There’s a big hope after all, for the coastal areas of the country to recuperate from ecological problems that have rendered the bodies of water almost unable to regenerate their marine resources.
While the bays are in a vulnerable state, “there are bright prospects,” said Porfirio Alinio of the Univesity of the Philippines-Marine Environment Resource Foundation, Inc.(UP-MERF) which conducted the studies on the coastal waters for the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources-Fishery Resource Management Project.
Studied were the Lingayen Gulf in Pangasinan, Puerto Princesa and Honda Bays in Palawan and San Miguel Bay in Camarines Sur.

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