Communities on Talim Island in Laguna de Bay lived through the quarantine on surplus fish, after movement restrictions disrupted supply delivery from the island to fish ports and public markets in Metro Manila and nearby provinces. But as quarantine protocols ease up and businesses start to resume, fishermen and traders are facing new challenges anew after a fish kill hit the 90,000-hectare lake, a primary source of freshwater fish. On Tuesday, the Laguna Lake Development Authority said at least 275 tons (275,000 kilograms) of tilapia and carp were lost to the fish kill that started last month. It said stocks in seven fish pens in Pililla town, Rizal province, covering a total of 7 hectares, turned belly up, with losses reaching at least P11.5 million.

Cinco, M. (2020, June 10). After lockdown, fish kill hits Laguna de Bay. Philippine Daily Inquirer, p. A8.