Some 95 newly hatched hawksbill were released in the coastal waters of Oas town in Albay Province.
The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) in Bicol Region partnered with the Community Environment and Natural Resources Office (CENRO) of Guinobatan town in releasing the turtles around 8 a.m. last Wednesday, September 4, according to the DENR Bicol’s official Facebook post.
The hawksbill turtles were released in Sitio Imacoto in Cagmanaba, a part of the Ticao Burias Pass Protected Seascape and a marine protected area with rich marine biodiversity.
The marine protected area is considered a suitable nesting habitat for the sea turtles.
CENRO Officer Narisol Divina called on the public to help the government protect the turtles in line with the campaign to save marine life.
“The DENR needs the concern and support of the community and stakeholders on the protection of our marine biodiversity to scale up the Pawikan conservation program of the Department,” she said in the report.
