Agriculture Secretary Emmanuel Piñol said Friday his department must come up with a back-up plan to ensure enough supply of fish in Metro Manila once the dismantling of the fish pens in Laguna de Bay starts. The fish pens of Laguna de Bay are the sources of 36 percent of the fish requirements of Metro Manila and their dismantling will have an adverse effect on the supply and price of fish, Piñol said. President Rodrigo Duterte earlier ordered the fish pens dismantled and to bring back the polluted area in its pristine state.

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