DAGUPAN CITY, Pangasinan — Fisherfolk here
who reported a fish kill since the first week of September are clamoring for
action and assistance from the city government and the local agriculturist.
Alfredo
Dawana, founder and chairman of the fishponds owners, operators and fisherfolk
of this city, said pollution in the river is causing the fish kill.
Dawana said
about 30 tons of dead fish have already been reported in the island villages of
Pugaro, Salapingao, and Lucao and can be spotted from the stretch of the Jose
de Venecia Sr. Expressway Extension.
Last Monday,
close to 100 tons of milkfish had to be harvested early from fishponds in these
areas for fear they may go to waste.
City
Agriculturist Emma Molina only called the incident a “mild fish kill” resulting
from thermal shock caused by the sudden downpour on a very hot Sunday
afternoon.
But Dawana
said the fish kill is due to a pollution caused by fish pens and cages.
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