In a worst-case scenario, BFAR is looking at an income loss of P83.8 million a month for Bataan fisherfolk affected by the oil spill from MT Terranova
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Neil Kenneth Tibog, division chief of fisheries resource management in BFAR, presented this during a meeting in Pampanga province on Monday, July 29. “We are anchoring our decisions on the present situation. Only if necessary, the BFAR will recommend the fishing ban.”Tibog said during the meeting on Monday that they have so far done only sensory evaluation of fish in wet markets in Bataan, checking if fish being sold smelled or tasted of oil.
Tracing for oil in fish could take two to three weeks, a constraint that was not lost on the BFAR. This was also the same problem that arose when MT Princess Empress sank off Naujan, Oriental Mindoro in February 2023. A fishing ban was imposed for months across Oriental Mindoro towns, stripping fisherfolk of their main source of livelihood causing nearly P5 billion in damage to fisheries in three regions.
In the days that followed, the PCG deployed vessels and oil spill booms to contain the spill. Fifteen leaking valves have yet to be sealed before siphoning operations start. MT Terranova owner Shogun Ships has
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