Fish pens covering 90 hectares of Laguna de Bay were wiped out by strong winds and lake current, unleashing about 2.2 million kilograms of cultured “bangus” (milkfish) at the height of Typhoon “Rolly” (international name: Goni) on Sunday. There are about 300 large and 2,000 small fish pens across the 90,000-hectare Laguna de Bay. The damaged pens were also seen to have little effect on the overall fish supply since other ponds remained intact and the bangus industry posting supply sufficiency of about 90 percent, he said. Every hectare of a fish pen contains about 100,000 pieces, or 25,000 kilos of bangus. “On the western portion [of Laguna Lake] like in Sta.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer November 03, 2020 21:00 UTC