Browsing The Philippine Star by Subject "marine parks"

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    • 2 Palawan areas declared marine protected 

      Villanueva, Rhodina (The Philippine Star, October 9, 2016, on page A24)
      The conservation group World Wildlife Fund for Nature (WWF) recently declared two marine protected areas (MPAs) in Palawan. These 1,013,340 hectares covering the coastal and offshore waters of Cagayancillo town and 80,000 ...

    • ₱30-M Marine Culture Park to rise in Cordova 

      Mozo, Malou M. (The Philippine Star, February 9, 2015, on page 14)
      Cordova town in Mactan, Cebu is preparing for what officials describe as “Cebu’s rising tourist destination” following an announcement to launch a massive promotion on the town's tourist destinations. “We are working towards ...

    • 5 provinces commit to protect Visayan sea 

      Simeon, Louise Maureen (The Philippine Star, September 30, 2018, on page B2)
      Five local government units have committed to adopt a fisheries management framework to protect the Visayan Sea, one of the country’s major fishing grounds, from illegal fishing activities to ensure a sustainable fisheries ...

    • Aquaculture engineers eye mariculture parks 

      Fernandez, Rudy A. (The Philippine Star, January 7, 2001, on page 23)
      Mariculture parks may soon be part of the country's coastal landscape. That is, if things go well according to plans of the Society of Aquaculture Engineers of the Philippines (SAEP). Mariculture park, as described by ...

    • Ban on field trips to theme parks with captive dolphins, whales sought 

      Romero, Paolo (The Philippine Star, September 9, 2012, on page 6)
      A party-list lawmaker has filed a resolution urging the Department of Education (DepEd) and the Commission on Higher Education (CHED) to ban school field trips to theme parks that have captive dolphins and whales that ...

    • Benham 

      Magno, Alex (The Philippine Star, May 17, 2018, on page 8)
      Proudly, we renamed Benham Rise to underscore our possession. It is now officially the Philippine Rise, although there is a bit of awkwardness in using the new designation. A few years ago, the Aquino government decided ...

    • Benham R&D to be multi-agency effort 

      (The Philippine Star, May 31, 2018, on page B6)
      According to Dela Peña, the DOST had spent P39 million for the first exploration activities through its attached agencies Philippine Council for Industry, Energy and Emerging Technology Research and Development, and the ...

    • Benham Rise seen as fisheries hot spot 

      Simeon, Louise Maureen (The Philippine Star, April 15, 2016, on page B-5)
      The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) and marine scientists have sailed for the first time this year the 13-million hectare Benham Rise in an effort to protect and increase marine productivity in the ...

    • Campaign on to declare Visayan Sea as protected area 

      Dangcalan, Danny (The Philippine Star, June 11, 2015, on page A-27)
      Local government officials in the Visayas and other stakeholders have signed a resolution asking President Aquino to declare the Visayan Sea a marine reserve. The resolution was signed at the 7th Visayan Sea Summit in ...

    • Change Chinese mindset: ‘West Philippine Sea is not yours’ 

      Macairan, Evelyn (The Philippine Star, December 16, 2018, on page 2)
      More Filipinos are likely to back calls for a more assertive government stand against China’s provocative activities in the West Philippine Sea, Supreme Court (SC) Senior Associate Justice Antonio Carpio said on Friday. ...

    • Commercial fishing ordinance reversed to protect Tañon Strait 

      (The Philippine Star, November 15, 2018, on page B7)
      Environmental groups and fisherfolk have lauded the Cebu provincial government for rejecting the ordinance of Toledo City that would have allowed commercial fishing within 10.1 to 15 km from the city’s coastline along Tañon ...

    • Court order sought vs export of dolphins to Singapore 

      Mateo, Janvic (The Philippine Star, October 13, 2012, on page 1-5)
      A Quezon City court stopped yesterday the Department of Agriculture and Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) from issuing a permit to re-export to Singapore 25 dolphins in Ocean Adventure Park in Subic. Quezon ...

    • Cousteau supports sustainable fisheries reforms 

      (The Philippine Star, August 31, 2016, on page B-9)
      Conservation advocate Alexandra Cousteau, senior adviser to Oceana, is visiting the Philippines from Aug. 29 to Sept. 11 to promote awareness on sustainable fisheries management and the global fight against illegal fishing ...

    • Crew fined for entering restricted reef area 

      Associated Press (AP) (The Philippine Star, April 17, 2010, on page A-26)
      Australian authorities signaled their seriousness about protecting the Great Barrier Reef with a court issuing fines Friday for a ship that entered a restricted area a day after a coal carrier ran aground and tore a huge ...

    • DENR opposes comm'l fishing in Tañon Strait 

      Simeon, Louise Maureen (The Philippine Star, January 29, 2017, on page B-3)
      The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) has opposed a proposal that seeks to allow commercial fishing within the municipal waters of the Tañon Strait, the country’s biggest marine protected area. The ...

    • DENR task force to monitor, document coral bleaching 

      Villanueva, Rhodina (The Philippine Star, September 11, 2010, on page A-19)
      Environment and Natural Resources Secretary Ramon Paje has directed his agency’s Protected Areas and Wildlife Bureau to create a task force that will monitor and document coral bleaching in the country. Paje also ordered ...

    • 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 ...

    • Fishermen fear displacement 

      Cervantes, Ding (The Philippine Star, November 23, 2016, on page 1-8)
      Declaring the lagoon at Panatag (Scarborough) Shoal a marine sanctuary might again deprive Filipino fishermen of their right to livelihood and access to fishing zones. In a statement, the Pambansang Lakas ng Kilusang ...

    • Fishermen withdraw from 'kalikasan' petition 

      Punay, Edu; Lee-Brago, Pia (The Philippine Star, July 10, 2019, on page 1-6)
      The government’s chief lawyer yesterday moved for the withdrawal of a petition in the Supreme Court (SC) seeking to compel the government to protect marine resources in the West Philippine Sea, saying 19 fishermen listed ...

    • Globe sponsors Boracay clean-up dive 

      (The Philippine Star, February 24, 2013, on page B-6)
      Flocks of tourists coupled with uncontrolled development have taken its toll on Boracay as coral reef destruction, water quality degradation and other environmental and social concerns continue to threaten the fragile ...