Aired (July 21, 2024): Ang mga dalupapa o giant squid ay isa sa mga biyayang lamang-dagat na makukuha sa dagat sa Occidental, Mindoro. Pero ang paghuli raw dito ay hindi biro dahil angking palaban ng dalupapa. Alamin ang buong kasama si Doc Nielsen Donato. Panoorin ang video.
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00:00In the deep part of the sea,
00:13there are different kinds of stars.
00:23Some of them have a long length.
00:31If they are sharp,
00:35they can blind your vision.
01:01In the early morning,
01:03Julius' group is on their way
01:05to catch more fish.
01:10This is a fish called Bangus.
01:13This is what we are going to eat.
01:16Fish is the favorite food of the Dalupapa,
01:18just like Bangus.
01:21That's why even if the depth of the sea is more than 100 meters,
01:25the smell of the Dalupapa will still be there.
01:36The Dalupapa is free to smell.
01:39Before the sun rises,
01:42they need to have breakfast.
01:45Until...
01:50They are not allowed to go to Patibong anymore.
01:55This is a signal for Julius to move the bait.
02:05The Dalupapa is still fighting.
02:07That's why Julius needs to be careful.
02:11Because the rope is thin,
02:13the Dalupapa might get hurt
02:17or fall off the boat.
02:21At the bottom,
02:22the Dalupapa starts to change color.
02:26He does this to confuse the opponent.
02:30But he doesn't give up.
02:42Until the end,
02:44he fights.
02:50The Dalupapa is still heavy.
03:02The Dalupapa or Diamondback Squid is 3 to 4 kilos heavier than the Dalupapa.
03:13But the next catch of the fishermen is even more challenging.
03:20Oh no!
03:23The Dalupapa was caught by one of the fishermen in Mindoro.
03:29This is not the first time that the team documented the Dalupapa.
03:35In Romblon,
03:36I was with the fishermen.
03:40Romblon and Mindoro are part of the Cebuyan Sea,
03:44one of the leading fisheries in the Philippines.
03:47There, the other boat is caught.
03:51We are so lucky,
03:54but let's see if they can land their Giant Squid.
04:08While I was watching the Dalupapa,
04:20the Dalupapa was caught.
04:26This is almost the length of my body.
04:31That's why it's called Diamondback
04:33because its back has a diamond.
04:37Their eyes are also big
04:39because they need big eyes
04:42because it's dark underneath.
04:44On the last expedition of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
04:49or NOAA in 2019,
04:53a giant squid was seen on camera in the Gulf of Mexico.
04:59It was caught under 2,000 feet and 4 meters in size.
05:08They are the Giant Squid,
05:09one of the largest squid in the world.
05:13Julius immediately cleaned the last two Dalupapa.
05:19This looks like a female, ma'am.
05:21Let's see who is the one in the two.
05:23Me.
05:26The team found out that the last one is a male and a female.
05:31The Dalupapa can only live for a year.
05:35At the age of 6 to 8 months,
05:37the Dalupapa began to multiply like Julius caught.
05:46The team would like to send back the squid to the fishermen.
06:00The Dalupapa is more fighting than the squid.
06:04The Dalupapa is more fighting than the squid.
06:15He made an amazing flight.
06:23It's coming to me, ma'am.
06:24It's coming to me.
06:31Oh no!
06:33Oh!
06:43Oh!
06:44My eyes hurt.
06:45I got injured.
06:47It's slippery.
06:49If it can't be washed immediately,
06:51his eyes might get irritated.
06:59Julius caught five more Dalupapa.
07:02It's a female, ma'am.
07:03Yes.
07:04It's a female.
07:05The two here are female and male.
07:12He also noticed that their catch is getting smaller.
07:17It's getting smaller, ma'am.
07:19It's hard to catch a big one.
07:21Maybe because the big ones are all gone,
07:24and only the small ones are left.
07:26They catch them before they reach their length and first maturity.
07:34I looked at our data on the export of these diamondback squids.
07:42This year alone, from January to June,
07:45we were able to import around 240 metric tons.
07:50That's how much we harvested.
07:52Our income from the squids is low.
07:55The squids are cheap.
07:58Even though we caught a lot,
08:01it's still cheap.
08:03We don't have any profit from our income.
08:06It's just enough for our consumption.
08:08For now, Julius hasn't caught any Dalupapa for two months.
08:13They say it's a way for the sea to rest
08:16after catching Dalupapa.
08:18Thank God for His blessings
08:21that we were able to catch this kind of Dalupapa
08:25so we can sustain our needs for the future.
08:31There are many blessings given by the sea,
08:34but this blessing may be lost if we don't take care of it.
08:39Thank you for watching Born to be Wild.
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