APARRI, Cagayan: Some 1,700 fisherfolk from a dozen barangay in this town marched on Friday to protest against black sand mining operations which they claim are taking place in the guise of river dredging.

Diana Moraleda, San Pedro Telmo Parish coordinator, said it was the first time that a protest of this "magnitude" was organized in the town with fisherfolk and other groups joining from neighboring towns of Gattaran, Ballesteros, Buguey, Gonzaga and Santa Ana.

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