Businesses blamed for Olongapo fish kill
Fish along the Kalalake River here floated dead on Tuesday night, providing free food to residents who live beside the river that empties into Subic Bay.
Fish along the Kalalake River here floated dead on Tuesday night, providing free food to residents who live beside the river that empties into Subic Bay.
Thousands of bangus (milkfish) went belly up here on Thursday after a fish kill hit two areas in this coastal city.
Fishermen suffering from huge losses due to last week’s fish kill in the Laguna de Bay are asking local government units (LGUs) for assistance in securing funds provided to lakeside localities by the Laguna Lake Development Authority (LLDA).
The Mines and Geosciences Bureau in Eastern Visayas has directed a mining company to pay for the losses of owners of fish pens and cages affected by a fish kill in Lake Bito, MacArthur town, Leyte, last weekend.
The Mines and Geosciences Bureau in Eastern Visayas has directed a mining company to pay for the losses of owners of fish pens and cages affected by a fish kill in Lake Bito, MacArthur town, Leyte last weekend.
Residents of Barangay (village) Imelda here are up in arms against a mining firm that they accused of causing a fish kill that affected one of their main sources of income—tilapia-raising.
Government agencies monitoring the water quality of Taal Lake in Batangas are eyeing stricter measures against dumping of solid wastes, and discharge of sewage and waste water from giant real estate developments, including backyard and commercial piggery farms in the area.
An official of the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) has warned fish cage operators and residents in lakeshore areas around Taal Lake that a fishkill could occur anew during the cold months from December to February next year.
A number of fish pen operators who suffered huge losses in the massive fish kill that hit Taal Lake two months ago are relocating to Looc Bay in Romblon, the governor of the island-province said.
MANILA, Philippines—Laguna Lake Development Authority (LLDA) General Manager Rodrigo Cabrera denied on Wednesday allegations of a fishpen operator that Cabrera and two others had extorted P300,000 from him. Cabrera said the accusation was a “demolition job” but he said he has formed a committee to investigate the alleged involvement of the two LLDA executives in [...]
MANILA, Philippines – Losses from the massive fish kill gripping the provinces of Batangas and Pangasinan have exceeded P190 million, a national disaster agency reported. The National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC) said that as of Monday afternoon, Batangas has reported P150 million in losses while Pangasinan reported P40.71 million. At least 374 [...]
Let us first talk of the carrying capacity of the lake. According to the residents interviewed, the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) set a limit of 10,000 fish cages which, they said, was very arbitrary and had very little scientific basis. Not only that, the residents estimated that the number of cages was really in the vicinity of 15,000.
A sudden drop in temperature that lowered oxygen level at the onset of the rainy season in Taal Lake has killed 752.6 metric tons of fish worth P57.226 million since Friday, officials said on Sunday.
