reports and publications

These are some of the reports and publications on cetaceans and dugongs in the Philippines. This is in no way a comprehensive list. Please email the principal authors directly for pdf copies.

Barut, N.C. 1998. ‘Philippines’. In World Council of Whalers 1998 General Assembly Report, Victoria, BC, Canada. Quality Color Press, Inc.

Barut, N.C. 1999. ‘Whale and Dolphin Hunting in the Philippines’. In World Council of Whalers 1999 General Assembly Report, Reykjavík, Iceland. Quality Color Press, Inc.

Bautista, ALS and Tan, JML. A National Marine Mammal Stranding Response Network: The Philippine Experience. In: Proceedings of the 16th Biennial Conference on the Biology of Marine Mammals, San Diego, CA. Dec 12-16, 2005. P. 8.

Bautista, Andrea Leonor S. “Cetaceans in the Philippines: An update for 2002.” A working paper of the Second Workshop on the Biology and Conservation of Small Cetaceans and Dugongs of Southeast Asia, July 24-26 2002, Dumaguete, Philippines. CMS/SEAMAMII/Doc. 25.

Buccat, M., M.T. Aquino, B. Smith, I. Beasley, T. Jefferson, M.L. Dolar, A.A. Yaptinchay, R. Trono, and M.L.J. Tan. 2001. “Irrawaddy Dolphin Population Study in Malampaya Sound, Palawan, Philippines.” Abstract. 14th Bienniel Conference on the Biology of Marine Mammals.

Calumpong, H.P., Estacion, J.S.E., Dolar, M.L.L. Assessment of Dugong Population and its Habitat in Davao Sur, Southern Philippines. Final Report. Submitted to Ocean Park Conservation Foundation, Hong Kong (OPCFHK). 2009.

Calumpong, H.P., Estacion, J.S.E., Dolar, M.L.L. and Perrin, W.F.P. 2005. Phase II. Assessment of Dugong Population and its Habitat in central Philippines. Final Report Submitted to Ocean Park Conservation Foundation, Hong Kong (OPCFHK). 2008.

Calumpong, H.P., Estacion, J.S.E., Dolar, M.L.L. and Perrin, W.F.P. 2005. Phase II. Assessment of Dugong Population and its Habitat in central Philippines. Final Report Submitted to Ocean Park Conservation Foundation, Hong Kong (OPCFHK). 2008.

Calumpong, H.P., Estacion, J.S., Dolar, M.L. and Perrin, W.F. Assessment of dugong habitat in central Philippines. Poster presented at the 16th Biennial Conference on the Biology of Marine Mammals. San Diego, CA, U.S.A. 12-16 Dec., 2005.

Calumpong, H.P., Estacion, J.S.E., Dolar, M.L.L. and Perrin, W.F.P. 2005. Phase I. Assessment of Dugong Population and its Habitat in central Philippines. Final Report Submitted to Ocean Park Conservation Foundation, Hong Kong (OPCFHK). Nov. 2005.

Calumpong, H.P., (ed.), 2004. Bohol Marine Triangle Project (BMTP): Biodiversity inventory, assessment and monitoring. Foundation for the Philippine Environment, #77 Matahimik St., Teachers’ Village, Quezon City 1101, Philippines.

Daclan, JMO and Tagarino, A. Recent sightings of possible Longman’s beaked whales in the Sulu Sea, Philippines. Poster presented at the 9th National Symposium of the Philippine Association of Marine Science, 24-26 Oct. 2007, Iloilo City.

Daclan, JMO, Tagarino, A and Lintag, C. Fisheries Interactions with Threatened Marine Species in the Three Marine Biodiversity Conservation Corridors of the Sulu-Sulawesi Seascape: Verde Passage, Cagayan Ridge, and Balabac Strait. Poster presented at the 9th National Symposium of the Philippine Association of Marine Science, 24-26 Oct. 2007, Iloilo City.

Dolar, M.L.L. Survey and Conservation of the Irrawaddy Dolphin, Orcaella brevirostris, in the Visayas, Philippines. Technical Report submitted to Ocean Park Conservation Foundation, Hong Kong (OPCFHK). January 30, 2010.