Courtesy call to the LGU of Mabini, represented by the Acting Mayor Hon. Pablo M. Villanueva and Mr. Catalino Arago, Municipal Tourism Officer.
The said meeting was in relation to the project entitled “Coral Reefs and Climate Change: Documenting and Sharing Reef Vulnerabilities and Resilience Using a Rapid Response Model” in partnership with the California Academy of Sciences (CAS) represented by Dr. Terry Gosliner and Dr. Meg Burke and De Lasalle. University Manila, SEA – VIP represented by the Executive Director Mr. Joal Ascalon and Pusod Inc. Executive Director Ann Hazel Javier.
The project aims to provide a baseline model of the current state of biodiversity in Verde Island Passage; develop a rapid response system to detect and model climate – related biodiversity changes to coral reef ecosystems and develop new vehicles for distilling and disseminating current science to LGUs, NGOs, policy makers and other stakeholders.
The project is funded by the Oscar M. Lopez Center.
Lian Fisherfolk Association of Brgy. Lumaniag on their last phase of artificial reef fabrication. Ready for deployment. The project is part of the Protection and Rehabilitation of Coastal and Marine Ecosystem of Lian funded by the Department of Environment and Natural Resources.
SEA-VIP is teaming up with Bantay Kalikasan and the community of Lobo, Batangas for International Coastal Cleanup 2017. Find out where you can join at https://sites.google.com/site/iccphilippines/cleanup-sites-2017.
Check out dive for reef assessment in Nasugbu. Standardization and identification of substrate. Second Dive 2 will be individual practice of substrates using point intercept method for 100 meters transect. Concepts and theories of reef assessment was facilitated by Badi Samaniego last Oct. 7-8, while the field dive by the Malampaya Reef Watch Team composed of Joebranz D. Branzuela, Casimero E. Flores Jr. and Jose Edwin L. Caseda. This is funded by the Department of Environment and Natural Resources thru the LGU of Nasugbu.
Day 4, is the individual practice for fish survey on 100m transect at 6m depth. Dive 2 for cryptic survey, same as 100 meters transect with 4 segments at 6 meters depth. Observed at Punta Fuego Point Sanctuary. Field dive facilitated by the Malampaya Reef Watch Team composed of Joebranz D. Branzuela, Casimero E. Flores Jr. and Jose Edwin L. Caseda. This is funded by the Department of Environment and Natural Resources thru the LGU of Nasugbu.
Day 5, was the actual survey at Lorelei Island for benthic, invertebrates and fish using point intercept method on 100 meters transect with 4 segments (0-20m, 25-45m, 50-70m, and 75-95 meters) with a depth of 3 meters. Encoding of the gathered data was the final of the activity. Field dive facilitated by the Malampaya Reef Watch Team composed of Joebranz D. Branzuela, Casimero E. Flores Jr. and Jose Edwin L. Caseda. This is funded by the Department of Environment and Natural Resources thru the LGU of Nasugbu.
Training – Workshop on Marine Turtle Biology, Ecology and Conservation” for Lian fisherfolk. Demonstration on the tagging of accidentally caught marine turtle. It is BEST to tag the marine turtle on the armpit right before the first scale in the trailing edge of the frontflipper and not on the scale itself. For leatherback turtles (Family Dermochelyidae), the tags are applied between the tail and hindflippers.
