Damage in Tañon Strait fishing grounds

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 09/23/2015

Several coastal habitats are  in poor shape in the Tañon Strait  while fisheries are heavily exploited due to the encroachment of  commerical fishing boats in municipal waters. These were among the findings of a five-day expedition by…

Fighting illegal fishing

Atty. Gloria Estenzo Ramos 08/31/2015

Despite our progressive laws, illegal fishing  is still a huge problem. Last week, boxes of fish caught through dynamite fishing from Medellin in northern Cebu were seized in Liloan. Fourteen fishers using the banned hulbot-hulbot or Danish…

250 kilos of illegally caught fish seized off Kinatarkan

Melissa Q. Cabahug 08/28/2015

About  250 kilos of assorted fish including three juvenile sharks were seized from two commercial fishing boats  off Kinatarkan Island in Sta. Fe town, northern Cebu last Wednesday. The fishing boats AC and JSV 2 were found…

Madrigal laments cases filed vs illegal fishers ‘neglected’

Melissa Q. Cabahug 05/15/2015

Former Capitol Chief Security Officer Loy Anthony Madrigal is disappointed that some of the cases he filed against illegal transporters of endangered shells and birds were dismissed while some cases were no longer attended to by the…

Stakeholders draft management plan for Tanon Strait

02/10/2015

For the first time since it was declared as a protected seascape in 1998, stakeholders meet to come up with a management plan that covers 42 towns and cities in three provinces covered by the Tanon strait…

Oceana : Stop illegal fishing in Tañon Strait

Melissa Q. Cabahug 02/05/2015

Management plan needed to conserve marine life in area An international ocean care group and government agencies are encouraging fisherfolk in Cebu and Negros to stop illegal fishing in  the Tañon Strait. Representatives of Oceana, the Philippine…

‘Enforce Fisheries Code’

Ador Vincent S. Mayol 01/25/2015

The government should put an end to muro-ami  by strictly enforcing the 1998 Fisheries Code which bans destructive fishing methods, said Greenpeace Philippines Oceans campaigner Vince Cinches. Implementing the full force of the law would also curb…

Mactan’s muro-ami men

Ador Vincent S. Mayol 01/23/2015

‘Cruel’  work conditions at sea;  trafficking raps  filed against boat owner, recruiter in Lapu-Lapu For two months, the seas of Palawan were his home. After boarding a commercial boat with close to a hundred other men from…

P92K worth of blasted fish seized

Carine M. Asutilla 12/23/2014

About 1,160 kilos of blasted fish estimated at P92,800 were confiscated by the Philippine Coastguard and the Philippine Navy at 11:30 p.m.  Sunday at Pier 4 in Cebu City. The two agencies conducted the inspection after receiving…

Davide: Loy can join war against illegal fishing

Peter L. Romanillos 10/09/2014

Cebu Gov. Hilario Davide III said he doesn’t see anything wrong with Loy Anthony Madrigal’s return in the campaign against anti-illegal fishing in the province. Despite accepting Madrigal’s resignation as Capitol security consultant, Davide said Madrigal can…

Dynamited fish seized in Daanbantayan

Victor Anthony V. Silva 08/11/2014

Three boxes of illegally caught fish weighing 150 kilos from Daanbantayan were seized by the Provincial Anti-Illegal Fishing Task Force. The boxes of fishes were transported in a passenger bus that was intercepted in Maya, Daanbantayan at…

Men caught transporting helmet shells freed

06/29/2014

THE two men who were arrested for transporting endangered Helmet and Trumpet shells worth P2 million stepped out of jail past 4 p.m. last Friday. Truck driver Romel Tuacas, 34, and his companion Delfin Jakosalem, 48, were…

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