Around 127 pieces of “endangered” giant clams weighing about 1.5 tons were confiscated from three fisherfolk in Barangay Molocaboc, Sagay City, Negros Occidental. Nabbed for violation of the act preventing the illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing were residents 60-year-old Felix Causapin, 49-year-old Lito Cañete, and 54-year-old Adan Atabelo, a police report showed. Sagay City Marine Reserve Resource Assessment head Jose Togle said the arrested fisherfolk were allegedly dealing with an anonymous buyer who offered them to buy the clams locally known as “manlot” at P1,000 per kilo.

Singuay, M. (2019, April 13). 1.5 tons of 'endangered' giant clams seized in Sagay. Panay News, pp. 2, 10.