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Halos ubos na rao ang mga coral reef o bahura na tirahan ng mga isda sa paligid ng Rosul Reef o Iroquois Reef na pasok sa Exclusive Economic Zone ng Pilipinas.

Ayon sa mga diver, ng Philippine Navy na sumisid at nagvideo sa ilalim ng dagat matapos umalis doon ang mga Chinese Militia Vessels.

Plakon na, hawakan mo muna. Pawag mo sa akin yung hawakan.

Yung swarming areas nila, we pinpointed it.

And then when they left, we sent out our divers to do an underwater survey.

Nasira na yung mga corals and there may mga debris.

Itinuro pa ng Philippine Navy Diver ang mga bato na kamakailan lang ay puno pa rao ng buhay na corals.

Just a naked eye, untrained eye. Mukhang bagong hapot yung mga corals.

We are not making any conclusions at this time. It's a work in progress.

But we just want to report that we noticed coral harvesting in the area where they were seen loitering and swarming.

Hindi pa malinaw kung ano ang ginagawa ng mga kumuha sa mga corals.

Nakikipag-ugnaya na rin ang Armed Forces of the Philippines sa maritime biologist at mga eksperto upang malaman ang epekto sa mga isda sa pagkuhan ng mga corals.

Pero ayon sa AFP ay maaari daw itong makaapekto sa food security.

If they are really into coral harvesting, that will be affecting the production of fish.

That is a threat to food security later on. Hindi lang naman sa atin yan. Sa buong mundo yan.

Batay sa Convention of International Trade of Endangered Species of Lora, regulated ang international coral trade

pero kailangan nito ng export permit para matiyak na maprotektahan ang mga corals kahit na hindi pa ito nanganganib.

Pero bukod sa yamang dagat gaya ng mga corals,

tila may mas malalim parao na pakay ang mga Chinese militia vessels sa West Philippine Sea, ayon sa AFP.

Malapit lang daw ang Russell Reef sa Recto Bank na nasa loob ng Philippine Exclusive Economic Zone.

Recto Bank kasi kaya binabantayan natin. That's oil and gas rich based on survey.

And we also noticed them to be swarming in Ares Bank. May presence din sila.

That's on the western side naman of the Recto Bank. So, dumidikit sila sa Recto.

Ayon sa AFP, nadagdaga na rin ang Chinese militia vessels sa Russell Reef.

Based on the latest report, nag-increase pa ng kaunti yung nandun sa Iroquois.

Ayon sa Russell Reef. Naging 40 na as of last night.

But the good news is we also have our presence there.

Sa ngayon ay wala pang tugon ang Chinese Embassy sa isiniwalat ng AFP.

Pero sa huling pahayag ng kanilang foreign ministry, gaya ng lagi nitong sinasabi,

iginigiit ng China na bahagi ng kanilang teritoryo ang buong West Philippine Sea.

Kapal. Grabe.

Dito at pakinggan natin mga kabayan ang iba pang pahayag ng Westcom

kaugnay sa paglimas ng mga yamang dagat sa ating exclusive economic zone.

And I like to take this opportunity. Meron kasing coral harvesting kaming nanotice.

Yung swarming areas nila, we pinpointed it.

And then when they left, we send out our divers.

We send out our divers to do an underwater survey.

And nakita namin na wala ng corals, nasira na yung mga corals and may mga debris.

So these are untrained eyes of the Navy divers.

So we are coordinating with yung mga scientists, yung mga experts to do their own assessment of the area.

So we already have the pinpointed areas na dati silang nagsaswarm.

So we are not making any conclusions at this time.

It's a work in progress, but we just want to report that we noticed coral harvesting in the area

where they were seen loitering and swarming.

Sabi ko ka kanina, in early July, we send out our ships there.

Napaalis natin na itaboy.

Immediately after they left, we send out our divers.

So it's sometime in July.

Wala na natira eh. In the area, wala na natira doon.

So hindi namin alam. So we were coordinating with the experts to dive.

And dati na ba yun? Pago lang?

From our untrained eye, nung ating mga divers, mukhang pago.

We cannot say with 100% tama sila because hindi nga sila mga experts.

But just a naked eye, untrained eye, mukhang bagong hapot yung mga corals.

The presence is already alarming because we have the sovereign rights there in our Exclusive Economic Zone.

Now, ito namang suspecha pa lang natin. We are not saying that they are harvesting our corals.

We suspect that somebody is harvesting our corals.

And that means that they are violating our sovereign rights.

Tayo lang may karapatan sa resources sa West Philippine Sea.

And it looks like somebody is exercising that right without our permission.

So that's why it's alarming because as far as the Western Command is concerned,

it is our duty to protect that sovereign rights para sa mga Pilipino.

Sila dapat ang mag-enjoy ng resources na nandoon sa Exclusive Economic Zone.