ENVIRONMENTAL THREAT An aerial picture from environmental group Greenpeace taken round 4 kilometers off Hagonoy, Bulacan, exhibits the oil slick from a tanker, which sank on July 25 in Bataan because of dangerous climate. (NOEL CELIS/GREENPEACE)
MANILA, Philippines — Fishing in areas affected by the oil spill in Manila Bay shouldn’t be advisable, Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) Spokesperson Rear Admiral Armand Balilo stated on Tuesday.
“Kami po ay medyo nag-aalangan din kung sakaling papuntahin ang mga mangingisda at meron pang langis,” Balilo stated over radio dwPM.
(We’re hesitant, if ever, to permit fishermen when there may be nonetheless an oil spill.)
“Hindi naman natin ina-advise na kung merong langis ay mangisda pa rin sapagkat ito po ay dangerous sa ating kalusugan at magsa-suffer ang mga shoppers,” he added.
(We aren’t advising fishermen to fish when there may be oil as a result of it’s dangerous to our well being and the shoppers will endure.)
Balilo additionally stated the PCG auxiliary will present meals packs to affected fisherfolk.
Final July 25, the MT Terra Nova, carrying 1.4 million liters of commercial gasoline oil sank off Bataan, killing a crew member.
The PCG stated the oil from the sunken motor tanker began to leak into Manila Bay and the waters of Cavite and Bataan.
READ: Oil spill reaches Cavite; PCG seals ship’s valves
Regardless of this, the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Sources has but to declare an official fishing ban.
The PCG has since sealed the ships’ valves and deployed oil dispersants and limitations to comprise the oil spill.
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