Philippines blames China for loss of giant clams in disputed shoal and urges environmental inquiry
Time:2024-05-21 16:01:15 Source:politicsViews(143)
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.
Previous:Hall of Fame outfielder Ken Griffey Jr. to lead Indianapolis 500 field in Corvette pace car
Next:Investigators return to Long Island home of Gilgo Beach serial killing suspect
You may also like
- Everybody may love Raymond, but Ray Romano loves Peter Boyle
- ABBA film chronicling the Swedish band's rise to global stardom includes never
- Why Harvey Weinstein's New York rape conviction was tossed
- Athletic director used AI to frame principal with racist remarks in fake audio clip, police say
- Mohammad Mokhber: Who is Iran’s acting president?
- Wrexham schedules 3 games in US and Canada in July
- Ukrainian duo heads to the Eurovision Song Contest with a message: We're still here
- Athletic director used AI to frame principal with racist remarks in fake audio clip, police say
- Uber and Lyft say they'll stay in Minnesota after Legislature passes driver pay compromise