Zero fishpens in Binmaley soon
BINMALEY SHOWS WAY
BINMALEY – Watch out Dagupan City.
Now that this town is about to finally and fully rid itself of illegal fish pens, it feels confident it can soon reclaim its glory as the premier bangus (milkfish)-producing town in the province.
More than 80 percent of the targeted illegal fishpens erected along the 25 barangays have already been dismantled after only a month of clearing operations.
Mayor Simplicio Rosario had issued the order last month to start the clearing and dismantling operations of the fish pens impeding the natural flow of the rivers.
Rosario rallied his town to support his campaign versus the fish pens on a promise that Binmaley will regain its position as the premier bangus-producing town in Pangasinan.
It was this vision that prompted barangay chairmen to fully support the clearing operations in their respective areas.
The Sangguniang Bayan led by Vice Mayor Jeffrey delos Angeles also passed the town’s revised fishery ordinance totally banning fishpens here.
Binmaley, already known as the Fish Bowl of Pangasinan, hosts the biggest number of inland fishponds in Pangasinan where bangus is cultured.
The town has 3,200 hectares of fishponds that can produce an average of 2.3 metric tons of bangus per hectare every year based on an average stocking density of 5,000 to 7,000 bangus per hectare.
Municipal Agriculturist Butch Ferrer identified Balagan, Pallas, Parayao, Pototan, Sabangan and Balogo as the first barangays to attain a zero fishpen status.
Ferrer said of the 349 illegal fishpens, 279 units have been completely dismantled, leaving only 70 more left whose dismantling will be started after completing their harvest next week.
The remaining fish pens are found in barangays Gayaman, Linoc, Nagpalangan, Caloocan Sur, Caloocan Norte, Camaley, Amancoro, Manat, Biec, Salapingao, Dupo, Lomboy, Buenlag, Poblacion, Malindong and Canaoalan.
Ferrer pointed out that bangus raised in fishponds taste better than those in fish pens because the fish in fishponds can still feed on natural food while those in fish pens rely solely on commercial feeds.
The commercial feeds that accumulate at the bottom of the river result in pollution, the main cause of fish-kills.
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