Browsing Philippine Daily Inquirer by Scientific Name "Chelonia mydas"

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    • 100 baby sea turtles released to open sea 

      Macatuno, Allan (Philippine Daily Inquirer, December 10, 2017, on page A6)
      After hatching in a busy beach resort here, some 100 baby sea turtles (pawikan) made their way back home on Saturday. The olive ridley sea turtles (Lepidochelys olivacea) were born at a hatchery of All Hands Beach and began ...

    • 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 ...

    • Back to the sea for trapped turtles 

      Calawag, Flord (Philippine Daily Inquirer, May 16, 2015, on page A10)
      Rain suddenly poured at the break of dawn as 20 students and two instructors boarded the four-layered bamboo raft in Barangay Malabor, Tibiao, Antique province. They were about to experience “lambaklad” fishing in the ...

    • From predators to protectors of sea turtles 

      Sarmiento, Bong (Philippine Daily Inquirer, December 9, 2018, on page A15)
      Under coconut trees swaying from the sea breeze, several fishermen would usually gather at a coastal village here on late afternoons to unwind from hard work with a gallon of “tuba” (coconut wine). As Filipino culture ...

    • Groups strengthen efforts to protect ‘pawikan’ nesting site, coral reefs in Subic Bay 

      Aglibot, Joanna Rose (Philippine Daily Inquirer, May 21, 2022, on page A8)
      Carrying trash bags, local licensed scuba divers went into the waters off All Hands Beach Resort here on Friday to collect underwater garbage as part of a multisectoral initiative to protect the marine and coastal environment ...

    • Healthy bay? count the turtles 

      Mallari, Delfin T. Jr. (Philippine Daily Inquirer, February 28, 2017, on page A17)
      The annual spectacle “is a manifestation of our commitment to the protection and rehabilitation of the bay,” said Edwin Frias, 46, a fisherman and Bantay Dagat (fish warden) from the village of Bignay II. Frias and other ...

    • Protect nesting sites of sea turtles, group urges execs 

      Mallari Jr., Delfin T. (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 

      Esplanada, Jerry E. (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 ...

    • Turtle Islands: Hundreds of nautical miles away from justice 

      Maliwanag, Dennis (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 

      Enano, Jhesset O. (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 ...