DAGUPAN CITY
– The city’s oysters though relatively small are back in the rivers.
This was
confirmed by Mayor Belen T. Fernandez in a talk with the local fisherfolks in
Lucao in her recent trip in the rivers, accompanied by Marjorie Villanueva of
the City Agriculture Office.
“Our oyster
are back and I am glad that the black mussel is gone,” said Fernandez giving
credit to the efforts exerted by the City Agriculture Office and the Bantay
Ilog Task Force in cleaning the rivers from the remnants of abandoned bamboos
and fishnets left in the river bed.
Villanueva
disclosed that from the time they started clearing the rivers they were able to
remove 369 structures already as of February 28.
“It’s
inspiring to note that because of what we have done in cleaning the rivers; our
oyster industry is again back. We will continue and we will never stop in
cleaning our rivers,” promised Fernandez.
Fernandez
added that the city will soon implement the zoning system in the city’s rivers
where there will be areas for oyster rafts, fish cages, among others.
“We are going
to set aside some P2 to 3 million to help our small fisherfolks establish their
oyster farm. And we hope that other fisherfolks will follow our zoning system
so we could maintain the biodiversity of our rivers,” said Fernandez. (Joseph
C. Bacani/CIO/March 8, 2017)
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