Current location:health >>
Philippines blames China for loss of giant clams in disputed shoal and urges environmental inquiry
health8141People have gathered around
IntroductionMANILA, Philippines (AP) — The Philippines blamed Chinese fishermen on Monday for a massive loss of ...
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.
Tags:
Reprint:Friends are welcome to share on the Internet, but please indicate the source of the article when reprinting it.“Stellar Sphere news portal”。http://bolivia.priasejati.net/article-06e799228.html
Related articles
Candice Swanepoel stuns in a form
healthCandice Swanepoel looked incredible as she arrived at the 77th annual Cannes Film Festival premiere ...
【health】
Read moreChina Tops World in Number of World Natural Heritage Sites
healthContact Us HomeNewsHighlightACWF NewsSocietyWom ...
【health】
Read moreAbout 50,000 Sit for Delayed College Entrance Exam in Shanghai
healthContact Us HomeNewsHighlightACWF NewsSocietyWom ...
【health】
Read more
Popular articles
Latest articles
With Djokovic awaiting the winner, Murray trails Hanfmann at rain
Chinese sci
Ethnic Festival 'Liuyueliu' Celebrated in SW China's Guizhou
China Ensures Healthcare Access for All 510 Mln Rural Residents
Celebrity birthdays for the week of May 26
China Beefs up Free Blood Test to Help Abducted Children, Women Reunite with Families
LINKS
- Xi stresses promoting equipment renewal, trade
- Objection to cease
- China making its mark in global services trade
- Von der Leyen makes bid for 2nd EU term
- Xi Meets U.S. Guests
- Gulf countries slam Washington stand
- New hypersonic wind tunnel 'most advanced in world'
- China making its mark in global services trade
- North China's Hebei launches new multimodal transport route to Central Asia
- China Focus: Netflix's adaptation of Three