SHUT UP AND DIVE!!!
Wednesday, December 28, 2011
SHUT UP AND DIVE!!!
Friday, December 16, 2011
Whale Sharks in Santander
Saturday, November 5, 2011
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Friday, November 4, 2011
Poseidon DISCOVERY MK VI
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Taiji officials: Dolphin meat 'toxic waste'
For what is believed to be the first time anywhere in Japan, elected officials have openly condemned the consumption of dolphin meat, especially in school lunches, on grounds that it is dangerously contaminated with mercury.
Tuesday, June 21, 2011
Support the Shark Sanctuary in Moalboal, the first in the Visayan area of the Philippines.
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Sunday, June 19, 2011
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Friday, June 3, 2011
Black corrals’ consignee, shippers face raps
The Bureau of Customs (BOC) on Friday filed criminal charges against Exequiel Navarro, the consignee for the illegal shipment of black corals seized in Manila.
Customs Commissioner Angelito Alvarez also charged before the Department of Justice (DOJ) Olivia Lim Lee, proprietress of the Zamboanga-based Lee and Lim Trading, who was identified by Navarro as the owner of the corals; one Ding Afeliano of JKA Transport System, the cargo-forwarding company of the shipment; and other officials, owners and employees of JKA; and Vicky’s Trucking, which transported the shipment to Zamboanga port.
The respondents were allegedly the ones behind the P35-million illegal shipment of 21,169 pieces of black corals, 161 stuffed sea turtles, and 7,340 pieces of rare sea shells confiscated by Customs Police at the Eva Macapagal Domestic Terminal in Pier 15, South Harbor Manila on May.
The BOC said the respondents violated Republic Act 8550 or the Fisheries Code of the Philippines and Republic Act 9147 or the Protected Wildlife Act of 2001.
Violation of RA 9147 is punishable by up to six years of imprisonment and a fine of up to P1 million.
Meanwhile, Justice Secretary Leila de Lima said they will create a panel that will handle the case.
She added those charged for smuggling black corals will be put on a watch list order.
Navarro has been cited in contempt for failing to attend the Senate committee on the environment's hearings on the case.
Senator Juan Miguel Zubiri, chairman of the Senate committee on the environment, said Navarro had already confirmed his attendance but sent him text messages to excuse himself from attending.
The senator said Navarro would have been vital in getting to the bottom of corals and stuffed sea turtles confiscated by Customs Police.
Navarro has agreed to cooperate with authorities and give the names of the financiers of the coral poaching syndicate.
Wednesday, June 1, 2011
Customs to join Senate on rare corals' trail
CEBU CITY -- Millions of pesos worth of confiscated rare corals will be donated to schools, as teaching props. But lawmakers and customs officials hope to teach illegal dealers of corals an expensive lesson.
The Bureau of Customs (BOC) will submit its documents on the seized black sea fan corals in Cebu and Manila, at the start of the Senate inquiry led by Senator Miguel Zubiri, officials said.
Deputy Commissioner for the Enforcement Group Horacio Suansing, Port of Cebu District Collector Ronie Silvestre, and Enforcement and Security Services Director Nestorio Gualberto said the P15-million shipment of black corals seized in Cebu last week was consigned to Cebu Junk Shop. This, however, appeared to be fictitious.
Gualberto said they will file charges against Exequiel Navarro, the consignee listed in the bill of lading. He said Navarro pointed to a businesswoman from Zamboanga as the real owner of the corals seized in Manila and Cebu.
Silvestre said he issued a Warrant of Seizure and Detention (WSD) last May 24 against one 20-footer container van of the black sea corals, upon the recommendation of Captain Jerry M. Arrizabal, district commander of the customs police division.
Another 20-footer container van of black corals was earlier seized in Manila.
Arrizabal said the black corals were on board M/V Lorcon Manila of Lorenzo Shipping Corp., which arrived in Cebu last May 19. He said the shipping personnel cooperated with the customs authorities and turned over the shipment after it was abandoned.
Silvestre said that lawyer Edward James A. Dy Buco, chief of the Port of Cebu legal division, will conduct seizure and forfeiture proceedings on the black corals, so these may be forfeited in favor of the government.
Silvestre added that as announced by Suansing, the black corals will be turned over to the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR).
BFAR, in turn, will donate it to the different colleges and universities as educational tools.
Special Agents Enrico Mongaya and Andie Catre conducted an inventory of the shipment and found 168 bundles of black sea corals under bill of lading number ZA-016110.
Gualberto, who assured the public that charges will be filed on Thursday, said there are two violations committed by those involved.
First is a violation of Republic Act 9147 (Wildlife Resources Protection and Conservation Act), which carries two to six months imprisonment, plus a fine. Second is violation of Section 91 of Republic Act 8550 (Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Laws), which carries imprisonment of 6-12 years.
Based on the sizes of the black corals inspected by Suansing, Silvestre and Gualberto on Tuesday, they estimated that these were 50-70 years old.
"Our estimate on the age of these corals is based on the fact that these corals grow two centimeters only per year," Suansing said.
Suansing said it's impossible for barangay captains and mayors of the local government units where the black corals originated to stop the illegal trafficking on their own.
"Senator Zubiri told me there's a need for people to be made aware of the effect of the illegal harvesting of black corals, so they will help protect the environment," Suansing said. (EOB/Sun.Star Cebu)
Published in the Sun.Star Cebu newspaper on June 01, 201










