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However, there’s a period each year when the ban would have to be in effect again.
“The ban on the catching of ludong, the country’s most expensive fish, was lifted last Nov 15,” reports Charlie Lagasca in The Philippine Star.
Take note: Ludong can be found only in the rivers of Cagayan Valley, the Cordilleras and Abra.
Just how expensive is it? Well, it sells for PHP4,000 to PHP5,000 per kilo.
The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) explained that they had imposed the 45-day ban on ludong fishing last Oct 1 to allow the fish to spawn.
In the past, fishermen took advantage of the period from Oct 1 to Nov 15 to catch ludong. This was a problem because this was when female ludong migrated from the waters of Isabela, Quirino and Nueva Vizcaya provinces to the ocean to lay eggs.
Thus, as the report indicated, the BFAR “has banned the catching, purchasing, sale, transport, export and possession of ludong from Oct 1 to Nov 15 of each year.”
But now, it’s open season on the fish that also goes by the moniker, “President’s Fish.” It’s also called “banak” and “Pacific Salmon.”
Photo: LikasPhilippines.org
