MANILA, Philippines— Due to the risk of contamination, the Department of Agriculture-Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (DA-BFAR) has recommended a sustained fishing ban in more than half of the fishing clusters in oil spill-hit Oriental Mindoro. In a Tuesday bulletin, DA-BFAR endorsed fishing restrictions in the following areas: Clusters 1 (Calapan and Naujan), 2 (Pola), and 3 (Bansud, Gloria, and Pinamalayan). This follows the DA's regular assessment of oil spill-hit fishing grounds for the presence of oil and harmful chemicals such as polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH).

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