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CEBU CITY, Philippines — When in Malapascua Island, the first thing that would come to mind is to take a dip on the island’s crystal clear waters. Malapascua that is located off mainland Daanbantayan town takes pride…
CEBU CITY, Philippines—The local government of Daanbantayan has debunked reports on social media alleging rampant illegal hunting of thresher sharks around Malapascua Island. The municipality on Tuesday, December 13, 2022, issued an official statement, clarifying that Kimud…
THRESHER and silky sharks and mobula rays will be listed in the Appendix II of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) of Wild Fauna and Flora. This after 110 out of 182 countries voted…
THE Cebu Provincial Board is asking the Provincial Environment and Natural Resources Office (Penro) and Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources Central Visayas (BFAR-7) to file appropriate cases against the 13 fishermen who killed 19 thresher sharks…
ABOUT 19 thresher sharks weighing 50 kilos each were found in a vessel that allegedly fished along the waters of Hagnaya, San Remigio town. The vessel was caught by the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR-7)…
A marine conservation coalition wants the campaign for the protection of thresher sharks to reach global communities. But in order to declare them as an endangered species, the group has to come up with scientific data to…
The Lapu-Lapu City Council is crafting a measure that will impose a total ban on the use of meat from sharks, turtles, whales, and dolphins, whether or not they’re listed as endangered. The local legislative measure is…
“It’s as good as passed.” Cebu Provincial Boardmember Thadeo Ouano over the weekend said the proposed amendment to a provincial fisheries ordinance to impose a ban in the catching of all species of shark will smoothly sail…
An official of the regional Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) ordered the release of the 20-foot container van intercepted by the Cebu provincial government’s task Force Kalikasan late Saturday afternoon. Randolf Corrales of BFAR-7, who…
Cebu is the only place in the Philippines where divers can see sharks all year round – thresher sharks in Malapascua island in the far north and whalesharks in the southern town of Oslob. In other popular…
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