March and April are supposed to be a lean season for the “tawilis” (Sardinella tawilis) market, as catching the freshwater sardine is prohibited to allow it to spawn freely in its natural habitat in ...

BATANGAS, Philippines — Rolly Orense, 50, has been fishing in Taal Lake in Batangas province since he was a seven-year-old boy. He is usually up at four in the morning to catch fish, mostly the tiny ...

‘Gulay, bangus, tilapia kayo diyan [Please buy vegetables, milkfish, tilapia]!” shouted Jose (not his real name) as he passed by a group of people just outside a flea market in General Trias, Cavite.

MANILA, Philippines — When Taal Volcano, one of the country’s most active, erupted in January 2020, it disrupted the lives of thousands. It also raised concerns that a bigger explosion would lead to ...

In case you missed it, the world’s only freshwater sardine tawilis joins the red list of endangered species of the International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (IUCN). This ...

TO save the endangered Sardinella tawilis, or simply tawilis, from extinction, a two-month fishing moratorium and declaring certain fishing grounds as “tawilis no-take zones” should suffice, an ...

LUCENA CITY, QUEZON, Philippines — The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) has announced the annual two-month ban on “tawilis” (Sardinella tawilis) fishing in Taal Lake, Batangas ...

Make this your preferred source to get more updates from this publisher on Google. Tawilis fished from Taal Lake are safe for human consumption, the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) ...

Batangas Gov. Vilma Santos took the initiative to eat tawilis, a kind of freshwater found in Taal Lake, amid fears that these have been contaminated due to allegations that the bodies of the 34 ...

Make this your preferred source to get more updates from this publisher on Google. Taal Lake's Tawilis, the only freshwater sardine in the world, is now marked as endangered according to the ...

Several weeks ago, my husband bought a pack of fried tawilis in a weekend market. Tawilis is a small fish (about six- to seven-inches long) found only in Taal Lake in Batangas. They have become ...