Philippine Coast Guard. The SMIT Borneo of SMIT ...

    • Creating sustainable future for West PH Sea 

      Neilson, Trevor (Philippine Daily Inquirer, September 22, 2020, on page A7)
      Last month, four medium-range missiles, launched by China’s military from that country’s mainland, were fired into the waters between the disputed Paracel Islands and the southern island-province of Hainan, according to ...

    • Credit and extension unity needed for agriculture 

      Ordoñez, Ernesto (Philippine Daily Inquirer, June 14, 2018, on page B6)
      At the May 17th Agriculture Credit Forum, agriculture extension was hardly mentioned. But if credit is made available with no financially viable projects coming from effective agriculture extension, the credit will never ...

    • Critics see red in Manila Bay's 'white sand' makeover 

      Subingsubing, Krixia (Philippine Daily Inquirer, September 4, 2020, on page A1-A2)
      After undergoing a major cleanup and losing much of its technicolor garbage last year, Manila Bay is getting a ”white” makeover. But environmentalists and fisherfolk groups are seeing red instead, questioning the latest ...

    • Crops, cultured seaweeds worth over P100M lost to Zamboanga floods 

      Alipala, Julie; Mangosing, Frances (Philippine Daily Inquirer, January 20, 2023, on page A8)
      At least P106.4-million worth of agricultural products, including cultured seaweeds, were lost to the widespread flooding spawned by a low pressure area in this city last week, affecting the livelihood of more than 3,000 ...

    • Crown of thorns outbreak found in Batangas 

      Lesaba, Marrah Erika (Philippine Daily Inquirer, June 1, 2013, on page A10)
      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 ...