By Dominic B. dela Cruz
Staff reporter
Laoag
City—Laoag Agriculturist Oscar Recta denied that
there was a fish kill incident at Brgy. Gabu in this city.
He however admitted that one
fisherman reported a possible fish kill incident with the presence of brown sea
weeds, known locally as “aragan” and the very high water temperature.
Mr. Recta stressed that this
was not confirmed and no fish kill occurred in the city.
In their investigation, the
City Agriculture Office, accompanied by Gabu fisher folks visited the
barangay’s fishing area. They said the fish kill report turned out to be
“negative”; they however observed the presence of too many of the local sea
weeds as well as “lumot” [moss].
In view of the result, Mr.
Recta advised the Gabu fisher folks not to overfeed their fish as this is one
of main reason for the fast growth of seaweeds that could eventually stop the
water flow.
He also told the fisher folks
to immediately harvest their fish when it is time to avoid overcrowding in the
fish pens.
The Gabu fisher folks grow
bangus [milkfish], Malaga [spinefoot] and tilapia.
“Siguro no saan nga naagapan ken saan da nag-harvest a dagus ket talaga a nga adut natay
[It’s possible that if they have not harvested immediately, many fish could
have died]”, Mr. Recta said.
Relative to this, Mr. Recta
said his office also instructed the fisher folks to observe the distance between
cages and the number of fingerlings in every cage to avoid overpopulation as
this is the primary cause of fish kill.
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