Rare Conservation Fellow Renante “Tian” Cempron, a former youth leader and the tenth child of a fisherman, has spent the last two years promoting sustainable fishing in Hambongan, Philippines. Continue reading
One of the biggest challenges facing sustainable fishing in the Philippines is the prevalence of dynamite fishing, where fishers create an improvised bomb out of a rum or Coke bottle and ammonium sulfate. Continue reading
Largest illegal fishing case in Dampier Strait December 15, 2011 was the patrol team’s lucky day – for the illegal fishers, not so lucky. Representatives from the department of forestry, department of fishery, local patrol team and police force had … Continue reading
The squeals of screaming schoolgirls reverberated throughout the packed auditorium as a troop of Filipino dancers interpreted the significance of the ocean and marine biodiversity. On October 25, Rare Conservation Fellow Renante “Tian” Cempron kicked off a campaign to protect … Continue reading
Governor Jerry Brown is a pen stroke away from banning the shark fin trade in California (Mongabay) The Senate passed the bill 25-9 to ban the sale and trade of shark fins. “Conservationists say a ban on the shark fin trade in … Continue reading
Less than one percent of the world’s oceans are protected. People and governments all over the world are trying to get that coverage much higher, because fish stocks are being depleted at an alarming rate (and fish stocks are completely … Continue reading
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