Fishermen affected by the oil spill from the sunken MT Princess Empress were losing about P19 million a day due to its adverse impact on their livelihood but the fishing ban in Oriental Mindoro waters would continue until further notice, the BFAR said.
The BFAR said its initial analyses were still “inconclusive” as far as food safety was concerned even as these results were consistent with the findings of the agency in its first and second batches of analyses.
PAH is harmful to humans and other living organisms and may accumulate in the flesh of marine organisms over time. The sea off the affected towns in Oriental Mindoro and Antique has been cleaned of oil slick but the shoreline cleanup operation, particularly in affected mangrove areas, was still ongoing.
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