Massive fishkills in Batangas and Pangasinan have prompted at least seven lawmakers to eat milkfish and tilapia of different viands before members of the media on Wednesday to prove that it is safe to eat the country's fishes as much as before. The House members who feasted on the fishes inside the Congress press Office included Angelo Palmones of Agham Party-list, Mark Leandro Mendoza of Batangas, Benhur Salimbangon of Cebu, Victor Yu of Zamboanga del Sur, Agapito Guanlao of Butil Party-list and Linabelle Ruth Villarica of Bulacan and Herminia Roman of Bataan. Palmones stressed that the fishkill which was caused by oxygen depletion because of overstocking and has nothing to do with the activity of Taal volcano.

Panti, L. T. (2011, June 9). Lawmakers feast on fish amid fishkill. The Manila Times, p. A3.