MANILA, Philippines (AP) — The Philippines blamed Chinese fishermen on Monday for a massive loss of giant clams in a disputed shoal controlled by China’s coast guard in the South China Sea and urged an international inquiry into the amount of environmental damage in the area.
The Philippine coast guard presented surveillance photographs of Chinese fishermen harvesting large numbers of giant clams for a number of years in a lagoon at Scarborough Shoal, but said signs of such activities stopped in March 2019.
Parts of the surrounding coral appeared to be badly scarred, in what the coast guard said was apparently a futile search by the Chinese for more clams. The lagoon is a prominent fishing area which Filipinos call Bajo de Masinloc and the Chinese calll Huangyan Dao off the northwestern Philippines.
“Those were the last remaining giant clams that we saw in Bajo de Masinloc,” Philippine coast guard spokesperson Commodore Jay Tarriela said at a news conference.
Related articles:
Related suggestion:
Chinese FM again urges U.S. to stop suppressing Chinese studentsAttack on Iranian consulate in Syria condemnedForum: Democracy takes many formsPeng urges German chorus to use music as bridgeLeaders call for deeper SinoSevering of SinoXi calls for more ChinaSpecial envoy pushes for peace, stability in regionXi calls for closer ties with VietnamXi calls for solid efforts to further energize China's central region
2.7287s , 6500.5703125 kb
Copyright © 2024 Powered by Philippines blames China for loss of giant clams in disputed shoal and urges environmental inquiry ,Culture Craft news portal