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Thursday, September 15, 2005

Traders nabbed with dynamite-fishing haul

By Malou Dungog, Manila Times Central Luzon Bureau

OLONGAPO CITY: More than 150 kilos of dalagang-bukid fish (black-tailed caesio) caught through blast-fishing were seized Wednesday by operatives of the 3rd Regional Maritime Office from three fish traders at a checkpoint in Kalaklan Gate, Subic Bay Freeport Zone.

Reports submitted by Insp. Jesus Fernandez, regional police chief, identified the suspects as Marilou Villanueva, 40; Concordia Badilla, 67; and Rodolfo Incelto, 53, driver; all residents of Barangay Panibutuhan, Morong, Bataan.

According to Police Officer 2 Wilfredo Burbano, the maritime group intercepted an XLT double cab, with plate number VAA-294, driven by Incelto at 1:12 a.m. while the lawmen were on foot patrol.

The police, led by PO3 Fernando Fernandez, PO1 Mariel Cuizon and PO1 Alejandro Beltran, noticed about 150 kilos of dalagang bukid in five styrofoam coolers that bore external manifestations of fish caught by means of dynamite explosives. Red eyes due to ruptured capillaries, fractured body parts and ruptured and bloodied intestines and gills are telltale signs of blast fishing.

Burbano said the police have been monitoring the illegal fish trading of some fish dealers for almost a month before they arrested the suspects.

Upon arrest, Villanueva appealed to the police, saying she is a breadwinner raising five children and her only source of income is selling fish bought from fishermen in her hometown. She said, “I regret being involved in the selling of illegally caught fish. What I earn cannot even pay for my bail,” she said.

Fish samples were brought to the Bureau of Fish and Aquatic Resources office here for examination. The suspects are in police custody while charges of violation of Section 88, Paragraph 1 of Republic Act 8550, the possession of gathered fish with the use of explosives, are being filed against them at the city prosecutor’s office.

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