Current location:health >>
Philippines blames China for loss of giant clams in disputed shoal and urges environmental inquiry
health43People 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 Space news portal”。http://iceland.downmusic.org/news-06d099992.html
Related articles
Cruise worker 'murders newborn son on board ship': Shocked co
healthA cruise worker on board an Italian ship 'murdered her newborn son' as horrified co-workers raised t ...
【health】
Read moreIn Pics: China's Gu Ailing Takes Silver of Women's Freeski Slopestyle at Beijing 2022
healthContact Us HomeNewsHighlightACWF NewsSocietyWom ...
【health】
Read moreXinjiang Issues Development Plan for Women, Children
healthContact Us HomeNewsHighlightACWF NewsSocietyWom ...
【health】
Read more
Popular articles
- Supreme Court rejects an appeal from a Canadian man once held at Guantanamo
- China Steps up Personality Rights Protection on Internet
- National Ear Care Day Marked Across China
- Tibet Helps over 690,000 Farmers, Herders Find Jobs in 2021
- Election 2024: Biden and Trump bypassed the Commission on Presidential Debates
- China Focus: China Works to Meet Demand for Elderly Nursing Care Beds
Latest articles
College baseball notebook: Conference tournaments to decide NCAA automatic bids and many at
In Pics: Onboard Markets on 'Slow Trains'
China to Further Open up High
NW China's Xinjiang Receives over 190 Mln Tourists in 2021
Not so Cool Britannia! Noel Gallagher gives damning verdict on Keir Starmer
Lottery Fund
LINKS
- Spice Girls star Mel B signs 'six
- 29 Naxals killed in gunfight with gov't forces in India's Chhattisgarh
- Edwards and Towns lead Timberwolves into the 2nd round of the NBA playoffs for 1st time since 2004
- A kidnapped Pakistani judge has been freed in a late
- Stocking up on the pick and Little Mix? Jesy Nelson, 32, turns heads in a smiley
- Hawaii is known for its macadamia nuts. Lawmakers want to keep it that way
- Megan Fox showcases her curves in all black as she and Machine Gun Kelly bring their goth
- Experts challenge 'capacity' claims
- China Movie Channel relaunches premium subscription channel
- Artistry in Clay