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Groups call for action on poaching of sea turtles

dc.coverage.spatialPalawanen
dc.date.accessioned2019-03-29T03:11:14Z
dc.date.available2019-03-29T03:11:14Z
dc.date.issued2014-05-27
dc.identifier.citationGroups call for action on poaching of sea turtles. (2014, May 27). The Manila Times, p. B8.en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12174/5183
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherThe Manila Times Publishing Corporationen
dc.relation.urihttps://www.manilatimes.net/groups-call-for-action-on-poaching-of-sea-turtles/99459/en
dc.subjectsea turtlesen
dc.subjectGovernmentsen
dc.subjectfishersen
dc.subjectfishing vesselsen
dc.subjectrare speciesen
dc.subjectanimal welfareen
dc.subjectfishery regulationsen
dc.subjectthreatened speciesen
dc.subjectprotected areasen
dc.titleGroups call for action on poaching of sea turtlesen
dc.typenewspaperArticleen
dc.citation.journalTitleThe Manila Timesen
dc.citation.spageB8en
local.seafdecaqd.controlnumberMT20140527_B8en
local.seafdecaqd.extractA group of 20 civil society organizations has come together to call on the government to implement the full force of the law on the government to implement the full force of the law on the poaching of 500 dead and live sea turtles by 11 Chinese, who were included in a group of fishermen caught on May 6 in a fishing boat that contained over 200 live turtles such as the Hawks Bill and the Green Sea, considered as endangered species, off the Palawan coast. According to the civil society organizations, the Chinese fishers should be punished with 12 years of imprisonment and a fine of P1 million each, as stated under the Philippine Wildlife Act of 1997 or Republic Act 9147. All the species of sea turtles found in the Chinese boat are protected by Wildlife Act and mandated by the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) Administrative Order 2004-15.en
local.subject.personalNameLavides, Margarita
local.subject.corporateNameDepartment of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR)en
local.subject.corporateNameBureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR)en
local.subject.corporateNameDepartment of Agriculture (DA)en
local.subject.corporateNameInternational Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN)en
local.subject.corporateNameHaribon Foundationen
local.subject.corporateNamePhilippine National Police (PNP)en
local.subject.corporateNamePalawan Council for Sustainable Development (PCSD)en
local.subject.corporateNameBiodiversity Management Bureau (BMB)en
local.subject.corporateNameCenter for Empowerment and Resource Developmenten
local.subject.corporateNameEarth Island Instituteen
local.subject.corporateNameEnvironmental Legal Assistance Center Inc.en
local.subject.corporateNameNational Union of Rural Based Organization Inc.en
local.subject.corporateNameFisheries Reform Inc.en
local.subject.corporateNamePhilippine Grassroots Engagementen
local.subject.corporateNameRural Development Foundation Inc.en
local.subject.corporateNamePhilippine Locally Managed Marine Area Networken
local.subject.corporateNamePhilippine Rural Reconstruction Movementen
local.subject.corporateNameRestore Outdoor Cluben
local.subject.corporateNameSave the Fisheries Now Networken
local.subject.corporateNameSave the Philippine Seasen
local.subject.corporateNameSentro ng Ikauunlad ng Katutubong Agham at Teknolohiyaen
local.subject.corporateNameTambuyog Development Centeren
local.subject.corporateNameTanggol Kalikasanen
local.subject.corporateNameTurtle Conservation Society of the Philippinesen
local.subject.scientificNameChelonia mydasen


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