Browsing Manila Bulletin by Name "Oceana"

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    • Alexandra Costeau: 'the choices we make impact our oceans' 

      (Manila Bulletin, September 8, 2016, on page B-8)
      For four years now, Alexandra serves as an Oceana senior advisor and shares the same vision of saving the world through the oceans. Being a filmmaker, she used documentaries to show the people how the world can be saved. ...

    • Amid COVID-19 pandemic, group calls for protection of sardines in PH 

      Miraflor, Madelaine B. (Manila Bulletin, April 29, 2020, on page B-3)
      Oceana, the largest international non-government organization focused on marine conservation, has called on the Philippine government to establish management mechanisms on the fishing of sardines, which has already become ...

    • BFAR teams up with institution to explore biodiversity of Benham Rise 

      Miraflor, Madelaine B. (Manila Bulletin, May 26, 2016, on page B-2)
      Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources(BFAR) has teamed up with two institutions including one international organization to jointly explore the biodiversity of Benham Rise, which covers the country's newest territory. ...

    • DA moves to curb illegal fishing, avert EU ban 

      Cahiles-Magkilat, Bernie (Manila Bulletin, April 8, 2015, on page B-3)
      The Department of Agriculture will conduct its first public hearing for the implementing rules and regulations (IRR) of the Philippine Fisheries Code next week in an effort to implement measures that will curb illegal, ...

    • Endangered listing eyed for US loggerhead turtles 

      Associated Press (AP) (Manila Bulletin, March 16, 2010, on page B-8)
      The federal government on Wednesday recommended an endangered-species listing for the loggerhead turtles in U.S. waters, a decision that could lead to tighter restrictions on fishing and other maritime trades. The massive, ...

    • Gov't 'weak' in implementation of fisheries law 

      Miraflor, Madelaine B. (Manila Bulletin, August 1, 2019, on page B-2)
      Top officials of the multinational environment group Oceana said the Duterte administration is “weak” in terms of the implementation of Fisheries Law, with the fisheries sector still one of the most vulnerable sectors in ...

    • Moratorium on reclamation pressed 

      De Vera-Ruiz, Ellalyn (Manila Bulletin, March 28, 2019, on page 1-9)
      Progressive leaders and members of fisherfolk, urban poor, environment, and church groups called for a moratorium on reclamation projects that could threaten coastal and marine landscapes around the country. They issued ...

    • Navy vows stricter campaign vs illegal fishing in Tañon Strait 

      Cordova, Calvin D. (Manila Bulletin, December 13, 2018, on page 9)
      The Naval Forces Central (Navforcen) vowed a stricter campaign against all forms of illegal and destructive fishing in Tañon Strait, the country’s largest marine protected area. In a joint maritime enforcement activity ...

    • Program launched to strengthen Philippine fisheries, coastal area 

      (Manila Bulletin, February 5, 2014, on page B-3)
      Bloomberg Philanthropies yesterday announced its ground-breaking Vibrant Oceans Initiative, a five-year commitment of US$53 million to reserve declining fish supplies and keep oceans thriving in the Philippines and two ...

    • Shark fin bans might not help sharks, scientists say 

      Whittle, Patrick (Manila Bulletin, September 28, 2017, on page SS-2)
      As lawmakers propose banning the sale of shark fins in the U.S., a pair of scientists is pushing back, saying the effort might actually harm attempts to conserve the marine predators. Democratic Sen. Cory Booker of New ...

    • US plans to track seafood imports 

      Associated Press (AP) (Manila Bulletin, March 19, 2015, on page B9)
      The Obama administration is launching a fish tracking system that would eventually tell consumers where their fish was caught, processed and stored, in an effort to eradicate illegal fishing and seafood fraud. US Deputy ...