Current location:Culture Currents news portal > politics
Philippines blames China for loss of giant clams in disputed shoal and urges environmental inquiry
Culture Currents news portal2024-05-21 09:05:19【politics】9People 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.
Address of this article:http://caymanislands.camilleandconfettis.com/news-39c899104.html
Very good!(9)
Related articles
- Amir Khan's £11.5m luxury wedding venue finally hosts its first marriage: Bride arrives on horse
- China's Luo Shifang breaks world record at IWF World Cup
- Katie Holmes exudes boho chic as she layers up in a loose
- Inside Jo Wood's eclectic off
- Hollywood star Shia LaBeouf is spotted on the streets of Gavin and Stacey's hometown Barry
- Premier League title race heading to the wire
- Verstappen charges to victory in action
- CNN commentator and political adviser Alice Stewart dies at 58
- Four people killed in a house explosion in southwestern Missouri
- Haiti violence: Haitians struggle to bury loved ones as killings surge
Popular articles
- Britain's new bonkers EV: Callum Skye is an £80k electric buggy built in Warwickshire
- China adds 7 ski resorts to national roster
- Out of plaice! Mindboggling brainteaser challenges YOU to spot the odd fish out in 30 seconds
- Baby Reindeer triggers a surge of stalking complaints after millions watch Netflix show
Recommended
Independent UN experts urge Yemen’s Houthis to free detained Baha'i followers
Rossi has goal, assist in Crew's 3
John Stamos shares rare photo with BOTH Mary
2 dead and 5 missing after a boat collision on the Danube River in Hungary
Cruise worker 'murders newborn son on board ship': Shocked co
China's Luo Shifang breaks world record at IWF World Cup
2 dead and 5 missing after a boat collision on the Danube River in Hungary
Letter from China: Exploring culturally rich Beijing along central axis
Links
- Airbus to set up innovation center in China
- BIRTV 2017 held in Beijing
- China discovers 1
- Xi to Declare Hangzhou Asian Games Open
- Guangdong's manufacturers stand out from pack
- Major lithium reserves discovered in Sichuan
- Major lithium reserves discovered in Sichuan
- Searches for hotels surge 4 times after China
- Boom in travel to 'ice city' Harbin spurs sales of cranberry products
- Xi Sends Congratulatory Letter to Cross