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EARTH-2026-0014
The problem was fixed, and the result was measured and recorded.
A whale shark (butanding) was accidentally caught in a fishing net in Barangay Caroan, Gonzaga, Cagayan on 14 May 2026. Fishermen worked together to free it and led it back to deeper water with a motorboat; it appeared unharmed. It was the second whale shark rescue in Gonzaga in under a month, after residents returned a stranded whale shark to the sea at Batangan on 22 April.
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Inquirer · May 15, 2026
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A whale shark stranded along the Batangan shoreline was returned to the sea using a motorboat.
Recorded by Residents of Batangan, Gonzaga
A whale shark caught in a fishing net was freed and guided back into deeper waters.
Recorded by Fishermen of Barangay Caroan
The measured result
Taken on a return visit after the work was done, not estimated on the day.