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Keep kids close while shopping this Christmas By MIKE BAÑOS Editor-at-large
NO BUYERS.
The price of tilapia in the towns surrounding Lake Mainit in Agusan del Norte has gone down to Php 60 per kilo, from Php 120 to P140 a month ago, before the fish kill happened, but there are no buyers. Fisherfolk want to know if mining operations upstream caused the death of thousands of tilapia and carp for a month now. The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources’ initial findings point to low dissolved oxygen as the cause. MindaNews photo by Roel N. Catoto
THE City Social Welfare Department (CSWD) yesterday warned parents and guardians to be vigilant and keep a close watch on their children while doing Christmas shopping following reports of attempted abductions in two major malls in Cagayan de Oro City. In one instance, the mother of a three-yearold toddler nearly got her daughter snatched while the family was standing in line at a checkout counter. “I was paying at the cashier and my wife was carrying our 6 month old baby and our eldest See KEEP, page A11
Fish kill in Lake Mainit due to low dissolved oxygen: BFAR By ROEL CATOTO of MindaNews
KITCHARAO, Agusan del Norte––The incidents of fish kill in Lake Mainit have been traced to low dissolved oxygen in the country’s fourth largest lake, initial findings of the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources(BFAR) Caraga said. Tilapia and carp have been found floating dead in Lake Mainit since a month ago. The fish kill has affected the livelihood of hundreds of fisherfolk who depend on
the lake for their livelihood. Fisherfolk in towns of Mainit and Alegria in Surigao del Norte including Kitcharao and Jabongga in Agusan del Norte had earlier said they suspect mining activities upstream are to blame for the fish kill. Dr. Anne Melisa Talavera, officer-in-charge of BFAR’s Regional Fish Health Laboratory of BFAR, told MindaNews Friday that parts of the lake have low dissolved oxygen, at two parts per million (ppm), from the normal level of at least four ppm.
She said bigger tilapia need more dissolved oxygen to survive. “That’s exactly one of the reasons why bigger ones are affected by the fish kill in Lake Mainit,” she said. Using Hach Water Test Kit, Talaver said they conducted an inspection on November 26, December 3, and 9 in the towns of Alegria and Mainit in Surigao del Norte and in Kitcharao, Agusan del Norte on December 16. BFAR also took samples of water and samples See FISH, page A11