FirstGen bankrolls Batangas marine ecosystem project
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Rey Manalo is an active and vocal advocate of the Bantay Dagat (Sea Patrol) program in Mabini, Batangas. Quite a departure from his younger days when Manalo was a menace to the marine ecosystem of Batangas, being a muro-ami diver. Now in his 50s, Manalo recalled that, as a muro-ami diver, he would put on a compressor or other breathing devices so he could stay longer underwater. Once underwater, he’d smash the coral reefs using a heavy pounding device tied to a chain or rope, called seroca or sirusga. The seroca would drive the fish out of their hiding place and into a waiting net encircling the coral reef. Muro-ami work meant Manalo did not have to wait or look for fish hiding in the coral reefs.
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FirstGen bankrolls Batangas marine ecosystem project. (2015, August 17). Philippine Daily Inquirer, pp. B3-3, B3-4.
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