A total of 81 healthy pawikan hatchlings were released on the shores of Aboitiz Cleanergy Park in Punta Dumalag last January 2 and 4, 2014.
Caretaker Rodolfo M. Manib, Sr. noticed 3 hatchlings around 5 p.m. of January 2 and informed Mr. Fermin Edillon, Community Relations Department Manager of Davao Light. With guidance from local biologist Dr. Ruth Gamboa of UP Mindanao and former caretaker Bobby Onin, 23 hatchlings of the 120 eggs were then released 4 hours after they emerged and became active.
With needed human assistance, the other 58 hatchlings were dug free from their nest and were released last January 4 at 4 p.m. Some graduate and undergraduate Biology students of the University of Southeastern Philippines conducting research on the coastline and the Legal Team Members of Davao Light luckily witnessed this rare event.
Sometime in October 2013, these pawikan eggs, believed to be of the Olive Ridley species, were laid in Lawis, Toril. Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) personnel Efren Tagurda and Jose Lechoniso brought the eggs to Punta Dumalag and requested Onin to help them transfer the eggs to a protected area to ensure a higher survival rate. With Onin’s efforts, these eggs were given clearance from Davao Light and buried in the Aboitiz Cleanergy Park for incubation.
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