date:Aug 14, 2012
illion worth of fish (bangus, tilapia, prawns, shrimps, and mudcrabs), and damaged P10-million worth of fishpond infrastructure, small fishing boats, and fishing equipment.
Perez added that fishers were also adversely affected in Pampanga, as losses topped more than P262 million; followed by Bulacan, P84 million; Bataan, P15 million; Cavite, P6.5 million; and Pangasinan, P5.78 million.
In Central Luzon, some 2,300 fishpond operators were affected, as they lost millions of fish fry and fingerli