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DUMAGUETE CITY, June 1 (PIA) — Around 90 percent of the tourism industry workers in Dauin town have returned to their work.This was disclosed by Dauin Mayor Galicano Truita in his interview with Presidential Communication Operations Office (PCOO) Sec. Martin Andanar today for the Network.
A school of purple anthias | Photo: Department of Tourism
The beautiful turquoise waters surrounding the islands of Moalboal, located in the south of Cebu, are home to a dazzling array of fish and other marine life! Swim with sea turtles, sardines, frogfish, white tip sharks, and many more in waters that are accessible to both beginner divers and veterans. The tours in Moalboal are available year-round.
Sardines also spawn in the cool waters of Moalboal. The sardines would typically gather in front of the Savedra Dive Centre which is very accessible to tourists. They hover just 30 minutes off the coast so divers find it easy to spot them.
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A screencap of Sorgon’s status that accompanied his retweet of Fortaleza’s post.
Maybelle Fortaleza, a University Research Associate for Coral Reef Resiliency and Ecology Studies Laboratory in UP Mindanao, tweeted a screenshot of a message she got from a fisher which, in Tagalog, thanked her for helping the because dive shop owners have been threatening fishers with jail time for catching parrotfish. Her accompanying status simply read, “Hay,” accompanied by a sad emoji.
This was retweeted by Kent Sorgon, an ichthyologist based in UP Los Baños, accompanied by a status message that said: “Local dive shops mostly owned by foreigners are telling fisherfolk that they’ll report them to the police if they see them catching and selling parrotfish, an important food fish that is completely legal to catch here for their survival and livelihood. “Conservation” my ass.”