A huge oil spill shut down parts of the Philippine capital's vital fishing industry Friday, jeopardizing the livelihoods of tens of thousands of people living along Manila Bay's diesel-coated coast.

Dead fish floated on the water and some residents fell ill from the fumes, as authorities said an estimated 500,000 liters of oil cast a slick across 20-kilometres of the coastline.

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