Around 120 tons or P10.5-million worth of tilapia and bangus were lost as a fish kill hit parts of Taal Lake in Batangas province over the weekend, the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) said. BFAR (Region 4-A) Regional Director Esmeralda Paz Manalang said sulfur upwelling in the Taal Lake has triggered the fish kill in barangays Aya, Quiling, Tumaway and Sampaloc in Talisay, Batangas late last week. The fish kill affected 51 of 2,000 fish cages in Talisay town, killing 70 tons of bangus and 50 tons of tilapia.

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