Massive coral bleaching hits Batangas waters

Lack of colour: Massive coral bleaching seen in Calatagan, Batangas and in parts on the western coast. — Philippine Daily Inquirer/ANN

Coral enthusiasts and marine conservationists raised the alarm over a “massive” coral bleaching going on across Calatagan town, Batangas province, and elsewhere on the western coast of the Philippines.

The Philippine Coral Bleaching Watch, an online citizen reporting platform, said it had “received multiple bleaching reports” in parts of the waters off the provinces of Batangas, northern Palawan, Mindoro and Negros Occidental, and on Panay Island.