In a bid to regulate activities that possibly contribute pollution to the bay, the City Government of Puerto Princesa will no longer allow fish cages within Puerto Princesa Bay.
In a recent meeting held at the Sangguniang Panlungsod conference room presided by City Councilor Victor Oliveros, chairman of the Committee on Food, Agriculture and Fisheries, he informed one of the farmers’ cooperatives that they cannot utilize some 2,000 square meters along coastal areas in Barangay Sta. Lucia, and cannot operate fish cages for Milkfish (Bangus) for it has been a policy of the city government to stop such activity in Puerto Princesa Bay.
He said that there are ongoing studies by some foreign researchers and local based researchers specifically from universities, that fish cages cause contamination in the coastal areas.
He also expressed apprehensions that aside from trash feeds to the fish in the cages there are also feeds and chemicals that contribute to marine pollution.
“Ang kanilang feeds ay hindi nauubos, ultimately pumupunta sa ilalim at ito ay nag-introduce ng bagong pollutants sa dagat. Ito kasing sa fish cages ay hindi tulad ng bangus na land-based. Ang nangyayari ay contributor na sya ng polusyon Ito rin ang sabi ng mga foreign researchers. Meron kayong napakagandang bay. Take care of it. Kung hindi, bukas bye-bye na. Yan ang mga reservations natin,” Councilor Oliveros explained.
He then instructed the representative of the City Agriculture’s Office who was present during the meeting to inform those who are operating fish cages within Puerto Princesa Bay that were issued recently with special fisheries privilege that the city government will no longer allow them to operate within the bay.
“Inform the grantees that they have one year from today. Yan po ang policy direction natin ngayon. We have to address the present conditions (of Puerto Princesa Bay),” Oliveros said.
Presently, the construction of the proposed P20-million Sewage Treatment Facility located in Barangay San Isidro, a coastal area within the city, is ongoing through a joint venture project.
This intends to manage household sewage and wastewater and pave the way for the construction of a “septage, sewerage and sanitation with a learning center project” at the baywalk area’s 2,000-square-meter land that was reclaimed by the city government under a usufruct agreement.
The city government will allocate P25 million of the total project cost, while the rest of the P240-Million will be shouldered by its partner private companies for the construction and operation of the facility.
The technology that the proponents will use is a sequence batch reactor (SBR), an active sludge process that uses aeration and biological floc composed of bacteria and protozoa to treat wastewater.
Oliveros further said that this is one of the important steps undertaken by the city government help save the bay from water pollution.
“Lahat ng outfall dyan (Puerto Princesa Bay) papunta. Kaya nga inapura na na mapagawa (matapos) ang STP (sewerage treatment plant). Kasi kailangan eh. Ang Tiniguiban ngayon ay marami ng tao compared five years ago. Ang Sta. Monica mas maraming tao ngayon compared five years ago. Ang Sicsican mas lalo na, more than 100 percent ang increase (ng population). Ang Irawan din ay palaki ng palaki,” he explained.
In a bid to regulate activities that possibly contribute pollution to the bay, the City Government of Puerto Princesa will no longer allow fish cages within Puerto Princesa Bay.
In a recent meeting held at the Sangguniang Panlungsod conference room presided by City Councilor Victor Oliveros, chairman of the Committee on Food, Agriculture and Fisheries, he informed one of the farmers’ cooperatives that they cannot utilize some 2,000 square meters along coastal areas in Barangay Sta. Lucia, and cannot operate fish cages for Milkfish (Bangus) for it has been a policy of the city government to stop such activity in Puerto Princesa Bay.
He said that there are ongoing studies by some foreign researchers and local based researchers specifically from universities, that fish cages cause contamination in the coastal areas.
He also expressed apprehensions that aside from trash feeds to the fish in the cages there are also feeds and chemicals that contribute to marine pollution.
“Ang kanilang feeds ay hindi nauubos, ultimately pumupunta sa ilalim at ito ay nag-introduce ng bagong pollutants sa dagat. Ito kasing sa fish cages ay hindi tulad ng bangus na land-based. Ang nangyayari ay contributor na sya ng polusyon Ito rin ang sabi ng mga foreign researchers. Meron kayong napakagandang bay. Take care of it. Kung hindi, bukas bye-bye na. Yan ang mga reservations natin,” Councilor Oliveros explained.
He then instructed the representative of the City Agriculture’s Office who was present during the meeting to inform those who are operating fish cages within Puerto Princesa Bay that were issued recently with special fisheries privilege that the city government will no longer allow them to operate within the bay.
“Inform the grantees that they have one year from today. Yan po ang policy direction natin ngayon. We have to address the present conditions (of Puerto Princesa Bay),” Oliveros said.
Presently, the construction of the proposed P20-million Sewage Treatment Facility located in Barangay San Isidro, a coastal area within the city, is ongoing through a joint venture project.
This intends to manage household sewage and wastewater and pave the way for the construction of a “septage, sewerage and sanitation with a learning center project” at the baywalk area’s 2,000-square-meter land that was reclaimed by the city government under a usufruct agreement.
The city government will allocate P25 million of the total project cost, while the rest of the P240-Million will be shouldered by its partner private companies for the construction and operation of the facility.
The technology that the proponents will use is a sequence batch reactor (SBR), an active sludge process that uses aeration and biological floc composed of bacteria and protozoa to treat wastewater.
Oliveros further said that this is one of the important steps undertaken by the city government help save the bay from water pollution.
“Lahat ng outfall dyan (Puerto Princesa Bay) papunta. Kaya nga inapura na na mapagawa (matapos) ang STP (sewerage treatment plant). Kasi kailangan eh. Ang Tiniguiban ngayon ay marami ng tao compared five years ago. Ang Sta. Monica mas maraming tao ngayon compared five years ago. Ang Sicsican mas lalo na, more than 100 percent ang increase (ng population). Ang Irawan din ay palaki ng palaki,” he explained.