Pangasinan town fish kill damage hits P86.1 million
ANDA, Pangasinan, Philippines —The intense heat and intermittent rains have taken their toll on the bangus industry in this town as around P86.1 million worth of stocks were affected by fish kill.
Municipal agriculturist Elizabeth Tomas told The STAR yesterday that the estimate was based on their assessment on Thursday night.
Tomas said fish ponds in three barangays – Awag, Mal-ong and Siapar – along the Caquiputan Channel were affected.
She said a fish kill has also been reported in nearby Bolinao town since Wednesday.
Tomas said some fish pond operators harvested their stocks earlier than schedule so these would not be affected by the low level of oxgen in the water.
An average of four metric tons of milkfish are harvested in this town every two days.
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