DAGUPAN CITY, Pangasinan: The city’s Bantay Ilog Task Force that is in charge of demolishing illegal fishpens along the river spanning five barangay (villages) here admitted they are facing trouble because some owners refuse to accept a letter of Mayor Belen Fernandez ordering them to remove their fishpens after lapse of their agreement.

City Agriculture Office head Emma Molina, whose office created the task force, said the fishpen owners demanded a court order, not a notice from the mayor, while others received the letter-notice but refused to comply.

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