The Philippine government on Monday denied a Chinese Communist Party publication's allegation that fish aggregating devices, locally known as payaws, were damaging the environment.According to Mav Gonzales' 24 Oras report, the communist publication claimed that payaws cause over-fishing and damage coral reefs.The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources said that this was untrue as payaws were just floaters filled with palm fronds attached to a line.
Likewise, the National Security Council dismissed Chinese claims that Filipinos were damaging the West Philippine Sea."Kung ang ginagawa po ng Pilipinas ay crushing the corals, or gumagawa ng artificial islands, pwede sabihin ng China na tayo ay nakakasira sa kalikasan. Pero wala tayong ginagawang ganon," responded NSC Spokesperson Jonathan Malaya.
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