PUERTO PRINCESA CITY – Palawan’s coral reefs are under heavy attack by the Crown of Thorns starfish, and municipal governments, even high-end resorts like Amanpulo and Dos Palmas, are seeking immediate assistance.
The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources on Wednesday raised concern that the heavy infestation of the Crown of Thorns (Acanthaster planci), the largest starfish species and voracious eater of hard corals, was threatening the province’s fish production.
“The numbers are too high already that there is a need for human intervention to collect and destroy these Crowns of Thorns, in the absence of natural predators that are supposed to regulate their population,” BFAR provincial head Paciano Guianan told the Inquirer.
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