Manila
Bay is usually in the headlines because it is currently undergoing a 7 year
rehabilitation plan under the Duterte administration.
This
alone is a much awaited good news among Filipinos who longs for a cleaner
Manila Bay, little that we know there will be other good news coming from the
Bay – a new species of sardines has been discovered in the Manila Bay and other
parts of the country.
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| Sardinella pacifica (photo credit to philStar) |
In a
peer-reviewed journal article by Japanese taxonomists Harutaka Hata and
Hiroyuki Motomura said the new species of sardines called Sardinella pacifica
can be only found in the Philippines—in Quezon, Sorsogon, Samar and the Manila
Bay.
The
Japanese taxonomists said the new species closely resembles Sardinella
fimbriata.
“During
a revisionary study of Sardinella, 21 specimens of a clupeid fish from the
Philippines were found to be characterized by a unique combination of scales
with centrally discontinuous striae, a dark spot on the dorsal-fin origin, and
low counts of lateral scales in the longtitudinal and pseudobranchial
filaments. They are described herein as a new species of Sardinella,” the
journal article read.
Reclamation projects in Manila Bay
According
to a BusinessWorld report, there are 22 pending reclamation projects in Manila
Bay, covering about 20,000 hectares.
An
environmental group has called out the government to review and reassess reclamation
efforts that they claim will have an immediate impact in the protection of
marine life in the area.
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