Atienza backs DA move to restock Laguna Bay

BUHAY Partylist Rep. and Senior Deputy Minority Leader Lito Atienza welcomes the plan of Agriculture Secretary Emmanuel Piñol to revive and restock Laguna De Bay and other water bodies with indigenous and commercially viable fish species.

“We totally agree with and support Secretary Piñol’s plan to rehabilitate and revitalize our country’s water bodies starting with Laguna Lake. The Department of Agriculture (DA) and the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) are both on the right track in their efforts. We believe this initiative will greatly benefit our fisherfolk, who have been marginalized by influential businessmen whose fishpens and fish cages have occupied and continue to pollute almost 90 percent of our water bodies,” Atienza said.