Atienza backs dismantling of Laguna Lake fishpens

BUHAY Partylist Representative and Senior Deputy Minority Leader Lito Atienza welcomed and expressed full support for President Duterte’s directive to dismantle the fishpens and illegal structures in Laguna de Bay.

He said President Rodrigo Duterte must have fully accepted the fact that these fishpens not only deprive the small fisherfolk of their livelihood but cause massive flooding in Metro Manila and Southern Tagalog, preventing the bay from serving as a catch basin of rain water.