Browsing Philippine Daily Inquirer by Subject "sea turtles"
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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 ... -
100 baby sea turtles released to open sea
(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 ... -
12-kg tagged turtle set free
(Philippine Daily Inquirer,December 15, 2010 , on page A18)The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) on Tuesday released a 12-kilogram Olive Ridley turtle, that kept returning to a village in Pangasinan, into the Lingayen Gulf. The turtle ( Lepidochelys olivacea), whose ... -
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 ... -
Apo Reef turtle sightings increase during lockdown
(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
(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 ... -
Biggest batch of sea turtles released
(Philippine Daily Inquirer,March 24, 2017 , on page A17)At least 160 Hawksbill sea turtles had been released to the sea on Tuesday after they were hatched on the coast of Punta Dumalag, Talomo District, a known nesting ground of the turtles. Hawksbill sea turtles are on the red ... -
China demands release of 9 Sino fishermen who have served time
(Philippine Daily Inquirer,May 16, 2015 , on page A13)The Chinese government on Friday sought the immediate release of nine Chinese fishermen who have already served their six-month prison term for poaching in the Philippine-claimed Hasa-Hasa Shoal in May last year. Provincial ... -
Dolphins found dead with bullet wounds
(Philippine Daily Inquirer,March 24, 2013 , on page A15)Two dolphins and a sea turtle with hack wounds were found dead in separate sections of the Lingayen beach on Friday. The first dolphin was recovered at the beach front near the Pangasinan capitol, said Westly Rosario, chief ... -
Duo nabbed cutting up sea turtle
(Philippine Daily Inquirer,June 2, 2010 , on page A12)Authorities in Pasay City arrested yesterday a restaurant manager and a cook who were caught chopping up two endangered sea turtles, or pawikan, for an exotic dish. During the arrest, the staff of the Pasay City Veterinary ... -
Endangered turtle's tracks
(Philippine Daily Inquirer,February 15, 2010 , on page B2-4)A mother Olive Ridley turtle, known also as Pacific Ridley turtle, leaves tracks in the sand after laying a clutch of over 100 eggs (inset) within the compound of the 1,500-megawatt, natural gas-fired plant of First Gas, ... -
Fish traps pose deadly threat to baby turtles in Tayabas Bay
(Philippine Daily Inquirer,February 19, 2022 , on page A10)Numerous “baklad” or huge stationary fish traps sunk into the bottom of Tayabas Bay in Quezon province pose deadly threats to sea turtles, locally known as “pawikan,” according to an environmentalist group. “The presence ... -
From predators to protectors of sea turtles
(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 ... -
Healthy bay? count the turtles
(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 ... -
Iloilo kids help protect sea turtles
(Philippine Daily Inquirer,March 7, 2021 , on page A5)In the village of Atabayan here, a female turtle has returned to her birthplace to make the sandy shore as her own nesting ground. Her 68 eggs were discovered by fisherman Rodrigo Traifalgar on the chilly morning of Oct. ... -
In Subic, newly hatched Sea Turtles return to Sea
(Philippine Daily Inquirer,December 14, 2016 , on page A12)With the help of tourists, 113 newly hatched olive ridley sea turtles (Lepidochelys olivacea) were released to their natural habitat at Subic Bay here last week. The turtles were born at the hatchery of All Hands Beach, a ... -
More than 1,000 baby sea turtles to be released in Tayabas Bay
(Philippine Daily Inquirer,December 7, 2020 , on page A8)More than 1,000 baby sea turtles locally known as “pawikan” will be set free to their natural habitat in Tayabas Bay off Sariaya town, Quezon province, starting this month until January next year, authorities said. The ... -
Newbie volunteers deface sea turtle
(Philippine Daily Inquirer,January 6, 2017 , on page A9)Members of a group of volunteers guarding against poaching in the seas have learned a valuable lesson on handling green sea turtles—don’t paint on their carapace. Bantay Dagat (sea watch) volunteers in Silay City, Negros ... -
No slow days for turtle expert despite retirement
(Philippine Daily Inquirer,June 3, 2018 , on page A6)Unlike the marine turtles that he had spent years studying, Romeo Trono has apparently never had slow days—even in retirement. Contemplating the sunset by the beach while sipping rum mixed with Coke, Trono, 59, could easily ... -
Our big surprise in Tubbataha-diving with Destiny
(Philippine Daily Inquirer,July 2, 2016 , on page F1-F2)It was a quintessential Tubbataha dive—volatile currents, tons of fish, and a big surprise. We were at Seafan Alley on Tubbataha’s North Atoll, making our way back to the shallows after some 40 minutes of spotting slender ...