Browsing Philippine Daily Inquirer by Scientific Name "Acanthaster planci"

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    • Apo Reef turtle sightings increase during lockdown 

      Cinco, Maricar (Philippine Daily Inquirer, September 8, 2020, on page A8)
      The number of critically endangered hawksbill (Eretmochelys imbricata) and green sea turtles (Chelonia mydas) in Apo Reef doubled during the period when the vast underwater ecosystem off Occidental Mindoro province was ...

    • Batangas waters cleared of harmful starfish species 

      Mallari, Delfin Jr (Philippine Daily Inquirer, June 6, 2022, on page A7)
      Thousands of crown-of-thorns starfish (COT) were removed from the seas off Batangas province by authorities who were responding to the outbreak of the poisonous starfish that could endanger local natural resources. 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 ...

    • 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 ...