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Friday, May 25, 2007

Palaisdaan

Fish farming was once the major source of income for Malabon city. Fishponds (Palaisdaan) used to cover a substantial portion of the City's landscape. Today, there are still several left, but fish farming is no longer main industry in Malabon. Rising tides and and environmental changes made it more and more difficult to drain the waters from these fishponds, which is important to the lifecycle of the fishpond, killing.

A fishpond located in Barangay Muzon, Malabon City

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Some owners allow the less fortunate to fish from their ponds

"No fishing." Some don't.

Landfilling. This fishpond is being converted for use as residential land.

Camera: Panasonic Lumix DMC-FZ50

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