Corals that grow in abundance in the shallow waters close to Rozul Reef in the West Philippine Sea have disappeared, apparently due to massive harvesting, an Armed Forces of the Philippines official said on Saturday.Vice Admiral Albert Carlos, AFP Western Command chief, said that this was what their divers discovered after surveying the Rozul Reef, where Chinese maritime militia vessels had been monitored by Philippine military air assets to be 'swarming' on September 6 and 7.
'This is not a destruction only on the Philippine side, but for the whole world,' the Senate chief said in a chance interview.He said the coral reefs belong to the 'whole world because the species of fish that breed there are not only being harvested by Filipino fishermen, but also harvested by Malaysian fishermen, Vietnamese fishermen, even Chinese fishermen.''So it is for the good of the world if our coral reefs are protected.
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