MORONG, Bataan – A cargo ship loaded with fertilizers slammed into a fishpen made of fishing nets known as “lambaklad” operated by volunteers of the Bataan Pawikan Conservation Center in Nagbalayong, Morong town Saturday morning, police reported Sunday.
Insp. Joey Sampaga, Morong police chief, said M/V Lancer Captain Alexander Sabanal told them that their ship accidentally hit the ‘lambaklad’ after trying to make an emergency anchor near the beach of the Pawikan Center.
The vessel loaded with commercial fertilizers 14-14-14 came from Cebu bound for Sual, Pangasinan. The ship captain refused to be interviewed.
“Parang may problema ang makina kaya naisipan ng kapitan na ipahinga muna ang barko subalit nasagasaan nito ang lambaklad bandang alas-6:30 ng umaga at naka-recover nga ang pulisya ng mga sira-sirang fishing net na nakapulupot sa propeller ng cargo ship,” the police chief said.
The “lambaklad” short for lambat (net) and baklad (fishpen) is of Japanese technology that makes use of fishing nets instead of bamboos locally used for fishpen or fish cage.
The “lambaklad” was of total wreck scattered along the turbulent waters of the South China Sea about 2 miles away from the marine turtle sanctuary. From a distance can be seen the towering mothballed Bataan Nuclear Power Plant.
Sampaga said the ship skipper and the boat itself will be held under the custody of the Morong police station pending filing of a case for reckless imprudence resulting to damage in property.
He said volunteers of the Pawikan Conservation Center were complaining that with the damage of their only means of livelihood, the Christmas of their families will be miserable.
Ernesto Llanares, local community organizer, said 22 families working as Bantay Pawikan volunteers face a bleak Christmas with the damage of their only source of daily income.
He said the “lambaklad’ was donated by the Japanese Embassy sometime in 2006 as a form of help to the fishermen-turned pawikan conservationist.
The fisherman leader said they do not know whether the ship owner will pay them or wait for the filing of a case in court.
Insp. Joey Sampaga, Morong police chief, said M/V Lancer Captain Alexander Sabanal told them that their ship accidentally hit the ‘lambaklad’ after trying to make an emergency anchor near the beach of the Pawikan Center.
The vessel loaded with commercial fertilizers 14-14-14 came from Cebu bound for Sual, Pangasinan. The ship captain refused to be interviewed.
“Parang may problema ang makina kaya naisipan ng kapitan na ipahinga muna ang barko subalit nasagasaan nito ang lambaklad bandang alas-6:30 ng umaga at naka-recover nga ang pulisya ng mga sira-sirang fishing net na nakapulupot sa propeller ng cargo ship,” the police chief said.
The “lambaklad” short for lambat (net) and baklad (fishpen) is of Japanese technology that makes use of fishing nets instead of bamboos locally used for fishpen or fish cage.
The “lambaklad” was of total wreck scattered along the turbulent waters of the South China Sea about 2 miles away from the marine turtle sanctuary. From a distance can be seen the towering mothballed Bataan Nuclear Power Plant.
Sampaga said the ship skipper and the boat itself will be held under the custody of the Morong police station pending filing of a case for reckless imprudence resulting to damage in property.
He said volunteers of the Pawikan Conservation Center were complaining that with the damage of their only means of livelihood, the Christmas of their families will be miserable.
Ernesto Llanares, local community organizer, said 22 families working as Bantay Pawikan volunteers face a bleak Christmas with the damage of their only source of daily income.
He said the “lambaklad’ was donated by the Japanese Embassy sometime in 2006 as a form of help to the fishermen-turned pawikan conservationist.
The fisherman leader said they do not know whether the ship owner will pay them or wait for the filing of a case in court.
