After a massive fishkill on May 20, the aquaculture areas in Kakiputan Channel in Bolinao and Anda towns, Pangasinan province, should be relocated due to their deteriorating water qualities there, according to officials of the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR). Segundina Gaerlan, officer in charge of the BFAR in the Ilocos region, said rehabilitating the aquaculture zones would no longer work because of the high salinity and lethal levels of ammonia nitrogen found in the area. The BFAR has proposed an area in Barangay Salud, Lucero, Luciente 1 and Luciente 2 in Bolinao as the new aquaculture zone. The agency usually prepares the rehabilitation plan for provision of fingerlings to the affected aquaculture operators when a fishkill strikes.

Sotelo, Y. (2020, June 1). BFAR wants to relocate Pangasinan’s fishpond zones after fishkill. Philippine Daily Inquirer, p. A8.