As of December 2009, over 5,000 cages have been dismantled. An inventory prior to elections shows 1,700 more illegal cages and reports after that say more are being built, larger than prescribed sizes. No dismantling efforts as yet in 2010.
Presentation on taal volcano preparedness activities
Updates on aquaculture structures in Taal Lake
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3. Inventory of fish cages in Taal Lake (as of March 2008) * Conducted by BFAR-IFRC Batangas MUNICIPALITY/ CITY No. OF FISH CAGES NO. OF ALLOCATED FISH CAGES (PAMB Resl’n # 001-2007 Talisay 3,902 2,000 Laurel 2,451 1,360 Agoncillo 1,572 1,500 San Nicolas 1,181 1,000 Mataas na Kahoy 82 120 Tanauan City 34 0 Cuenca 0 20 Lipa 1 0 TOTAL 9,223 6,000
4. Inventory of aquaculture structures within Pansipit River * conducted by DENR Batangas in November 2007 MUNICIPALITY NO. OF FISHPENS San Nicolas 97 Agoncillo 60 Lemery 7 TOTAL 164
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7. INVENTORY OF AQUA-CULTURE STRUCTURES IN TAAL LAKE* MUNICIPALITY FLOATING OTHERS GRAND TOTAL TOTAL SKYLAB DAMAGED/ABANDON SUBMERGED TOTAL TALISAY 3,115 136 17 263 416 3,531 LAUREL 1,395 109 21 8 138 1,533 SAN NICOLAS 1,163 22 24 7 53 1,216 AGONCILLO 1,397 0 2 0 2 1,399 MATAASNAKAHOY 29 0 0 0 0 29 CUENCA 6 0 0 0 0 6 TANAUAN CITY 2 0 0 0 0 2 GRAND TOTAL 7,107 267 64 278 609 7,716 *-- The 100% inventory was conducted from March 2 , 2010 to April 16, 2010 by the DENR –PASu, PG-ENRO,TK.
