DAGUPAN CITY, Philippines - – A total of 193 illegal fish pens had been dismantled here on Friday in line with the â€Sa Ilog Ko, May Pagbabago†program of the city government.
Mayor Belen Fernandez ordered the dismantling of illegal fish pens after an inventory showed there were 218 structures sprouted during the 2013 election period.
The City Agriculture Office initially recorded 150 dismantled fish pens. The remaining 68 were given a grace period of up to April 30, but 25 fish pens have yet to be dismantled as of Friday.
The demolished fish pens were in Barangay Carael-Calmay, Lucao, Tocok-Lucao, Tapuac, Talaib-Carael and Talaib-Calmay, whose owners presented supposed land titles indicating that the pens are located on their properties.