BFAR disperses 210,000 fingerlings in Cagayan

THE Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) in Cagayan Valley (Region 2) on Thursday said it has dispersed 210,000 fingerlings to underutilized bodies of water under its Balik-Sigla sa Ilog at Lawa (BASIL) project.

Apple Joy Usquisa, BASIL-Region 2 project leader, said at least 20,000 fingerlings were dispersed in each of the communal bodies of water in the towns of Aparri, Camalaniugan, Lallo, Amulung, Iguig, and Tuguegarao City in Cagayan; 70,000 in Ilagan City in Isabela; and 20,000 in Diffun town in Quirino.