The local government plans to implement a moratorium on the operation of fish cages in the lake for six months to one year to allow the lake to heal.
, which has led to the depletion of dissolved oxygen in the lake and the settling of waste and debris at the bottom of the lake.who inhabit the area, officials said. “With its condition now, the lake cannot be rehabilitated without a moratorium, a sacrifice that our constituents must bear,” said Unggol, himself a T’boli.” by the T’boli, has so far adversely affected around 150 fish pen operators with over 1,340 fish cages, according to the town’s deputy lake warden Jose Rudy Muyco.
Despite attempts in the past to limit the number of fish cages in the lake, the number has notably increased over the years.
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