The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) said an invasive fish species turned out to be the top outgoing commodity from Region 2 (Cagayan Valley) for October this year amid the coronavirus pandemic. The BFAR’s Fisheries Quarantine Monitoring Station (BFAR-FQMS) in this town bared that it had recorded transported rice eel with a total of 998.1 metric tons from the Cagayan Valley region to Nueva Ecija province and Metro Manila. The BFAR-FQMS said the export commodity, locally known as “kiwet,” were to be exported to Asian countries with an estimated value of P97,148,000.

Domingo, L. C. (2020, November 6). Cagayan Valley records P97-M rice eel exports. The Manila Times, p. A7.