100 Isles’ giant clams rearranged
LINGAYEN—Protecting and preserving the environment is not only about planting trees but nurturing the life beneath the sea.
This was exactly what 35 volunteer divers from Manila and Alaminos City did by plunging into the waters of Quezon Island in the Hundred Islands National Park (HINP), Alaminos City last October 25 to reposition the giant Taklobos (clams) to keep them from being congested and avoid contaminating each other.
The activity was part of the 5th year anniversary celebration of the Shore It Up project of Metro Pacific Investments Corporation (MPIC), headed by corporate executive Manny V. Pangilinan, in partnership with the local government units and agencies for the sustainable development, preservation and conservation of the country’s rich marine resources to help mitigate the increasingly destructive effects of climate change.
The congestion of giant clams causes stress among the marine species that may hinder their development so the divers had to move them apart and give each giant clam enough breathing space of at least one square meter so that they can grow bigger and faster,” Bill Mc Gilton, consultant for the volunteer divers group said.
There are 7, 000 giant clams scattered underneath the waters of Hundred Islands.
Metro Pacific’s series of activities bolstered Gov. Amado T. Espino, Jr.’s environmental advocacy program dubbed Save the Lingayen Gulf.(SLING (PIO/Angeline D. Villanueva)
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