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Editorial
Fish tale
Mar 05, 2010
“FISH KILLS result from a combination of natural and human-induced stresses in the environment. Several elements may combine and act synergistically to overload stress tolerance levels and induce a fish kill.”
So was quoted one Michael Cano, head of the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) Fisheries Extension Training and Communication Division (FETCD) in Region III. The appendage after his name matched equally by the gobbledygook of his statement.
Hello, Sir, we are simple fisherfolk. Speak in our language, please.
El Nino is taking its toll on the fish industry – from marginal fishermen to fishpond operators – in Eastern Pampanga.
In San Luis town fishponds that used to yield six to seven tons of tilapia per day are down to two to three.
“Tabla-matalo.” Lucky to get even. That is the on-going business equation for fishpond operators, so said the town agriculturist.
Candaba town, the top tilapia producer in Central Luzon, is not spared from the scourge that befell the industry.
“Due to the fish kill, mula tone-tonelada, kilo-kilo na lang ang ani ng tilapia ngayon. (From tons, the harvest of tilapia is measured only by the kilo now).” So lamented Candaba Mayor Jerry Pelayo.
Cano explained: “Ito (fish kill) ay nangyayari kapag bumababa ang level ng tubig sa fish pond. Kapag bumaba ang water level, bumababa rin ang level ng dissolved oxygen, at pag nakulangan ng level of oxygen, nahihirapan ang mga isda.” Now he’s talking.
The problem of fish mortlaity, he continued, is compounded by “over feeding, over population, reduced food abundance and excessive temperatures or sudden temperature change.”
So what is there to do?
“Dapat magbawas ng stock kung ganoon ang nangyayari.” Reduce stocks? That’s mere palliative, to us poor fisherfolk, unschooled as we are in aquaculture sciences.
So how can the depopulation of fishponds ever solve the dry spell caused by El Nino?
Cano did not say.
Maybe we need a better fish expert to tell us better tales.
So was quoted one Michael Cano, head of the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) Fisheries Extension Training and Communication Division (FETCD) in Region III. The appendage after his name matched equally by the gobbledygook of his statement.
Hello, Sir, we are simple fisherfolk. Speak in our language, please.
El Nino is taking its toll on the fish industry – from marginal fishermen to fishpond operators – in Eastern Pampanga.
In San Luis town fishponds that used to yield six to seven tons of tilapia per day are down to two to three.
“Tabla-matalo.” Lucky to get even. That is the on-going business equation for fishpond operators, so said the town agriculturist.
Candaba town, the top tilapia producer in Central Luzon, is not spared from the scourge that befell the industry.
“Due to the fish kill, mula tone-tonelada, kilo-kilo na lang ang ani ng tilapia ngayon. (From tons, the harvest of tilapia is measured only by the kilo now).” So lamented Candaba Mayor Jerry Pelayo.
Cano explained: “Ito (fish kill) ay nangyayari kapag bumababa ang level ng tubig sa fish pond. Kapag bumaba ang water level, bumababa rin ang level ng dissolved oxygen, at pag nakulangan ng level of oxygen, nahihirapan ang mga isda.” Now he’s talking.
The problem of fish mortlaity, he continued, is compounded by “over feeding, over population, reduced food abundance and excessive temperatures or sudden temperature change.”
So what is there to do?
“Dapat magbawas ng stock kung ganoon ang nangyayari.” Reduce stocks? That’s mere palliative, to us poor fisherfolk, unschooled as we are in aquaculture sciences.
So how can the depopulation of fishponds ever solve the dry spell caused by El Nino?
Cano did not say.
Maybe we need a better fish expert to tell us better tales.
- Idiocy
- Calamitous figures
- Good governance
- Misgovernance
- They also serve
- GMA pa rin
- Greening...
- ...Degreening
- Who’s lying?
- Honesty lives at SM Clark
- Good governance becomes Jimmy
- In your face, Oca
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