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Make waves with The Marketplace’s fresh finds and
summer staples at great promos and discounts!
Proceeds from this summer campaign will go to support Save Philippine Seas' Pating Patrol project
About Pating Patrol
Pating Patrol is a project of Save Philippine Seas and Marine Wildlife Watch of the Philippines that aims to build the capacity of coastal community members to better identify protected species and increase reporting of sightings and incidental catches. Its objectives are to:
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Increase knowledge and skills participants on species ID, monitoring and reporting procedures, and updated international and regulatory frameworks on shark conservation
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Use knowledge in promoting shark conservation towards the declaration of the Important Shark and Ray Areas (ISRAs) as a Marine Protected Area
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Build an online citizen science database of protected area shark sightings and incidents (Visit Shark Spotted PH to learn more!)
Our Seatizen Journey
With your help, we are able to support:
2024 The Marketplace Summer Advocacy Campaign
In 2024, SPS facilitated the Marine Litter Learning Kit with The Marketplace employees of Robinsons Supermarket and conducted a coastal cleanup
Eleven youth-led projects
Building on the SEA Camps from 2015-2019, Save Philippine Seas and the U.S.
Embassy in the Philippines launched the SEA Camp Summit in 2020. The SEA Camp Summit sought emerging conservation leaders with proposals for online and offline advocacy campaigns and community-based projects addressing issues in illegal, unregulated, and unreported fishing and marine debris in the Philippines and other countries in Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam. Eleven (11) projects were selected from a competitive pool of applicants. The projects were
co-funded by The Marketplace using proceeds from the Crazy Rich Oceans 2020 summer campaign.
The maintenance and installation of
mooring buoys in Cebu
The donation from the 2021 summer campaign of The Marketplace and Save Philippine Seas was used for the maintenance and reinstallation of four mooring buoys in the marine protected area (MPA) network in Daanbantayan Island, Cebu. The four MPAs are Dakit-Dakit, Lighthouse, Los Bamboos, and Ka Osting.
At least 10 species of sharks and rays have been spotted in Daanbantayan's municipal waters. Mooring buoys not only demarcate the MPAs but also provide a spot for boats to moor. By mooring to the buoys, fisherfolk and diving boats
avoid throwing anchors in the MPAs, reducing coral damage. Since these species are migratory, healthier reefs could mean healthier populations of sharks and rays.
Develop Earthducation Kits,
which helps transform any space into an eco-learning space
In 2021, proceeds from the Proud Seatizen tote bag will contribute to our Earthducation Kits, allowing seatizens to create eco-learning spaces at home and in classrooms.
"In the end we will conserve only what we love,
we will love only what we understand,
and we will understand only
what we are taught."
—BABA DIOUM
Senegalese Forestry Engineer
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