Browsing Philippine Daily Inquirer by Place "Laguna De Bay"

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    • Crackdown starts on fish pen guns: DENR, LLDA team runs after armed men manning Laguna de Bay fishery structures 

      Cinco, Maricar (Philippine Daily Inquirer, February 11, 2017, on page A10)
      The government on Friday began its crackdown on unlicensed firearms allegedly used by guards manning fish pens in Laguna de Bay. Environment Undersecretary Arturo Valdez, who heads the National Anti-Environmental Crime ...

    • Fish pens strangle Laguna de Bay 

      Cinco, Maricar (Philippine Daily Inquirer, January 3, 2017, on page A14)
      Section 51 of the Fisheries Code of the Philippines (Republic Act No. 8550) states that “not over 10 percent of the suitable water surface area of all lakes and rivers shall be allotted for aquaculture purposes like fish ...

    • No letup in fish pen demolition 

      Cinco, Maricar (Philippine Daily Inquirer, February 15, 2017, on page A17)
      A government team on Tuesday demolished two fish pens covering a total area of 70 hectares in Laguna de Bay as a new deadline for operators to harvest their stock and remove their structures from the lake looms. Joined by ...

    • Small fishermen lose out in fight for fishing areas 

      Cinco, Maricar (Philippine Daily Inquirer, January 4, 2017, on page A4)
      The lake annually produces 400,000 metric tons of milkfish (Chanos chanos) and tilapia. It supplies 70 percent of the fish requirements of Luzon and parts of the Visayas, aside from various marine products caught in open ...

    • Still no room for small fishers as pens remain in Laguna de Bay 

      Cinco, Maricar; Celis, Nikon (Philippine Daily Inquirer, July 20, 2017, on page A9)
      Behind some idle fishing boats, Danny Machado, 62, scans Laguna de Bay from Barangay Cuyab here. Machado is starting to grow impatient over hectares after hectares of fish pens that he blames for his dwindling catch. “I’m ...