Bolinao, Pangasinan— Twice a week, Julio Curiano Jr. would hop into a speedboat and head for a 5.8-hectare ocean nursery of giant clams off Silaqui Island at the northernmost tip of this town facing the West Philippine Sea. A maintenance man of the University of the Philippines Marine Science Institute’s marine laboratory here, Curiano spends his day checking on the thousands of giant clams like they are his own children.

Cardinoza., G. (2017, May 7). Doting 'dad' to giant clams. Philippine Daily Inquirer. pp. A2-1, A2-2.