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    • Can 'weak' El Niño trigger coral bleaching epidemic? 

      Mercado, Juan L. (The Philippine Star, December 8, 2002, on page 12)
      Will this year's "weak" El Niño trigger another round of mysterious "bleaching" that savaged economically-vital coral reefs in a clocklike-wave of infection in 1998?. Scientists J. H. Primavera and E.D. Gomez have documented ...
    • Coral reef fish declared flagship species of Apo Reef 

      Villanueva, Rhodina (The Philippine Star, May 18, 2018, on page 6)
      The coral reef fish has been declared as flagship species of the world famous Apo Reef Natural Park off Occidental Mindoro. The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) Protected Area Management Board approved ...
    • Fish increase brings hope to double barrier reef 

      (The Philippine Star, August 5, 2013, on page 29)
      Seeing an average of 57 fish within 250 square meters may not be much compared to other dive spots, but for the Minantaw Marine Park and Sanctuary, it is a major development considering that five years ago the number of ...
    • Seafood buyers pledge to protect Coral Triangle 

      Benaning, Marvyn N. (The Philippine Star, January 22, 2010, on page 4)
      The promise of big seafood buyers not to buy fish like tuna and reef fish illegally caught in the 5.4 million square kilometer of the Coral Triangle will be tested in the wake of protests by Japanese consumers against ...
    • Stolen mameng return to Tubbataha home 

      Bondoc, Jarius (The Philippine Star, March 23, 2007, on page 15)
      Government and private groups started this week to return to their natural habitat rare fish poached by Chinese last Christmas. One hundred-twenty napoleon wrasses, locally called mameng, gently were slipped back into the ...