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==Leyte allocates P300K to combat crown of thorns starfish explosion== | |||
*Source: http://pia.gov.ph/news/index.php?menu=2&webregion=R08&article=1281331539444 | |||
*Tuesday 13th of March 2012 | |||
:by Erna S. Gorne | |||
MAASIN CITY, Southern Leyte, March 13 (PIA) -- The Southern Leyte Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction Management Council (PDRRMC) allocated P 300,000 for the acquisition of spear guns that would get rid of the crown of thorns starfish (COTS) multiplying out of control throughout the province. | |||
“The provincial government considered the overpopulation of COTS as a natural disaster that threatens the marine life in the province,“ Provincial Environment and Natural Resources Management Office (PENRMO) - Coastal Fisheries Resource Management Office (CFRMO) Eva Abad reported to PIA. | |||
“These equipment are needed to inject sodium bisulfate into the COTS located in the deep seas, to kill them,” she said. | |||
On the other hand, COTS found along the shallow waters can be manually extracted with the use of bamboo sticks; however, it should be done with technical guidance, Abad said. | |||
Abad reported that COTS teem in Padre Burgos where a number of divers extracted some 60,000 COTs at one time, while along the shorelines of Barangay Mantahan, Maasin City thousands of COTS were also exterminated. | |||
Meanwhile, the provincial government will spearheaded at least three major initiatives of COTS massive extraction: on March 15-22 in time for the World Water Day celebration, on March 31 during the Earth Hour observation, and another synchronized COTS collection on April 22 throughout the province, Abad disclosed. | |||
The Sogod Bay Sustainable Marine Management Alliance (SBSMMA) will work together in the combat of excessive growth of COTS to include the provision of reading materials for wider information dissemination about the problem, Abad said. (PIA8 SoLeyte) | |||
==Mt. Nacolod needs protection== | ==Mt. Nacolod needs protection== | ||
*Source: http://leytesamardaily.net/2012/03/mt-nacolod-needs-protection/ | *Source: http://leytesamardaily.net/2012/03/mt-nacolod-needs-protection/ | ||