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Article: Sorsogon Bay needs Donsol whale sharks to clean up red tide.
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- Philippines News Agency
- Article date:
- May 26, 2009
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SORSOGON CITY, May 26 (PNA) --- Apart from being an exciting attraction that placed a part of Sorsogon province on the map of leading tourist destinations, the whale sharks of Donsol town perhaps could take another heroic role by coming to the nearby Sorsogon Bay. The bay, a major fishing ground that used to be home to the P100-million-a-year tahong (green mussel) industry is being plagued by red tide and Gil Ramos, head of the local office of the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) said Tuesday, it needs big fish like whale sharks to help eliminate the toxic organisms. Big species of fish that feed on planktons such as "butandings" (local term for whale ...