Browsing The Philippine Star by Subject "rare species"
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10 Chinese ships spotted in Panatag
(The Philippine Star,September 7, 2016 , on page 1-8)Chinese ships spotted around Panatag (Scarborough) Shoal off the coast of Zambales last week have remained in the area based on an aerial monitoring over the shoal, according to an official. Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana ... -
10 held for selling giant pearls
(The Philippine Star,March 15, 2017 , on page 16)National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) agents arrested 10 persons for illegally possessing and selling giant pearls in Ermita, Manila Monday afternoon. In a press conference yesterday, the NBI’s Environmental Crimes Division ... -
Aboitiz Cleanergy Park in Davao welcomes more than 100 new 'pawikan' hatchlings
(The Philippine Star,December 21, 2015 , on page A-29)A total of 109 hawksbill sea turtle (pawikan) hatchlings were recently released at the Aboitiz Cleanergy Park in Punta Dumalag, Davao City, further ensuring the survival of the critically endangered species and strengthening ... -
Ban on field trips to theme parks with captive dolphins, whales sought
(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 ... -
BFAR puts up Bulacan fish sanctuary
(The Philippine Star,August 17, 2022 , on page 11)The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) has established a fish sanctuary in Bulacan. The fish sanctuary, which measures 1,000 square meters, was put up in the Angat River system in the area of Calumpit. -
BFAR sets up breeding center for Phl's most expensive fish
(The Philippine Star,March 24, 2019 , on page B4)A P10 million research and breeding center for the country’s most expensive fish ludong will be built in Cagayan Valley, the Bureau of Fishery and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) said. The research facility broke ground at the ... -
BI deports nine Chinese poachers
(The Philippine Star,June 16, 2015 , on page 7)The Bureau of Immigration (BI) deported last Thursday nine Chinese fishermen caught poaching and taking hundreds of endangered giant sea turtles from Hasa-Hasa Shoal in the West Philippine Sea last year. The deportation ... -
Cagayan Valley gears up for massive breading of high-value ludong, igat
(The Philippine Star,June 10, 2018 , on page B5)The Isabela State University (ISU) is embarking on an ambitious research and development (R&D) project that seeks to develop the technology for massive breeding of Cagayan Valley Region's high-value fish (ludong) and ... -
China in control of Panatag shoal, say Filipino fishermen
(The Philippine Star,June 12, 2018 , on page 1-10)China is in control of Panatag or Scarborough Shoal off Zambales and its coast guards are seizing the best catch of Filipino fishermen. Romel Cejuela, a Filipino fisherman, raised the accusation at Malacañang in a briefing ... -
'China's clam harvesting violates Phl sovereignty'
(The Philippine Star,April 17, 2019 , on page 1-10)Malacañang yesterday described as an “affront” to Philippine territory and sovereignty the harvesting of giant clams in Panatag (Scarborough) Shoal by Chinese ships as the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) announced it ... -
Coral reef fish declared flagship species of Apo Reef
(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 ... -
DENR develops manual series on marine biodiversity
(The Philippine Star,June 7, 2015 , on page 17)The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) has developed a manual series about how the general public should rescue stranded or captured marine animals. The DENR’s Biodiversity Management Bureau (BMB), in ... -
DENR urges public to report restaurants selling tawilis
(The Philippine Star,April 13, 2019 , on page 7)The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) reminded the public yesterday that the closed fishing season for tawilis is strictly being enforced and will last until April 30. DENR-Calabarzon urged the public ... -
DENR, BFAR move to protect tawilis
(The Philippine Star,January 27, 2019 , on page 12)The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) may have failed to fully implement the closed fishing season in Taal Lake that placed tawilis on the list of endangered species. The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic ... -
[ Dried seahorse ]
(The Philippine Star,March 19, 2019 , on page 1)Dried seahorse are inspected by members of the National Bureau of Investigation and Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources during raid on a drug store in Binondo, Manila yesterday. -
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
(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 ... -
Endangered turtle rescued off South Harbor
(The Philippine Star,March 20, 2010 , on page 16)A juvenile Hawksbill turtle was found off the wharf of the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) headquarters at the South Harbor yesterday morning. PCG dental assistant Seaman Second Caesar Ryan Alvarez said he was smoking at the ... -
[Giant softshell turtle]
(The Philippine Star,June 7, 2019 , on page A-30)Anthony Magalong, a technician at the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources' National Integrated Fisheries Technology and Development Center in Dagupan City, holds a rare 2.5-kilogram Cantor's giant softshell turtle, ... -
Group commits $1.8 M to conserve Cagayan eel
(The Philippine Star,June 4, 2013 , on page A-23)An international conservationist group has committed $1.8 million to save the endangered eel species of Cagayan province from extinction. The Philippine Information Agency regional office in Tuguegarao City said the funds, ...