"Over the years, the ludong population was decimated by unrestrained and unregulated catching during its spawning season, coupled by destruction of its habitats like mangrove forests and watershed areas, and pollution of rivers and lakes, said Westly Rosario, chief of the National Integrated Fisheries Technology Development Center here.", according to a news report in Inquirer.net.
I don't know if I've eaten this fish before or not, but whether if I have or haven't eaten this Ludong which is also called The President's Fish as only the rich can afford it because of its purchase price of around P4,000.00 per kilogram, the point is it's already in the brink of extinction. Why? Because of the above reasons.
Losing such animal is not just losing one's food supply but is even worse in the macro-level as the balance of nature is disrupted every time species become extinct... We just don't feel it as the negative effects of such event is felt gradually. I do hope that the advocates in preserving this fish will be able to solve this problem which is of course with the help of the fishermen who catches fish and us citizens, especially the people who have direct access to the habitats of Ludong to be cleaned and eventually be preserved.
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