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New Fish Kill Afflicts Taal Lake, Philippines

06/09/2011 Leave a comment Go to comments

“A new Taal Lake fish kill has spread and killed at least 20 tonnes of farmed and endemic fish species across two more towns and a city over the weekend.

The towns of Mataas na Kahoy and Cuenca and Lipa City in the province of Batangas are now affected, informed provincial information officer Ginette Segismundo.

Farmed milkfish (bangus) and tilapia and now also species native to the lake such as biya, pauto, apta, katang, siliw and muang are also appearing belly up in the lake, Segismundo said.

All the same, at least two cages in Cuenca did not see any massive fish kills, the official noted.

On Sunday, Pangasinan’s Agriculture Office said at least PHP 44.7 million (USD 1 million) have been lost due to the recent fish kills in the province, or 96 tonnes of dead bangus as of 2 June, reports Sun Star.” Read more.

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