Recently, Scuba Diver Magazine featured Tubbataha Reefs as a scuba diving dream come true. The article highlighted the park’s rich marine biodiversity. It also emphasized the importance of preserving and protecting this natural wonder, as well as the efforts being done by the park rangers and local communities to ensure its sustainability. Visitors to Tubbataha […]
Read Moreby Mama Ranger Angelique M. Songco The tragic sinking of MG/Y Dream Keeper in Tubbataha in the early hours of 30 April 2023 was staggering news to us all. We all still need to recover from this heavy loss and the sense of foreboding that it left behind. But a positive lesson may be gleaned […]
Read MoreWe have a new Masked Booby Chick! The journey of a thousand miles begins with one step. -Lao Tzu Thus begins our journey towards the recovery of the Masked Booby Sula dactylatra population of Tubbataha, one chick at a time. In 2020, this couple managed to hatch an egg and rear the chick for five […]
Read MoreWe were resigned to the fact that the last of the Masked Boobies Sula dactylatra in Tubbataha Reefs Natural Park Flyway Network Site (EAAF 123) in the Philppines were gone. Masked Boobies nest on oceanic islands and atolls close to deep water where they forage for food. The Bird Islet in the North Atoll of the Tubbataha Reefs was […]
Read MoreOn the afternoon of October 1, 2021, marine park rangers of the Tubbataha Reefs arrested 26 fishers at the Jessie Beazley Reef in Tubbataha. Found in the fishing vessel were about five (5) tons of fish, including the internationally protected Napoleon Wrasse (Cheilinus undulatus), and paraphernalia believed to be used for blast fishing. While on […]
Read MoreBrown Booby (Sula leucogaster) 0738 (BB 0738) is 12 years old. It was barely a year old when we attached its numbered bands. Bird banding helps researchers better understand dispersal, migration, life span, survival rate, behavior, reproductive success, and growth of birds. BB 0738 was never sighted in Tubbataha in the intervening years. Yesterday, it […]
Read MoreThe Tubbataha Black noddy (Anous minutus worcesteri) can now only be found in the Bird and South Islets. Because all the trees in the Bird and South Islet died, this internationally-protected seabird no longer has a place to build its nest and raise its young. We are now experimenting on a sturdier structure on which […]
Read More“Within the Philippines, reef shark populations are depleted with no sharks reported apart from in Tubbataha Reefs Natural Park and Apo Reef Natural Park. This is alarming for coastal areas but a silver lining is that it does put a spotlight on the excellence of TRNP and it’s conservation measures.” – Sally Snow, LAMAVE Download a copy of the […]
Read MoreThe video “Tubbataha: A National Treasure,” won first place under the category ‘Adventure Tourism’ during the 11thInternational Tourism Film Festival, Tourfilm Riga – 2018. The video was produced by the Antonio O. Floirendo Foundation, Inc., (AOF) and was donated to the Tubbataha Management Office in 2016. It was directed by Don Falsario II of Bullet […]
Read More[et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ admin_label=”section” _builder_version=”3.0.47″][et_pb_row admin_label=”row” _builder_version=”3.0.47″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”3.0.47″ parallax=”off” parallax_method=”on”][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” _builder_version=”3.0.47″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat”] The Tubbataha Management Office (TMO) research team accompanied scientists from the Global Change Institute (GCI) of the University of Queensland, led by Dr. Emma Victoria Kennedy, to re-survey the corals in Tubbataha on 10-17 March 2018. The […]
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