by Angelica UyAlaminos City will no longer be producing ‘bangus’ (milkfish) to protect its tourism industry, specifically the Pangasinan’s prime tourist destination, the Hundred Islands National Park.
Mayor Arturo Celeste of Alaminos City, said that the commercial feeds used in culturing bangus had polluted the seas, so instead of bangus they will rather culture tulya (oysters) and tahong (mussels), the so-called janitors of the sea which clean the marine ecosystem. The shutdown of the milkfish industry will serve as a great help to prevent contaminating the waters of the said tourist spot and might not influence the province’s bangus industry. However, about 50 fish pens located at Mona, Tanaytay and Cayacay will be affected. High price of the alternative culture’s commercial feeds is expected, but some fishpen owners were willing to sacrifice their fishpen to Celeste’s decision, in protection of the Hundred Islands National Park.
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