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- Illegal fishing blasts dolphins in Camarines SurBarcia, Rhaydz B. (The Manila Times Publishing Corporation, 2021-01-28)More than 10 dolphins were killed while 15 others were stranded at the shores of Del Gallego town in Camarines Sur province, Bicol Region on Tuesday because of illegal fishing activities, the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) said. Nonie Enolva, BFAR regional spokesman, said 13 of the 25 Fraser’s dolphins (Lagenodelphis hosei) were found dead at Barangay Magais 1 in Del Gallego on Tuesday.
- Sievelike structureSantos, Lino (Philippine Manila Standard Publishing, Inc., 2018-08-18)This 16-foot giant whale shark (Rhincodon typus) is dead and found floating at the Navotas Fish Port in Metro Manila Friday, when authorities brought it upstream to be examined by the Bureau of Fishery and Aquatic Resources on what might caused its death.
- Dead humpback whale found on Aurora shoreDomingo, Leander (The Manila Times Publishing Corporation, 2017-03-30)A six-meter long humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) was buried on Wednesday in Dipaculao, Aurora province after it was found dead on the shore by barangay (village) residents. The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) said humpback whale of this size (5-6 meters) is a baby or calf of baleen whale species, which is one of the larger rorqual species. The humpback whale was listed by the United States government as endangered back in 1970 after commercial whaling had drastically reduced their numbers.