Browsing Philippine Daily Inquirer by Subject "illegal fishing"
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10 poachers left at sea off Palawan
(Philippine Daily Inquirer,June 1, 2010 , on page A13)Ten Chinese nationals were reported missing at sea off Balabac Island in southern Palawan and may have been left in small sampan boats after a chase of their mother ship on Thursday by a composite team of the Coast Guard ... -
4,200 turtles seized in warehouse
(Philippine Daily Inquirer,June 21, 2015 , on page A12)Authorities in Palawan confiscated on Thursday a shipment of 4,200 critically endangered forest turtles that are believed to be destined for the Chinese black market with an estimated value of around P18 million. The ... -
Adventures with Tubbataha’s mama ranger
(Philippine Daily Inquirer,June 17, 2017 , on page C4)The water is—in the words of Yvette Lee, Discovery Fleet Philippines VP for operations, director of marketing and media affairs, and a published underwater photographer—“parang taho,” smooth and glassy and with nary a ... -
AFP chief pushes Pinoy structures in West PH Sea
(Philippine Daily Inquirer,April 23, 2021 , on page A3)The military’s highest-ranking official on Thursday proposed that the country also start building structures in the West Philippine Sea (WPS) considering China’s apparent disregard for the status quo agreement among states ... -
Amended Fisheries Code IRR signed
(Philippine Daily Inquirer,September 26, 2015 , on page B3)Agriculture Secretary Proceso J. Alcala has signed the implementing rules and regulations (IRR) of the Amended Fisheries Code, even as commercial fishers opposing the law held a fishers’ strike and held off supplies from ... -
At 86, still a marine biodiveristy champion
(Philippine Daily Inquirer,August 1, 2015 , on page A9)His silver hair and well-toned skin hardly reveal his age of 86 years. In fact, listening to him talk in his usual passionate and thickly accented manner, one may even imagine him to be a few decades younger. Speaking about ... -
Bicol police say 2,000 illegal fishing suspects nabbed
(Philippine Daily Inquirer,August 1, 2015 , on page A8)Police in the Bicol region claimed to have arrested up to 2,000 illegal fishing suspects last year, saying it was the result of a sustained campaign against destructive fishing methods. Chief Supt. Victor Deona, Bicol ... -
Blast fishing blamed for dolphin deaths in Camarines Sur
(Philippine Daily Inquirer,January 27, 2021 , on page A10)Thirteen of 25 dolphins stranded on the shores of Del Gallego town in Camarines Sur province on Tuesday died from what fisheries officials described as injuries suffered from blast fishing. A necropsy performed on the ... -
Blast fishing blamed for dolphin stranding
(Philippine Daily Inquirer,December 7, 2022 , on page A10)Five adult dolphins washed ashore in different towns in Ilocos Sur province on Sunday and Monday, but three of them died, and marine mammal experts were pointing to blast fishing as the possible cause of the mass stranding. ... -
Blast fishing eyed in dolphin stranding in Lingayen Gulf
(Philippine Daily Inquirer,March 24, 2022 , on page A10)Marine mammal experts have started investigating the cause of what they described as an “unusual” number of dolphins getting stranded in different coastal towns along the Lingayen Gulf recently. Records from the Bureau of ... -
Blast fishing in Lingayen Gulf goes on, say villagers
(Philippine Daily Inquirer,September 22, 2015 , on page A16)Perez, a former governor of the Board of Investments and a daughter of the late Speaker Eugenio Perez, said she had been hearing explosions day and night since Sept. 4. “My house shakes whenever there is an explosion,” she ... -
Blast fishing threatens marine sanctuaries in Tayabas Bay
(Philippine Daily Inquirer,July 15, 2017 , on page A16)The fish sanctuaries in the bay fronting Lucena City and Pagbilao and Sariaya towns in Quezon province are showing life as sea turtles, manta rays and assorted fish species are starting to return to these areas, an official ... -
'Bobo' traps: A smart way to fish
(Philippine Daily Inquirer,August 9, 2015 , on page A8)Sa lawud itagak, sa bukid pangitaon. (Drop it into the deep sea, but look for it in the mountains.) This is how 65-year-old fisherman Mamelito Quisada describes the traditional deep-sea fishing method practiced by his ... -
Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resource, Fisheries Administrative Order No. 236-4, Series of 2015
(Philippine Daily Inquirer,July 1, 2015 , on page B5)Subject: Extension of FAO 236-3 Series of 2015 on the Rules and Regulations on the Operations of Purse Seine and Ring Net Vessels Using Fish Aggregating Devices (FADS) locally known as Payaos during the FAD Closure Period ... -
Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resource, Fisheries Administrative Order No. 245-3, Series of 2015
(Philippine Daily Inquirer,July 1, 2015 , on page B5)Subject: Regulations and Implementing Guideline on Group Tuna Purse Seine Operations in High Seas Pocket Number 1 as a Special Management Area. -
The business of fixing Lingayen Gulf
(Philippine Daily Inquirer,February 6, 2013 , on page A17)Alaska is a remote coastal village of Aringay, La Union, where blast fishing used to be the main occupation of its residents. In this village, some fishermen used to manufacture improvised dynamite sticks that they used ... -
Calatagan-where natural reefs thrive along with artificial ones
(Philippine Daily Inquirer,June 6, 2010 , on page F-2)With my drive buddies Ramon and Dennis Nakpil, and with guest diver and friend Ed Hontiveros, I drove to Calatagan recently for a dive excursion. After an easy 2 ½-hour drive, we reached this town in Batangas, whose name ... -
China claims reduce catch for Zambales fishers
(Philippine Daily Inquirer,December 31, 2018 , on page A6)During good weather, the shoreline of Calapandayan village in Subic town, Zambales province, bustles with fishermen fixing their boats. Some haul their boats to shore after spending a week or two out at sea, while others ... -
China tried to 'physically expel' PH
(Philippine Daily Inquirer,November 28, 2015 , on page A1-A15)China's blocking of Philippine ships bringing supplies to Filipino soldiers stationed at Ayungin Shoal (Second Thomas Shoal) was a deliberate move to “physically expel” the Philippines and its people from the disputed areas ... -
Chinese vessels enter 2 more PH islands' waters
(Philippine Daily Inquirer,April 18, 2019 , on page A2)After swarming Pag-asa in the Kalayaan Island Group, Chinese vessels believed to be part of China’s maritime militia have been seen close to two other Philippine-occupied islands in the South China Sea. Some of the Chinese ...