Your current location:HOME >travel >Philippines blames China for loss of giant clams in disputed shoal and urges environmental inquiry 正文
TIME:2024-05-21 12:05:50 Source: Internet compilationEdit:travel
MANILA, 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.
Election 2024: Biden and Trump bypassed the Commission on Presidential Debates2024-05-21 11:50
Russia: Victory Day celebration is a key pillar of Putin’s rule2024-05-21 11:48
Contreras' injury highlights the danger of big league catchers moving closer to home plate2024-05-21 11:46
North West joins starry concert event of 'The Lion King' at Hollywood Bowl2024-05-21 11:40
The fightback begins: Boss of London's Queen Mary University tells pro2024-05-21 11:13
Dallas Stars in familiar hole after 6th Game 1 1oss. Avs look to put them down 02024-05-21 11:00
Maya Rudolph teases her return to SNL in new promo featuring her hiding in a closet2024-05-21 10:22
Talulah Riley looks gorgeous in floaty floral dress as she cosies up to her husband Thomas Brodie2024-05-21 10:00
Ship that caused Baltimore bridge collapse has been refloated2024-05-21 09:57
US weather: Tornadoes kill 3 as forecasters warn of wave of dangerous storms2024-05-21 09:22
Inquiry slams UK authorities for failures that killed thousands in infected blood scandal2024-05-21 11:39
Michigan former clerk and attorney charged after alleged unauthorized access to 2020 voter data2024-05-21 11:31
Urologist convicted of patient sex abuse, including of minors2024-05-21 11:05
King Charles and Queen Camilla tell double2024-05-21 10:51
The government wants to buy their flood2024-05-21 10:50
Kourtney Kardashian opens up about undergoing 'terrifying' fetal surgery during 'high2024-05-21 10:29
Closing prices for crude oil, gold and other commodities2024-05-21 10:12
Friends, former hostages praise Terry Anderson, AP reporter and philanthropist, at memorial service2024-05-21 09:36
Election 2024: Biden and Trump bypassed the Commission on Presidential Debates2024-05-21 09:31
Cheryl Fergison's toyboy husband Yassine Al2024-05-21 09:26