Researchers from the University of the Philippines Diliman-College of Science are warning that unchecked ecotourism and overfishing are threatening the cetacean biodiversity of the famous and richly diverse Tañon Strait.

MANILA, Philippines — Unchecked tourism and overfishing are harming the biodiversity of the Tañon Strait located between Negros and Cebu.

DOLPHIN watching at the Tañon Strait will soon be the newest attraction in Aloguinsan town in the western part of Cebu.

TAÑON Strait Protected Seascape (TSPS) celebrated its 25th year of establishment with San Carlos City hosting the gathering of local government units and stakeholders at Park Marina, Barangay 3 on Saturday, May 27.

Where earlier shellfish used to cling on to mangroves, fisherman Venerando Carbon said plastics now hang on the branches in Southern Cebu’s Barangay Japitan, in Barili town.

Plastic pollution is exacerbating the many challenges that Tañon Strait fisherfolk already face.

What are now caught in their nets are mostly plastic and other garbage that are contaminating one of the largest marine protected areas in the country.

GCASH, the leading digital mobile wallet in the country, together with the Ramon Aboitiz Foundation Inc., (RAFI), is planting 550,000 mangrove trees in Tañon Strait.

CEBU CITY, Philippines – A team of researchers documented the first sighting of Bryde’s whale in Tañon Strait.

A study from government think tank Philippine Institute for Development Studies (PIDS) said Tañon Strait, the country’s largest marine protected area located between Cebu and Negros Islands, has a relatively high microplastic occurrence.

What drives Ybarra Laruga to protect Tañon Strait, apart from the need to support his family, is his memory of a time of abundance.

NEGROS OCCIDENTAL, Philippines – He was 7 when Abednigo Villacastin began to help his father at work.

CEBU CITY – The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) has deployed its air asset in Central Visayas to start aerial surveillance patrols at the Tañon Strait Protected Seascape (TSPS).

For the very first time, dwarf spinner dolphins were spotted in Tañon Strait, a narrow marine corridor between Cebu and Negros in early May.

A protected area is in peril due to pollution, illegal fishing, and inadequate implementation of environmental laws, a marine biologist notes.

One of the country’s major municipal fishing grounds and home to amazing creatures of the sea in the Visayas, the Tañon Strait Protected Seascape (TSPS), is getting the much-needed boost from various stakeholders.

THE “Protectors of Tañon Strait” recently filed criminal raps against 13 crew members of a commercial fishing vessel recently apprehended within the Tañon Strait Protected Seascape (TSPS), one of the country’s largest marine-protected areas.

CEBU CITY, Philippines – Mayors, barangay captains, scientists, non-governmental organizations, and fisherfolk organizations declared their commitment to protect Tañon Strait, the country’s largest marine protected area.

Cebu Daily News photo editor Tonee Despojo spent five days traveling to parts of Cebu and Negros islands to capture scenes of life in coastal villages and the marine bounty of the Tañon Strait.

A project of the Department of Energy and a Japanese company are deemed unconstitutional for taking place in an environmentally-critical seascape.

If you've gone dolphin-watching in the Philippines, it was probably in Tañon Strait, the biggest marine protected area in the country.

The Tañon Strait Protected Seascape (TSPS) management board and stakeholders will be meeting for the first time, in a summit and general assembly to be held in Cebu City from February 10-12.

The government is drafting the blueprint for biodiversity conservation and sustainable development of the 310,800-hectare Tañon Strait marine protected area, spanning Negros Occidental, Negros Oriental, and Cebu provinces.