The City Environment and Natural Resources Office in Lapu-Lapu City has found no significant damage to marine habitats after typhoon Uwan dragged a craft tank along the seawall and causeway in Barangay Caubian, Lapu-Lapu City, on Nov.…
ROME (AP) — The total global volume of fish, shrimp, clams and other aquatic animals that are harvested by farming has topped the amount fished in the wild from the world’s waters for the first time ever,…
CEBU CITY, Philippines—How can you not be captivated by an elusive creature with an iconic feature? In this read, let’s get to know why one should be mesmerized by one of the underwater treasures, the thresher sharks.…
CEBU, Philippines–A renowned underwater photographer and dive instructor has given us a peek of the “underwater treasures” of Medellin in Cebu. Fra-and Quimpo, an awarded photographer from Cagayan de Oro City, was in Medellin, Cebu recently for…
LAPU-LAPU CITY, Philippines — The marine buoys that Lapu-Lapu City will purchase would only serve as markers for the marine sanctuaries that the city plans to establish and not to trap the whale sharks recently seen in…
CEBU CITY, Philippines — Cebu Archbishop Jose Palma expressed support to the Diocese of Dumaguete’s objection to the proposed 174-hectare reclamation project in Dumaguete City, Negros Oriental. The Archdiocese of Cebu is a suffragan of the Diocese…
Teams from the Department of Environment of Natural Resources (DENR) and the Biodiversity Management Bureau Coastal Resource Department recovered the Autonomous Reef Monitoring Structure (ARMS) a year after it was deployed at the Alegria Sanctuary in Cordova,…
DUMPING RESUMES Rep. Caminero pushes for reclamation Before Christmas Day last month, Boljoon town’s coastal residents noticed the sea had turned muddy brown. Residents could no longer swim in what used to be crystal clear water…
Just when it thought that it could proceed trouble-free with the Boljoon reclamation project, the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) ran into a wall when the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) issued a…
A spinner dolphin found at the shore in barangay Jubay, Liloan town in northern Cebu Sunday afternoon died at 4 p.m. yesterday. Dr. Jennefe Cabarubias, veterinarian of the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR)-7, said she…
So you are the one”, commented Dr. Daniel Pauly, the first time we met last week in Metro Manila. He was referring to the fact that Oceana, the world’s largest organization focused on marine conservation, protection of…
