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    • Chevron to keep Olive-Ridley sea turtle nesting area protected 

      (The Philippine Star, January 23, 2017, on page B-6)
      Multiple Olive-Ridley sea turtles have begun to nest as a result of Caltex brand marketer Chevron Philippines, Inc. (CPI)'s San Pascual coastal cleanup during the annual Week of Caring (WOC) held every September. With two ...
    • Drones, troops protect Mexico sea turtle eggs 

      (The Philippine Star, September 17, 2015, on page B-8)
      A small drone buzzes above a pristine Pacific beach in Mexico as troops stand guard, seeking to deter poachers from snatching sea turtle eggs that end up on restaurant menus. The drone, with six rotors that sounds like a ...
    • Endangered 'pawikan' still at high risk 

      Yaptinchay, A. A. (The Philippine Star, August 21, 2016, on page A12)
      Smuggling of Philippine wildlife has been in the news in Sabah. Twelve Filipinos were detained last month in Sandakan, Sabah, for trying to bring in 19,000 eggs of pawikan (marine turtles). Romeo Trono, former head of the ...
    • Hundred Islands Fish-yalan opens broodstock area 

      Visperas, Eva (The Philippine Star, February 12, 2017, on page B4)
      This city’s famous Hundred Islands National Park (HINP) is not only for swimming, island hopping, beach frolicking, zipline riding, kayaking and other water sports activities. It’s also for educating people on raising ...
    • Philippine science as world science: The case of milkfish reproduction 

      Suarez, Raul K. (The Philippine Star, January 10, 2008, on page B-7)
      By the early 1980s, Clarissa Marte (also a UP faculty member) and Flor Lacanilao had both moved to the Aquaculture Department of the Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center (SEAFDEC) in Iloilo where they tried a ...
    • Tilapia species protective of eggs 

      Visperas, Eva (The Philippine Star, June 13, 2015, on page 12)
      One species of tilapia might be unwanted in some parts of the country and considered as a pest in fishponds for being invasive, but its kind is admirable for being “fatherly” and protective of their eggs, a fishery expert ...