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Blasted fish seized in Carmen

By: Mary Claire U. Catado December 03,2015 - 12:00 AM

CRATES of fish worth P126,000 were seized  as evidence of dynamite fishing in Carmen town, northern Cebu.

The boxes of fish weighing 630 kilos were found loaded on a truck with plate number TMP-431, said Marcelo Go, head of Cebu Provincial Anti-Illegal Fishing Task Force.

Go said the truck had 28 boxes of fish, but only  contents of nine boxes  were caught through dynamite fishing.

The rest of the crates were returned to caretakers aboard the truck who said they  didn’t know who owns the cargo.

The truck came from Medellin town and was headed to Pasil, Cebu City when it was intercepted at 12:45 a.m. yesterday.

At the Capitol compound, where the fish  were laid out for viewing by officials,   Go discovered with surprise that  about 30 kilos of seized fish were  missing after their turnover  to the Capitol.

Boxes of confiscated fish caught using dynamite were brought to the Capitol after a truck was intercepted in Carmen town. But later at the Capitol compound, about 30 kilos were pilfered. (CDN PHOTO/JUNJIE MENDOZA)

Boxes of confiscated fish caught using dynamite were brought to the Capitol after a truck was intercepted in Carmen town. But later at the Capitol compound, about 30 kilos were pilfered. (CDN PHOTO/JUNJIE MENDOZA)

“Napansin ko na noong na-iturn over ko sa guard kase dapat tingnan yon  ni vice governor for disposition. Mukhang kulang na (I noticed that  after  I turned it over to the guard for the vice governor to  check  for disposition, it looks like there’s some already lacking),” said Go.

Go said the apparent pilferaged will be investigated.

Under Republic Act  10654 which  amends the Fisheries Code with higher penalties, dynamite fishing is punished with six years imprisonment, said Go.  But under  Provincial Ordinance 2012-5, the fine for transporting blasted fish is P5,000 per kilo.

The confiscated fish will be donated to charitable institutions, Go said.

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