BENHAM RISE EXPEDITION

A team from the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) goes off in Davao to erect the Philippine flag in Benham Rise, an undersea plateau located some 250 km east of the northern coastline of Isabela province. The Department of Agriculture (DA) plans to put the first off shore structure at the Benham Bank, a 15,000-hectare area in Benham Rise. (PNA photo courtesy of Cherry Mae Palicte)