BUTUAN CITY, March 23 -- The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR)-13 (Caraga) released 166 marine turtle hatchlings on Sunday in coastal Barangay Manapa, Buenavista, Agusan del Norte.

The DENR-13 team was joined by personnel from the Community Environment and Natural Resources Office (CENRO) - Nasipit, officials from the local government of Buenavista, and barangay officials of Manapa in releasing the hatchlings.

"We are monitoring at least 12 nesting sites in the coastal areas in the towns of Carmen, Nasipit, and Buenavista; our technical personnel are regularly visiting these sites," said CENRO - Nasipit chief Nelson Caranzo in an interview on Monday.

Seven of the total nesting sites are in Carmen, three in Buenavis...