{"id":24060,"date":"2023-03-30T09:29:47","date_gmt":"2023-03-30T13:29:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/world.dan.org\/?post_type=dan_alert_diver&#038;p=24060"},"modified":"2023-04-20T12:43:16","modified_gmt":"2023-04-20T16:43:16","slug":"the-philippines","status":"publish","type":"dan_alert_diver","link":"https:\/\/world.dan.org\/fr\/alert-diver\/article\/the-philippines\/","title":{"rendered":"Les Philippines"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.addtoany.com\/share\"><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>During the pandemic I asked my partner, David Doubilet, a question: \u201cIf you had one full year to dive in one country, what country would it be?\u201d I thought he might need some time to consider, given he has spent five decades documenting the sea for&nbsp;<em>National Geographic<\/em>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t have to think about it,\u201d he replied. \u201cI would go to the Philippines.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We think of the Coral Triangle as a massive marine biodiversity vault anchored by three cornerstone countries: Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, and the Philippines on the northern apex. David and I have spent months exploring PNG and Indonesia. The Philippines was always in front of us on a map, in our conversations at the DEMA Show, and talked about by colleagues. It was rocketing to the top of many conservation organizations\u2019 coral and fish counts. Despite all of that, we were late arrivals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In 2007 we needed to make an image of a clownfish guarding its eggs for a story going to deadline. On advice from Scott \u201cGutsy\u201d Tuason, I arranged a Philippines stopover for David to spend two days diving in Anilao. David was skeptical the picture would happen, but on the first dive he captured the image that had eluded him for decades. Welcome to the Philippines.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>En 2012, nous \u00e9tions en Antarctique. Notre lien durable avec les Philippines a commenc\u00e9 dans les glaces polaires \u00e0 bord du&nbsp;<em>National Geographic Explorer<\/em>. Un membre d'\u00e9quipage philippin exp\u00e9riment\u00e9 s'est pr\u00e9sent\u00e9 \u00e0 notre porte pour nous annoncer qu'un groupe de Manille se joignait \u00e0 nous et nous a demand\u00e9, avec un humour subtil, de donner le meilleur de nous-m\u00eames. La raison de cette visite inhabituelle a fini par \u00eatre r\u00e9v\u00e9l\u00e9e : Il s'agissait d'un groupe de plongeurs exp\u00e9riment\u00e9s venus voir l'Antarctique, mais qui souhaitaient \u00e9galement nous inviter \u00e0 plonger aux Philippines.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>They spread prepared maps on chart tables as we scribbled in notebooks about where, when, and why. We had Anilao for macro, wild Tubbataha, Malapascua\u2019s threshers, and Moalboal\u2019s sardines. There was Bohol, Coron\u2019s World War II wrecks and dugongs, Donsol, Dumaguete, Cagayancillo, Apo Island Marine Sanctuary (not to be confused with Apo Reef Natural Park), and Verde Island Passage, known for its infamous currents and record-shattering fish counts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Nous avons quitt\u00e9 la glace avec une invitation permanente \u00e0 rejoindre le groupe pour leur voyage annuel \u00e0 Tubbataha lorsque notre emploi du temps le permettrait. Deux ans plus tard, les missions en cours \u00e9tant termin\u00e9es, nous avons s\u00e9rieusement envisag\u00e9 un reportage et nous avions besoin d'une personne plus proche de notre fuseau horaire pour nous aider \u00e0 planifier un itin\u00e9raire dans ce labyrinthe d'environ 7 641 \u00eeles. Nous avons contact\u00e9 Lynn Funkhouser, plongeuse et photographe de Chicago, qui s'est rendue aux Philippines en 1975 dans le cadre d'une mission m\u00e9dicale et a d\u00e9couvert une r\u00e9gion qui l'a compl\u00e8tement s\u00e9duite. Elle est devenue ambassadrice de l'oc\u00e9an philippin par procuration et y est retourn\u00e9e 45 ans d'affil\u00e9e.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-the-ultimate-wilderness\">L'ultime nature sauvage<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Notre proposition d'article sur les Philippines a \u00e9t\u00e9 accept\u00e9e sous le titre de travail&nbsp;<em>Une nation de corail<\/em>, we began in Tubbataha Reefs Natural Park, a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The country\u2019s coral crown jewel in the heart of the Sulu Sea protects two remote coral atolls and one reef.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Tubbataha\u2019s North and South Atoll and Jessie Beazley Reef rise in blue water, creating a coral outpost that attracts everything: reef fish, sea turtles, patrolling sharks, mantas, whale sharks, and the country\u2019s vitally important last major sea bird rookery. A team of rangers patrols the isolated park year-round, because it\u2019s a tempting target for illegal fishing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Enfin en mesure d'accepter leur invitation en Antarctique, nous avons rejoint Tet Lara, Marissa Floriendo, Patsy Zobel, Vina Concepcion et Skeet, le golden retriever, pour leur 20e voyage dans ces eaux. Nous sommes all\u00e9s voir le populaire&nbsp;<strong>Rocher noir<\/strong>,&nbsp;<strong>\u00c9pave malaise<\/strong>,&nbsp;<strong>A\u00e9roport de Shark<\/strong>,&nbsp;<strong>Ko-ok<\/strong>, et&nbsp;<strong>Lavage<\/strong>&nbsp;<strong>Machine<\/strong>&nbsp;Nous avons rencontr\u00e9 le directeur de la colonie pr\u00e8s de l'\u00eelot Bird afin de nous impr\u00e9gner de l'importance de cette population d'oiseaux en d\u00e9clin pour la nation philippine.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Je pourrais d\u00e9crire chaque site de plong\u00e9e en d\u00e9tail, mais il est plus utile de partager une plong\u00e9e \u00e0 la fois.&nbsp;<strong>Delsan<\/strong>&nbsp;on South Atoll. We rolled off and flew across coral meadows as we passed school-bus-sized clouds of jacks. At the drop-off we noticed Tet and Marissa\u2019s lights searching knowingly below us until the beam settled on five large marble rays floating gently above a forest of whip corals. I lingered with the rays as their team moved on. Sensing an incoming presence, I turned to my left to see a determined tiger shark approaching. I raised the camera, the strobes flashed, and the annoyed tiger vanished into blue nothingness.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Le spectacle en profondeur termin\u00e9, je me suis redress\u00e9 le long de la pente et j'ai vu que j'allais rencontrer un requin-baleine. \u00c0 court de temps et d'air, je me suis dirig\u00e9 vers un arr\u00eat en eaux peu profondes, o\u00f9 j'ai trouv\u00e9 David en train de se concentrer sur un groupe dispers\u00e9 de tortues imbriqu\u00e9es. Toute cette activit\u00e9 s'est d\u00e9roul\u00e9e en seulement 90 minutes \u00e0 Tubbataha.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"406\" src=\"https:\/\/world.dan.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Q1_101_-Philippines.jpg\" alt=\"le cornet de p\u00eache fait de l&#039;ombre \u00e0 un labbe\" class=\"wp-image-24358\" srcset=\"https:\/\/world.dan.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Q1_101_-Philippines.jpg 800w, https:\/\/world.dan.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Q1_101_-Philippines-360x183.jpg 360w, https:\/\/world.dan.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Q1_101_-Philippines-768x390.jpg 768w, https:\/\/world.dan.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Q1_101_-Philippines-18x9.jpg 18w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">A cornetfish shadows a wrasse as it weaves through a forest of garden eels feeding on plankton off Dauin, Negros Island.\n\u00a9JENNIFER HAYES AND DAVID DOUBILET<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Anilao<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Nous avons quitt\u00e9 Tubbataha et rencontr\u00e9 Lynn Funkhauser et le cin\u00e9aste Leandro Blanco \u00e0 Anilao. La province de Batangas est le berceau de la plong\u00e9e aux Philippines et la Mecque des macrophotographes qui esp\u00e8rent trouver une infinit\u00e9 de sujets : pieuvres, \u00e9toiles,&nbsp;<em>Rhinopias<\/em>&nbsp;des rascasses de diff\u00e9rentes couleurs, des an\u00e9mones, des poissons-clowns avec des \u0153ufs \u00e0 diff\u00e9rents stades de d\u00e9veloppement et des bouteilles remplies de gobies. Examinez tout, car il est probable qu'une cr\u00e9ature loue l'espace.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Il est ridicule d'essayer de dresser une liste de ce que vous pourriez trouver, car vous pourriez rencontrer n'importe quoi, y compris les photographes Gutsy Tuason et Mike Bartick, tous deux r\u00e9cemment pr\u00e9sent\u00e9s dans le magazine&nbsp;<em>Alert Diver<\/em>. Voil\u00e0 qui devrait suffire \u00e0 expliquer pourquoi il faut se rendre \u00e0 Anilao.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Ce qui se cache sous la terre\u00a0<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Put simply, Verde Island Passage is legendary. Its currents and fish counts result in its frequent designation as the center of the world\u2019s marine biodiversity. The passage, a strait between Luzon and Mindoro, is the main shipping approach to Manila and Subic Bay. This is one of David\u2019s favorite places to dive. \u201cThe reef does not just vibrate with life,\u201d he said, \u201cit sings like an opera in the sea.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Blizzards of orange and yellow anthias, flocks of vampire triggerfish, jacks, barracuda, and rivers of convict blennies spill across the reef. Its acronym \u2014 VIP \u2014 is proper for this priceless coral corridor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"532\" src=\"https:\/\/world.dan.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/q1_76_-philippines.jpg\" alt=\"requin renard\" class=\"wp-image-24065\" srcset=\"https:\/\/world.dan.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/q1_76_-philippines.jpg 800w, https:\/\/world.dan.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/q1_76_-philippines-360x239.jpg 360w, https:\/\/world.dan.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/q1_76_-philippines-768x511.jpg 768w, https:\/\/world.dan.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/q1_76_-philippines-18x12.jpg 18w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">A shy thresher shark approaches cautiously and hovers briefly above a cleaning station on Monad Shoal off Malapascua. \n\u00a9JENNIFER HAYES AND DAVID DOUBILET<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"532\" src=\"https:\/\/world.dan.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/q1_75_-philippines.jpg\" alt=\"Le coucher de soleil jette une lumi\u00e8re dor\u00e9e sur les hauts-fonds riches en corail.\" class=\"wp-image-24066\" srcset=\"https:\/\/world.dan.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/q1_75_-philippines.jpg 800w, https:\/\/world.dan.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/q1_75_-philippines-360x239.jpg 360w, https:\/\/world.dan.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/q1_75_-philippines-768x511.jpg 768w, https:\/\/world.dan.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/q1_75_-philippines-18x12.jpg 18w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Sunset casts a golden glow across the coral-rich shallows on North Atoll in Tubbataha Reefs Natural Park.\n\u00a9JENNIFER HAYES AND DAVID DOUBILET<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"532\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/world.dan.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/q1_102_-philippines.jpg\" alt=\"Le poisson d\u00e9rive \u00e0 son insu au-dessus d&#039;un ast\u00e9ro\u00efde absolument immobile qui attend de se faire prendre en embuscade.\" class=\"wp-image-24064\" srcset=\"https:\/\/world.dan.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/q1_102_-philippines.jpg 532w, https:\/\/world.dan.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/q1_102_-philippines-239x360.jpg 239w, https:\/\/world.dan.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/q1_102_-philippines-8x12.jpg 8w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 532px) 100vw, 532px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">A small fish unknowingly drifts over an absolutely still stargazer waiting to ambush an evening meal off Anilao. \n\u00a9JENNIFER HAYES AND DAVID DOUBILET<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Dumaguete<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Nous sommes arriv\u00e9s dans la r\u00e9gion des Visayas centrales dans le sillage de nombreux photographes qui reviennent fid\u00e8lement explorer les boulevards de sable, les r\u00e9cifs tr\u00e8s fr\u00e9quent\u00e9s et le sanctuaire marin de l'\u00eele d'Apo. David connaissait l'existence d'une immense colonie d'anguilles de jardin \u00e0 proximit\u00e9 du centre de plong\u00e9e. Ces anguilles sont notoirement timides et disparaissent dans leur terrier si vous jetez un coup d'\u0153il de c\u00f4t\u00e9 dans leur direction. David, concentr\u00e9 sur son objectif, a revisit\u00e9 une technique datant de 1971 qu'il avait mise au point pour photographier ces cr\u00e9atures dans la mer Rouge avec Eugenie Clark. L'image des anguilles de jardin de la mer Rouge a \u00e9t\u00e9 sa premi\u00e8re photo publi\u00e9e dans le National Geographic, si bien que photographier cette colonie a \u00e9t\u00e9 comme un retour aux sources.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Nous avons rep\u00e9r\u00e9 la colonie afin de s\u00e9lectionner des sites de prise de vue \u00e9loign\u00e9s. J'ai rep\u00e9r\u00e9 un rocher de la taille de notre bo\u00eetier Seacam et je l'ai laiss\u00e9 \u00e0 l'endroit o\u00f9 nous allions placer la cam\u00e9ra afin que les anguilles puissent s'habituer \u00e0 l'intrus parmi elles. Le lendemain matin, nous avons remplac\u00e9 le rocher par le bo\u00eetier et nous avons pass\u00e9 un cordon de d\u00e9clenchement derri\u00e8re un r\u00e9cif artificiel. Nous avons laiss\u00e9 les anguilles tranquilles pendant que nous photographiions un bateau coul\u00e9 rempli de poissons-chats ray\u00e9s. Lorsque nous sommes revenus, la colonie \u00e9tait debout, se balan\u00e7ant et se nourrissant de plancton dans le courant. Nous avons observ\u00e9 et attendu des moments inhabituels et, \u00e0 ce moment-l\u00e0, un labre a travers\u00e9 le jardin, suivi de pr\u00e8s par un poisson-cornet. Le couple a travers\u00e9 le jardin sans qu'une anguille ne bronche.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Moalboal, Cebu<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Unlike other sardine runs around the world, Moalboal\u2019s sardine shoal, a few kicks from Panagsama Beach, is a year-round phenomenon. Millions of sardines create schools dense enough to obscure the sun unless you have a freediver buddy making shafts of light through the living canopy. While swimming the coral ledge beneath the school, I passed two slumbering sea turtles that I hoped would wake and rise toward the cloud of sardines above, but they did not. I moved on, keeping one eye on the turtles when the other eye noticed a well-camouflaged frogfish the size of my housing lurking in the shadows. I was sizing up a photograph when the apparent rock beside my subject walked away.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Malapascua, Cebu<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Malapascua is one place on this planet to somewhat reliably encounter thresher sharks. A thresher dive begins with a 4 a.m. briefing and a dark boat ride to the Monad Shoal cleaning stations. You descend without strobes in the predawn light and wait behind ropes designed to provide the ultra-shy sharks with a comfortable approach to their cleaning station. This is a place to exercise patience \u2014 they can appear like ghosts at the edge of your vision, not appear at all, or break off an approach for reasons only they know. A shark encounter is not guaranteed; a solid shark encounter means you saw one, and a great shark encounter may require a few days or just plain luck. Seeing them on their terms and leaving with a few solid frames was rewarding.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Une journ\u00e9e sans requin n'est pas une journ\u00e9e perdue \u00e0 Malapascua. David et Gutsy ont pass\u00e9 des heures au large de Chocolate Island \u00e0 remplir des cartes num\u00e9riques avec des calamars \u00e0 queue fine,&nbsp;<em>Rhinopias<\/em>, mating flamboyant cuttlefish, and snake eels. They spent enough time in the water to annoy a boat captain used to a 60-minute dive. Unfortunately, you\u2019ll sometimes hear an odd, hard-to-describe zapping sound in the background. The noise is from distant bomb fishing. Chances are high that you will stumble across evidence of the illegal practice here and in other locations in the Philippines.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Oslob et Sumilon Island, Cebu<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>L'\u00eele de Sumilon a \u00e9t\u00e9 la premi\u00e8re zone marine prot\u00e9g\u00e9e cr\u00e9\u00e9e aux Philippines. Nous y avons d\u00e9couvert ce qu'un typhon peut faire \u00e0 un r\u00e9cif corallien. Nous sommes descendus jusqu'\u00e0 un r\u00e9cif presque vide et renvers\u00e9, balay\u00e9 par le super typhon Haiyan en 2013. Au d\u00e9tour d'un virage, nous avons enfin vu \u00e0 quoi ressemble l'espoir : Une seule an\u00e9mone avait trouv\u00e9 son chemin jusqu'au sommet d'un pilier de corail mort, et un poisson-an\u00e9mone avait trouv\u00e9 son chemin jusqu'\u00e0 l'an\u00e9mone. Je me suis arr\u00eat\u00e9 et j'ai regard\u00e9 fixement cette paire de colonisateurs, conscient que j'\u00e9tais en train de voir un r\u00e9cif sur le point de reprendre vie.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Oslob, un village situ\u00e9 de l'autre c\u00f4t\u00e9 du d\u00e9troit de l'\u00eele de Sumilon, est au centre d'une controverse persistante. Le village s'anime lorsque les habitants se dirigent vers leurs balanciers, se pr\u00e9parant \u00e0 accueillir les centaines de touristes qui appara\u00eetront \u00e0 l'aube avec de l'argent pour observer, faire du snorkeling ou de la plong\u00e9e avec les requins-baleines. Nous sommes arriv\u00e9s t\u00f4t en bateau et avons regard\u00e9 les requins glisser dans toutes les directions, en synchronisant leur arriv\u00e9e avec celle des touristes. Ces magnifiques g\u00e9ants doux viennent se disputer les meilleures places sous les mains tendues remplies de krill qui les attirent comme un chat l'herbe \u00e0 chat. Les plaisanciers font tourner en boucle les touristes excit\u00e9s, nerveux et hurlants, gardant les requins et les manipulateurs de krill au centre du chaos.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Les partisans de ce type de tourisme de requins-baleines soutiennent que les requins sont des ambassadeurs des oc\u00e9ans qui suscitent une prise de conscience et une connexion avec la mer et fournissent des revenus indispensables \u00e0 l'\u00e9ducation, au logement et \u00e0 la sant\u00e9. Les scientifiques, les organisations non gouvernementales et les chercheurs soutiennent au contraire que le ravitaillement quotidien modifie le comportement, les itin\u00e9raires de migration saisonni\u00e8re, les strat\u00e9gies de reproduction et affecte l'\u00e9tat g\u00e9n\u00e9ral des requins.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For the truly whale shark obsessed diver, other locations in the Philippines offer encounters on the sharks\u2019 terms: Tubbataha (April to June), Donsol (January to May), and Leyte (November to May).&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"532\" src=\"https:\/\/world.dan.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/q1_80_-philippines.jpg\" alt=\"Silure doubl\u00e9\" class=\"wp-image-24069\" srcset=\"https:\/\/world.dan.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/q1_80_-philippines.jpg 800w, https:\/\/world.dan.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/q1_80_-philippines-360x239.jpg 360w, https:\/\/world.dan.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/q1_80_-philippines-768x511.jpg 768w, https:\/\/world.dan.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/q1_80_-philippines-18x12.jpg 18w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Lined catfish like these in Dauin are very social and move together across the sea bottom while always touching. \n\u00a9JENNIFER HAYES AND DAVID DOUBILET<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"532\" src=\"https:\/\/world.dan.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/q1_81_-philippines.jpg\" alt=\"Un requin-baleine inhale du krill\" class=\"wp-image-24070\" srcset=\"https:\/\/world.dan.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/q1_81_-philippines.jpg 800w, https:\/\/world.dan.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/q1_81_-philippines-360x239.jpg 360w, https:\/\/world.dan.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/q1_81_-philippines-768x511.jpg 768w, https:\/\/world.dan.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/q1_81_-philippines-18x12.jpg 18w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">A whale shark inhales frozen krill from a tourist in Oslob. \n\u00a9JENNIFER HAYES AND DAVID DOUBILET<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"532\" src=\"https:\/\/world.dan.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/q1_82_-philippines.jpg\" alt=\"Tortue marine imbriqu\u00e9e\" class=\"wp-image-24071\" srcset=\"https:\/\/world.dan.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/q1_82_-philippines.jpg 800w, https:\/\/world.dan.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/q1_82_-philippines-360x239.jpg 360w, https:\/\/world.dan.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/q1_82_-philippines-768x511.jpg 768w, https:\/\/world.dan.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/q1_82_-philippines-18x12.jpg 18w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">A hawksbill turtle feeding in the shallows off South Atoll in Tubbataha looked up and became obsessed with its reflection in the camera dome.\n\u00a9JENNIFER HAYES AND DAVID DOUBILET<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"532\" src=\"https:\/\/world.dan.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/q1_83_-philippines.jpg\" alt=\"Les fous bruns se reposent sur le corail \u00e0 mar\u00e9e montante.\" class=\"wp-image-24072\" srcset=\"https:\/\/world.dan.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/q1_83_-philippines.jpg 800w, https:\/\/world.dan.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/q1_83_-philippines-360x239.jpg 360w, https:\/\/world.dan.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/q1_83_-philippines-768x511.jpg 768w, https:\/\/world.dan.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/q1_83_-philippines-18x12.jpg 18w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Brown booby birds rest on coral in a rising tide. Tubbataha Reefs Natural Park is one of the largest and most critical seabird rookeries in the Philippines. \n\u00a9JENNIFER HAYES AND DAVID DOUBILET<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Coron, Busuanga<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Nous voulions photographier des dugongs. Ils sont en danger critique d'extinction aux Philippines, les populations restantes \u00e9tant dispers\u00e9es et au bord de l'extinction locale. La plus grande population restante se trouve dans la province de Palawan.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dirk Fahrenbach greeted us on the dock with a hearty hello after a flight, drive, and boat trip. He then broke the news with the dreaded phrase, \u201cYou should have been here last week.\u201d David winced when Dirk told us that the visibility had dropped to inches the day before our arrival.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The next morning our bangka motored through calm seas to distant seagrass beds. Dugongs are shy, some more than others; with low to no visibility, our guide, Omar, wanted to locate a friendly one. He stopped the boat in a few places, stared into a sand-colored sea, and finally said, \u201cJust here, straight down.\u201d There was no indication that any air-breathing mammal was within miles, let alone 15 feet (4,6 meters) below us.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>J'ai enfil\u00e9 un r\u00e9servoir et j'ai roul\u00e9, descendant tranquillement l\u00e0 o\u00f9 il m'avait dit que je verrais un dugong. La visibilit\u00e9 s'\u00e9tait am\u00e9lior\u00e9e pour atteindre environ 0,61 m\u00e8tre. Je me disais que c'\u00e9tait un exercice inutile alors que je m'enfon\u00e7ais dans un voile de silence, jusqu'\u00e0 ce que j'entende un l\u00e9ger bruit, comme celui d'une truelle qui travaille dans le sable. Un dugong mangeant de minuscules tiges d'herbes marines est apparu \u00e0 quelques centim\u00e8tres sous mes nageoires, ce qui m'a incit\u00e9 \u00e0 ajuster soigneusement ma trajectoire. J'ai \u00e9cout\u00e9 et observ\u00e9 plus que je n'ai photographi\u00e9 et j'ai laiss\u00e9 la magie du moment s'infiltrer dans mon \u00e2me. Merci, Omar Lingansan ; j'ai grandi ce jour-l\u00e0.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There was one more surprise. Dirk asked if we wanted to join him to see a recent discovery: a Japanese Nakajima Hayabusa plane \u2014 the most intact wreck of its kind \u2014 resting in 131 feet (40 meters) of water. We left at sunrise and descended through early dawn light to a rare and unexpected look into World War II.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">On a besoin de vous aux Philippines<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>The Philippine Commission on Sports Scuba Diving is committed to strengthening and promoting dive tourism. It is working \u2014 the Philippines was recognized as Asia\u2019s leading dive destination at the 2022 World Travel Awards for the fourth straight year.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Here is a simple reality that everyone who goes underwater can understand and appreciate: Scientists, conservationists, and divers are fighting to protect what remains of Philippine coral reefs. Reports indicate much has been lost, but Tubbataha\u2019s history is an example of recovery to become a world treasure.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When you dive the Philippines, you are not just a tourist \u2014 you are collaborating to bring awareness to some of the most important reefs in the world. 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