Illegal fish pens that have mushroomed along the Dagupan river is not only affecting the city but also its adjacent towns of Binmaley and Lingayen that share the waterway are affected as well. This was according to Dr. Wesley Rosario, chief of National Integrated Fisheries Technology Development Center in Dagupan, who was with a group that accompanied acting Mayor Belen Fernandez for an inspection of all the rivers of Dagupan City last week. According to Rosario, it would be unfair for Binmaley and Lingayen to experience polluted water that is caused by 200 illegal fish pens that have been set up in Dagupan.

Mañalac, S. T. (2013, June 5). Dagupan illegal fish cages cause widespread pollution. The Manila Times, p. A7.